The Pastry World Cup Africa 2026 took place on 23 September 2026 in Agadir, Morocco, as part of TOC Africa.
As the third continental selection of the 2025-2027 competition cycle, it brought together the continent's top teams competing for one of the three qualifying spots for the Pastry World Cup Grand Final, which will be held in Lyon in January 2027.
The participating teams were:
Morocco
Mauritius
Egypt
Algeria
Senegal
Côte d'Ivoire
The candidates competed in 5 hours and 30 minutes of challenges combining tasting, artistic craftsmanship, and buffet presentation. Teams were required to produce a revisited Tarte Tatin, individual frozen plated desserts, chocolate street food creations, as well as an artistic sugar showpiece and an artistic chocolate showpiece.
Only the top three teams in the final ranking secured qualification to represent Africa at the Grand Finale in Lyon.
The three teams that qualified for the Grand Final in Lyon in January 2027 are therefore:
Morocco
Mauritius
Egypt
The tests
Tastings
10 individual Tarte Tatin-style tarts with a twist, served with a side dish, and 3 mock tarts
12 individual plated ice-cream desserts
12 chocolate street food creations and 3 mock desserts
Artistic creations
1 artistic creation made of SUGAR
1 artistic creation made of CHOCOLATE
Buffet
The artistic creation made of sugar, 145 cm max. height
The artistic creation made of chocolate, 145 cm max. height
