The baguette and its cereal sector in the spotlight on Google Arts & Culture

On the occasion of the entry of artisanal know-how and the culture of baguettes and bread into UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage, Google Arts & Culture unveils an interactive exhibition accessible to all. The Baguette – A French Icon", in partnership with the National Confederation of French Bakery and Bakery-Pastry, the National Society of the Best Workers of France, the MUCEM, Intercéréales, the Wheat and Bread Museum, the Endowment Fund EKIP and the Federation of Mills of France.

On the way to the exhibition: https://artsandculture.google.com/project/baguette

 

Conference “Discovering the Breads of the World”

Le 29rd September 2022, the Endowment Fund EKIP invites you to discover the Breads of the World during its 4th Colloquium which will be held at the Vivacity Auditorium /AG2R La Mondiale Paris 12th.

11 International Specialists will present a family of breads (simultaneous French/English translation): know-how, techniques and symbolism.

This friendly day will allow you to better know and understand a selection of remarkable breads according to a bread family or the main breads of a region of the world.

Link for registrations: https://www.painsdumonde.com/

Conference “Future of bread, breads of the future and other cereal foods”

The Endowment Fund Ekip is organizing its 3rd Colloquium on February 7, 2019 in Paris.
Speakers and experts will discuss the different sources of plant-based protein, processing methods to increase their acceptability, ways to limit anti-nutritional factors, organic ingredients, clean labeling, etc. The presentations will focus primarily on scientific and technical data, but also on the communication aspect.

The following speakers have already confirmed their participation:
– Emmanuel AUDOUIN, Project Manager at Veritas, specialist in quality marks and claims in the cereal sector,
– Anthony FARDET, INRA researcher in preventive nutrition and supporter of minimal processing,
– Gilles FERON, research director at the Center for Taste and Food Sciences and head of the AlimaSSenseS project
– Gaëlle FREMONT, director of Ingrébio,
– Gaëtan JEGOUX, director of the Baking Center Lesaffre,
– Richard MISCOVICH, MBA Associate Professor of International Baking and Pastry Institute, Johnson & Wales University, specialist in breadmaking technologies for flours made from sprouted seeds…
– Martijn NOORT, researcher at Wageningen Food & Biobased Research, specialist in 3D printing from wheat pasta,
– Tania ROUGIER, Scientific Manager of the Céréales Vallée cluster and Annabelle VERA, R&D Manager of the Philibert Savours company, Coordinators of the PROVEGGAS project

“My bakery and pastry shop tomorrow” competition

The “My bakery and pastry shop tomorrow” competition – initiated by the Endowment Fund EKIP and extended this year to two regions – reveals its results:

4 files were presented by the training centers of the PACA region: the prize was awarded to the team representing the CFA of Saint Maximin

For the opening of the competition in this region, 6 Files were presented by the training centers of the Pays de la Loire region:

– The first prize was awarded to a team from URMA in La Roche sur Yon, for its project “La fabrique du Talmeunier”

– The second prize was awarded to the team representing the CFA du Mans, for its project “Bakery Pastry in the 24h of Le Mans”

– The third prize was awarded to the team representing URMA IMA 53 from Laval, for its project “La fournée mayennaise”

“My Bakery Pastry Shop Tomorrow”

Le Endowment Fund EKIP launches a new edition of the Competition “My Bakery Pastry Shop Tomorrow”.

This competition is open to teams of two or three candidates currently in training, aged 2 to 3. The first three prize winners will receive prizes in the form of gift vouchers and educational books.

He has two main goals :

On the one hand, to encourage reflection on the bakery and pastry of tomorrow,

On the other hand, to design a project in its entirety: with plan and installation of equipment for production and sales areas using the MAVimplant software developed by INRS. Read more