Gold for France at the iba UIBC Cup of Bakers
And the winners of The iba UIBC Cup of Bakers are: Corentin Molina and Yannis Thouy from France. Teams from six countries competed for the gold medal over the course of two days in Hall 14. The winners were honoured and duly celebrated on Monday, 19 May in the iba.FORUM.
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Gold for France at the iba UIBC Cup of Bakers. © GHM
Congratulations to the baking world champion! Unlimited joy at the award ceremony on 19 May at 5.30 pm in the iba.FORUM: Gold for Corentin Molina and Yannis Thouy from France. The winning team received the coveted award from Dominique Anract, UIBC-President and Roland Ermer, President of the German Bakers‘ Confederation.
Second place went to Johanna Lenhardt and Lea Wagner from Germany and third were Mike Onase and Gerrit Huckriede from the Netherlands.
The prize for the best showpiece went to the team from Germany: Johanna Lenhardt and Lea Wagner. The jury president's creative prize went to Sigrun Sol Vigfusdottir and Nastasja Kiencke from Iceland.
Outstanding performances
Following an intensive preparation period, The iba UIBC Cup of Bakers was the crowning finale at iba, the leading world trade fair for the baking and confectionery industry: ‘To succeed in this competition, bakers have to perform outstandingly. Every move has to be perfect. Over the past two days, the iba audience could witness live how these talented bakers created true masterpieces under tension and time pressure. This is artisan bakery at top notch level,’ praised jury chairman Andreas Schmidt from Germany.
‘Art’ as motto for the Bakers‘ Cup
Six nations competed against each other, represented by the best bakers from Germany, France, Iceland, Jordan, the Netherlands and Sweden. Following the competition motto ‘Art’, the participants‘ tasks were to create masterful baked goods answering this motto. The biggest challenge? The time pressure: within six hours, the teams of two had to produce bread, small, party and Danish pastries as well as one baked showpiece in the show bakeries.
On each competition day, the baked goods were rated and evaluated by an international panel of experts consisting of Urs Röthlin (Switzerland), Jimmy Griffin (Ireland) and Josef Schrott (Austria) as well as jury chairman Andreas Schmidt (Germany).
The evaluation of the fully edible showpiece masterpiece took place in the bakery before it was set up at the presentation table. All participants received a medal and a certificate.
Participants in alphabetical order
France: Corentin Molina and Yannis Thouy
Germany: Johanna Lenhardt and Lea Wagner
Iceland: Sigrun Sol Vigfusdottir and Nastasja Kiencke
Jordan: Hala Abu Jbara and Tand Murad
Netherlands: Mike Onase and Gerrit Huckriede
Sweden: Andrea Wiberg and Cassandra Persson
