A local bakery company has organized a competition to find the best baker to represent Vietnam at the International Selection for Bakery World Cup - Louis Lesaffre Cup in France in 2012.
About 35 bakers from Big C, Sesame School, the Caravelle Hotel, the InterContinental Asiana Hotel, ABC Bakery, Hoa Sua Shool, the Melia Hotel Hanoi and the Sheraton Saigon Hotel & Towers among others will take part in the qualification round in the South on August 25 at the Sesame School and at Hoa Sua School in the North on August 28.
The city’s top bakers will compete in three categories including Bread, Viennese pastry and artistic piece at the contest organized by Saf Viet Company under Lesaffre Group.
Twelve bakers from the qualification round will go through to the finals in December.
The three best will represent Vietnam at the Asian qualification round in Guangzhou, China in May, 2011.
Created in 2003, the Louis Lesaffre Cup is part of a cycle of competitions (national and international selection rounds), the high point of which is the Bakery World Cup. The Louis Lesaffre Cup is open to professional bakers between the ages of 18 and 55.
The second edition of the Louis Lesaffre Cup in 2006 had representatives from 40 countries, with 90 selection rounds and a total of 6,000 candidates.
