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10th French Schools Cup, the results

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The 10th edition of the French Schools Cup in Bakery, Viennoiserie, and Pastry took place on January 18th and 19th, 2026, during the Sirha Bake and Snack Europain trade show. Five mixed teams, each composed of three candidates, competed for six hours in the "Espoirs" (Hopefuls) category on Sunday, January 18th. Five teams competed the following day in the "Excellence" category, with the theme "The Bicentenary of Photography," under the patronage of Grégoire Bardet, coach of the French team that won the 2024 World Baking Cup, and head instructor at Le Cordon Bleu Paris.

Category "Hopefuls"

1st: Saint Joseph Saint Marc Vocational High School, Concarneau (29) – Brieuc LE GUENNEC, Emie LE MENAGER, Julie NEDELEC – Trainers: Julien LE CLEC'H & Pierre LETHU

2nd: CIFA of Yonne, Auxerre (89) – Léa AUBOEUF, Clément ETERNOT, Kilian NAUDIN – Trainers: Sébastien BOURREAU & Thomas CHICHERY

3rd: Compagnons du Devoir of Tours (37) – Olivia FERRIERE, Nino MARIE, Philéas PELE – Trainers: Abel GUIRIEC & Maximie NIEL

CFE 2026 – “Hopefuls” category

Category "Excellence"

1st: Compagnons du Devoir of Bordeaux (33) – Thaïs BUCHET, Noah BUISSON, Apolline CHATAIN – Trainers: Mathilde BOUSQUET & Romain GRONDIN

2nd: CMA Bretagne, Bruz (35) – Charline BAYON, Mattéo JAHENY, Antoine SENECHAL – Trainers: Gaëtan BOUGEARD & Anthony OLIVIER

3rd: CMA Formation Moselle, Forbach (57) – Flora BACHIR, Léna HELCK, Alexandre IETRO – Trainers: Marvin GARCIA & Pierre PEDALETTI

CFE 2026 – “Excellence” Category

 

IBA-UIBC Cup of Bakers, International Bakers' Cup

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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 –

2024 French Schools Cup

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The 9th edition of the French Bakery, Viennoiserie, and Pastry Schools Cup took place on January 23rd and 24th at the Sirha Europain Trade Fair. Six mixed teams of three candidates competed for five hours in the "Espoirs" category on Tuesday, January 3rd, and five others in the "Excellence" category on the theme of "Sporting Events," sponsored by Sylvain Herviaux, MOF Boulanger.

In the " HOPEFUL " category, the winners are:

  1. The Companions of Duty of Tours (37): Margaux DESCOUX, Clément LEGOGUELIN and Ana MOREIRA – Trainers: Léo CHASSAGNARD and Antoine MARIN
  2. The Companions of Duty of Bordeaux (33): Elioth CARLIER, Léa RENOU and Eloïse ROBIN – Trainers: Emmanuelle COTTA and Florian FENELON
  3. The Interprofessional CFA of Chartres (28): Solène CHESNEAU, Romane DESCHAMPS and Guillaume MATEO – Trainers: Vincent LHEMERY and Emmanuel TELLIER

In the " EXCELLENCE " category, the winners are:

  1. The Companions of Duty of Nîmes (30): Léo ABATE, Marion GANDY and Guénolé GRANDMAISON – Trainers: Emile BLAQUE and Jules MATHONNET
  2. URMA of Sarthe, Le Mans (72): Charlotte BARRIER, Hugo DEBOVE and Enzo HORDE – Trainers: Andrien BAZOGE and Charly LE HENAFF
  3. The Jura CFA, Gevingey (39): Alexis COUILLEROT, Yanis MOLLETTE and Pauline MOREY – Trainers: Romain PONARD and Aldric CHOLET

 

2022 French Schools Cup

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The 8th edition of the French Cup for Bakery, Viennoiserie and Pastry Schools took place during Sirha Europain .

Competition that we created to highlight the excellence of “professional” training.

The 2022 list is as follows:

Hopefuls category (level 5 qualifications):

1 Companions of Duty – Bordeaux
2 Companions of Duty – Tours
3 CMA of Hauts de France – St Martin de Boulogne

 

 

 

Excellence category (level 4 qualifications)

Sponsored by Joël Defives MOF Boulanger. 

1 Companions of Duty – Strasbourg

2 Companions of Duty – Bordeaux

3 CFA of Indre – Châteauroux

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Coupe du Monde de la Boulangerie 2022

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For its 30th anniversary, the World Bakery Cup brought together 11 teams, all of which delivered top-level productions, combining technique, know-how and creativity.

Results of this edition:

1st CHINA TAIPEI, 2nd NETHERLANDS and 3rd NORWAY

4th FRANCE
5th SOUTH KOREA
6th DENMARK
7th SENEGAL
8th IVORY COAST
9th COSTA RICA
10th EGYPT
11th MOROCCO