Benoit Blin and the UK Pastry Team at
La Coupe du Monde de la Pâtisserie 2011
An Update

Hello friends

In Lyon, 19 countries competed for La Coupe du Monde de la Pâtisserie 2011. The countries who participated are listed below. The judges of the competition were the presidents of each team, also shown (in bold):

• Argentina | Jose Victorio D´Alonzo | Restaurant: Professional Pastry School
• Belgium | Herman Van Dender | Restaurant: Patisserie Van Dender
• Brazil | Marcelo Pinheiro | Restaurant: Hotel Intercontinental
• China | Tao Qin | Restaurant: Hyatt Regency Hotel Hong Kong
• Columbia | Wilches Ramirez Franklin | Restaurant: fw patisserie
• Italy | Luigi Biasetto
• Japan | Tadashi Yanagi | Restaurant: Patisserie Tadashi Yanagi
• Malaysia | Chern Chee Hoong | Restaurant: Genting Malaysia
• Mexico | Francisco Vazquez González | Restaurant: Four Seasons
• Morocco | Kamal Rahal Essoulami | Restaurant: Manzeh Diafa
• Russian Federation | Régis Triguel | Restaurant: The Most
• Singapore | Kok Keong Pang
• South Korea | Won Suk Woo | Restaurant: Pièce Montèe Pâtisserie
• Spain | Yann Duytsche | Restaurant: Dolç par Yann Duytsche
• Taiwan | Chun Jung Jen | Restaurant: Ambassador Hotel
• Tunisia | Karim Ellouze | Restaurant: Propat
• United Kingdom | Benoit Blin | Restaurant: Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons
• United States | Sylvain Leroy | Restaurant: Paris Gourmet
• Uruguay | Gabriela Beracochea | Restaurant: Academia Culinaria Nacional

Late last night the winners were announced:

1st: Spain
2nd: Italy
3rd: Belgium


The UK came 9th, which is an honourable position and the UK team did us proud. Benoit’s words were sound and right. We need to train, invest and support our young people to eventually compete at the highest level.

The nation should be proud of the achievements of the UK team and their collective effort. We at Le Manoir are certainly very proud of Benoit.

Remember “tout est possible”, we’ll be back in two years time.

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Best

RB

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