THE EQUIPE DE FRANCE DE BOULANGERIE
An association composed of France's Best Bakers
As a one-time holder of the award for 'France's Best Baker', I wished to set up an association bringing together the elite of French traditional bread-making, with the aim of promoting traditional bread-making throughout the world and at the same time sharing our skills with others.
Today, the association has 42 members .

Its role:

TRAINING
The members of the Equipe de France de Boulangerie pass on their traditional skills at the École Française de Boulangerie in Aurillac and also all over the world at trade fairs and by means of advanced courses on French traditional skills in Japan, the USA and European countries…

PROMOTION AND OTHER ACTIVITIES
As part of its promotional activity on behalf of French traditional bread-making, the Equipe de France de Boulangerie contributes to the organisation of numerous activities as well as taking part in France's annual celebration of bread, the Fête Nationale du Pain, with open-air bread ovens and demonstrations of baking in wood-burning ovens .
'France's Best Bakers' also provide demonstrations for those in the food industry at trade fairs.
They also help in the organisation of the Coupe du Monde de la Boulangerie which takes place every three years during the EUROPAIN international fair. The competition involves twelve countries and focuses on three aspects of baking :
- Baguettes and speciality breads
- Croissants, brioches etc
- Artistic creations
For the annual national bakery fair, 'France's Best Bakers' contribute to the organisation of the 'Fournil des Régions' event, at which a different region is featured every day. In front of visitors to the fair, the bakers prepare the speciality breads of their region and their ladies invite the visitors to sample them.
PUBLISHING
The Équipe de France de Boulangerie already has to its credit one book, in which 20 of 'France's Best Bakers' describe their professional career and offer three recipes each .