The USA’s historic victory at the Bocuse d’Or 2017 sponsored by S.Pellegrino wasn’t the only hot culinary competition news to emerge from the Sirha trade show this week, one of the largest catering and hospitality events in the world, held on the outskirts of Lyon, France.
There were numerous battles going on throughout the vast expanse of the event, across five days, including a World Cup of Pastry and numerous France-focused competitions, including artisan butchery, cheese and baking.
See a selection of the results below.
Sirha 2017 Competition Results
COUPE DU MONDE DE LA PATISSERIE
Gold: France – Etienne Leroy, Bastien Girard, Jean-Thomas Schneider
Silver: Japan – Takahiro Komai, Yoshiaki Uezaki, Takao Yamamoto
Bronze: Switzerland – Cédric Pilloud, Jorge Cardoso, Jean-Baptiste Jolliet
ARTISAN BUTCHER EUROPEAN TROPHY
Gold: Michel Massonneau and Rémy Buffard
Silver: Jean-Marie Boedec and Joël Lombert
Bronze: Alexandre Bozon and Laurent
MICHAUD NATIONAL CHEESE CONTEST
Gold: Sébastien Romain Guibert, Cremerie Guibert, Aix Les Bains
Silver: Nicolas Got, Fromagerie Grosso, Toulon
Bronze: Adélie Nanche, Sarl Laiterie Annecienne, Annecy
MAITRE D’HOTEL TROPHY
Gold: Elsa Jeanvoine, Responsable de salle, Auberge de la Poutre, Bonlieu
Silver: Sébastien Rival, Directeur associé, Atelier Vivanda, Paris
Bronze: Arnaud Enjalbert, Maître d’hôtel, Le prince Noir par Vivien Durand, Bordeaux
FRENCH CHAMPIONSHIP OF PASTRY ARTS
Winning team: CFA Ernest Meyer Moselle, Metz
Ugo Blaise, pastry specialty
Antoine Potier, chocolate specialty
Carolane Lerch, ice specialty
FRENCH BARISTA CHAMPIONSHIP
Gold: Marco Sousa de Rosa
Silver: Fanny Pardes
Bronze: Massimo
SANTORO INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION FOR YOUNG BAKERS
Gold: Nina Mirjam Vogel (Switzerland)
Silver: Anna Säll (Sweden) and Angela Marianne Bissegger (Switzerland)
Bronze: Lina Abdersson (Sweden)
COUPE DE FRANCE DE LA BOULANGERIE
Gold: Normandie – Valentin Levrard, Maximilien Tetard, Damien Dedun
Silver: Normandie Paris – Ile de France – Jordan Lardeaux, Didier Chaput, Aurélia Pfeiffer
Bronze: Rhône-Alpes Auverge – Aurélien Mingot, Amandine Ferrand, Fabrice Popy