The French Trades Team has just achieved an exceptional performance by becoming European Trades Champion by winning the EuroSkills Herning 2025 competition!
Let us highlight the performance of Loris Libaud, in bakery and Flavie Pezet in pastry confectionery, both silver medalists!
Loris Libaud accompanied by his coach Émile Blaque
Flavie Pezet
The French team is the big winner of the "IBA-UIBC Cup of Bakers", International Bakers' Cup, at the IBA Show in Düsseldorf, Germany! Represented by Corentin Molina, Vice-Champion of France in Bakery, and Yanis Thouy, bronze medalist of the 2025 French Cup, they won the cup against the five other competing teams! Corentin and Yanis competed in creativity during these two intense days to offer the best of French artisanal baking know-how.
The podium of this edition:
1 - France
2 - Germany
3 – Netherlands
Creativity Award: Iceland
Showpiece Award: Germany
A huge congratulations to them and to their coaches, Xavier Honorin, 1996 World Champion, and Alexandre Lopez, 2008 World Champion.
At the IBA Show, members ofEkip have been able to showcase their know-how and demonstrate their expertise – Aria, Bongard, Fours Fringand, Hengel, Hydroprocess, Jac, Koma, Mae Innovation, Map Fours, Mérand Mécapâte, Panem, Sasa, Scaritech, Shick Esteve, Sorema and VMI –
Despite the postponement of dates linked to the health context, this 24th edition of the Sirha Europain has revealed itself, once again, as the major French Bakery event.
More than 25000 visitors interacted with the candidates of the major competitions, discovered new products and equipment from more than 300 brands, attended round tables and masterclasses...
The meeting is scheduled for January 2024, from the 21st to the 24th at the Parc es Expositions de Paris Porte de Versailles.
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Co-organized by the National Confederation of Artisan Pastry Chefs, Chocolatiers, Confectioners, Ice Cream Makers, Caterers of France & THE Pastry Chef's Journal , this year, the Trophy had the theme “ The traditional Yule Log"
Le Jury chaired by Pierre Mirgalet Meilleur Ouvrier de France, was composed of professionals, Meilleur Ouvrier de France, French Champions and World Champions: Thierry Bamas, Loïc Béziat, Cédric Bolatto, Stéphane Bonnat, Pascal Brunstein, Laurent Duchêne,Vincent Guerlais, Philippe Guilbert, Laurent Le Daniel, Thierry Mathieu, Antoine Perez, Pascal Pochon, Marie Simon, Jean-Michel Tachon.
An impressive jury for the candidates, whether Amateurs or Professionals, but also a caring jury who knew how to encourage and support them in the stressful setting of a competition at the heart of the Salon du Chocolat and in the presence of the public.
In Category AGENCIES :
Aymeric Chatellier and Pierre Mirgalet (Photo DR T Caron)
le 1er Price amounts to Aymeric Chatellier, Pastry Chef at Artisan Passionné, Angers (49), 2nd Prize to Kévin Couderc, Pastry Chef at Chocolaterie Joseph, Périgueux (24), and 3rd Prize to Jennifer Chen, Pastry Chef at Ladurée, Paris (75)
Agathe Le Mauff and Pierre Mirgalet. (Photo DR T Caron)
For the Category AMATEURS: Agathe Le Mauff pick it up 1er Price , Katia Delzenne the 2nd Prize and Laetitia Bassler the 3rd Prize