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The Pastry Profiles Newsletter
26th January 2009
FRANCE is the winner of
the World Pastry Cup 2009
In Lyon, on the 25th and 26th January 2009 as part of the Sirha, on the
occasion of its 20th birthday the World Pastry Cup brought together the
very best pastry chefs of the planet for a contest dedicated to gourmet
sweet creations.
No less than 22 nations competed in this edition of the World Pastry
Cup. A remarkable number of participants, never before achieved in
the history of the event!
Within two decades, the World Pastry Cup created by Gabriel Paillasson has become an
undisputed reference event in the trade. The most prestigious pastry chefs in the world
take part in this contest, the best among them receive consecration.
22 countries participated in the 2009 edition: Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, China, Finland,
France, Hungary, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, the
Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Taiwan, Tunisia, and the United States.
Each team, composed of a pastry chef, a chocolate specialist and an ice-cream
specialist, had 10 hours in which to prepare: 3 chocolate desserts, 3 frozen fruit desserts,
an ice sculpture, a chocolate sculpture
and a sculpture made of drawn sugar.
The ceremony for the presentation of the prizes took place on January 26th 2009 in
the presence of Gabriel Paillasson, President-Founder of the contest and of Pierre
Hermé, President of Honour of the 2009 edition.
1 - FRANCE has won the 11th World Pastry Cup. Jérôme DE OLIVEIRA,
Jérôme LANGILLIER et Marc RIVIERE were presented with the World Pastry
Cup trophy, created by Antoine Arnaud, the gold medal and also with
€12,000 in prize money.
2 – ITALY achieved the second place: Giancarlo CORTINOVIS,
Alessandro DALMASSO et Domenico LONGO were presented with the Silver
medal and also with €7,000 in prize money.
3 - BELGIUM achieved the third place: Alain VANDERMISSEN, François
GALTIER et Raphaël GIOT were presented with the Bronze Medal, and also
with €4,000 in prize money.
