European Selection of the Pastry World Cup to Be Held During Sirha Europain

The European Selection of the Pastry World Cup will be held in Paris Porte de Versailles on January 21st and 22nd during Sirha Europain. During this European Selection, 8 countries will compete for two days. They will have 5 and a half hours to present the 16 tasting desserts and 2 artistic pieces, as well as a buffet. At the end of this selection process, the three teams on the podium will qualify for the Grand Finale, which will take place during Sirha Lyon in January 2025.

Under the eyes of Pierre Hermé, President of the competition, the teams made up of one chocolate candidate and one sugar candidate will compete in various imposed tests. The competing teams will have 5 and a half hours to present the 16 tasting desserts and 2 artistic pieces, as well as a buffet, to a discerning jury:

– 3 frozen desserts with Capfruit fruit puree (+ 1 dummy)

– 3 pastry pieces: Paris-Brest revisited with Elle & Vire dairy products (+ 1 dummy)

– 8 restaurant style desserts incorporating a hot chocolate soufflé Valrhona

– 1 sugar artistic piece

– 1 chocolate artistic piece

– 1 buffet including the artistic sugar and chocolate pieces, the frozen dessert dummy and the pastry piece dummy.

During this European selection, 8 countries will compete for two days to earn a place at the Grand Finale of the Pastry World Cup, to be held during Sirha Lyon in January 2025: Belgium, Denmark, France, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.