EUROPEAN PASTRY CUP 2022
- Program
- Podium
- TEAMS
- TESTS
- PARTNERS
After an Italian victory at Sirha Lyon last September, a new cycle begun for the World Pastry Cup presided by Pierre Hermé. The European continental selection has been held during Sirha Europain, on 24 and 25 January 2022 in Paris Porte de Versailles.
Its Honorary President, François Perret, recently awarded for his milk brioche, is none other than the Pastry Chef of the Ritz Paris and the Best Restaurant Pastry Chef in the World 2019.
On the menu for these two days: 6 teams have faced each other around 5 events to be completed in 5 hours: Belgium and Spain, who made their comeback in the competition, Denmark - with a 100% female team - as well as the United Kingdom, Russia and Sweden.
Please note: Italy, Japan and France having reached the podium in September during the 2021 final, the three countries are automatically qualified for the 2023 Pastry World Cup.
The 2022 European Pastry Cup podium is:
Gold: United Kingdom
- Michael HO LAM KWAN (Chocolate)
- Nicolas HOUCHET (Sugar)
- Denis DRAMÉ (Jury)
Silver: Sweden
- Kalle BENGTSSON (Chocolate)
- Fredrik BORGSKOG (Sugar)
- Ted JOHANSSON (Jury)
Bronze: Denmark
- Marie STRØBAEK (Chocolate)
- Anne BANKE (Sugar)
- Denis NIELSEN (Jury)
Team Denmark
Jury
Sugar
Chocolate
Team Sweden
Jury
Chocolate
Sugar
Team United Kingdom
Jury
Chocolate
Sugar
Natural products are an endless source of inspiration for the pastry chefs of tomorrow who endeavour to highlight the vegetal world.
During 5 hours the competitors created:
- 10 desserts on a plate including chocolate and a honey plant (eucalyptus, sage, rosemary, lavender, wild thyme, mint, linden, poppy, Bleuet, immortal)
- 3 frozen fruits desserts
- a sugar and a chocolate sculpture
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Main partner founder

Valrhona has been a partner of artisans of taste since 1922, and is a pioneer and reference in the world of chocolate. Its mission, “Together, good becomes better,” expresses the strength of its commitment. With its partners, chefs and cacao producers, Valrhona imagines the best in chocolate to create a fair and sustainable cacao industry and to inspire gastronomy that is good, beautiful and just.
Main partners


For 100 years, Debic is enabling pastry chefs to make creations that appeal to their customers. Debic offers a range of high quality cream and butter products, exclusively developed for professional hands. Debic is a proud partner of the World Pastry Cup for over 20 years.
Platinum partners

By combining tradition and innovation, Bragard marks the times by designing in the Vosges (in France) bold, creative, generous and environmentally friendly collections. Bragard meets your requirements and desires of today and tomorrow by offering comfortable products adapted to your jobs so that every day you can write your story in Bragard!

Since 1988, Enodis has been designing, manufacturing and marketing professional kitchen equipment. Our factory based in Auxerre in the Yonne region produces, in particular, made-to-mesure ovens that spread Franch know-how throughout the world.
Our boilermakers and welders are companions of duty, passing on their expertise from generation to generation. Tradition is put to use in the service of innovation to provide sustainable and efficient solutions for professionals in the catering and commercial sectors.
Enodis’ mission is to bring added value to professionals by providing them with high-performance, innovative and ecological solutions. Enodis is a 100% French, 100% family-owned SME.
Premium partners

Bravo Spa is an Italian multinational company leader in the production of a wide range of machines for the world of confectionery. Bravo Spa is synonymous of innovation and technological avant-garde and supports great professionals through a dense sales network of distributors in Italy and abroad and branches such as Bravo France, Bravo Deutschland, Bravo Asia and Bravo North America.

Les Grandes Distilleries Peureux, through Premium Gastronomie®, deliver to the Chefs, the best spirits brands for Gastronomie :
- GRIOTTINES® : morello cherry in liqueur and kirsch
- CAMUS® : premium Cognac
- DOM PACELLO ROYAL ORANGE®: the sublime Orange & Cognac Liqueur, by Massenez.
- SAINT JAMES® : Rhums from Martinique

We have extensive expertise, from the kitchen to the dining room, from recipe preparation to service. The group's know-how is applied to a range of complementary activities boasting more than 16,000 products, in addition to our fully custom projects.

SOSA Ingredients is a world leading manufacturer and distributor of premium ingredients for cooking and pastry-making. It´s aim is to support food professionals in creating the gastronomy of the future.
Founded in Catalonia in 1967, SOSA offers a wide range of products designed to meet chefs’ needs and ambitions in more than 80 countries worldwide.