
HEY ARE BUILDING THE FUTURE OF BAKERY
As part of the Louis Lesaffre Cup, Lesaffre has created a brand new fringe event alongside its competition: the “Young Bakery Hopefuls”.
Selected from 35 countries, during friendly events, there were 5 young bakers running to compete in the world final in 2016 which took place the 5th of February during Europain Show.
THE RESULTS 2016

And it was with emotion and joy that this very first title of World Young Bakery Hopeful was awarded to a passionate and driven young woman: Rianne KUINTJES from the Netherlands. She was trained by the coach Richard JANSEN to create products that blended aesthetics, great tastes and variety. Alongside Rianne, the young Australian John REMINIS received the special food critic’s prize. Congratulations to our winners and to all the candidates and coaches for this unique experience and this superb competition.
Download the press release – A young Dutchwoman is crowned world young bakery hopeful !
THE 5 FINALISTS OF THIS HIGH LEVEL COMPETITION!

Florian RAYMOND – MAURITIUS (Selected during the Africa Mediterranean selection of the Louis Lesaffre Cup)

Elien DE HERDT – CANADA (Selected during the Americas selection of the Louis Lesaffre Cup)

Raquel LOPEZ VAN BEEK – Spain (Selected during the Europe selection of the Louis Lesaffre Cup)

Rianne KUIJNTJES – The Netherlands (Selected during the Europe selection of the Louis Lesaffre Cup)

John REMINIS – AUSTRALIA (Selected during the Asia Pacific selection of the Louis Lesaffre Cup)
THE CHALLENGE:
It is a garden party, a luncheon on the grass, at which the guests are children aged from 6 to 10. For this brunch, our “Young Bakery Hopefuls” must present 2 savoury and 2 sweet bread products and Viennese pastries. Real gastronomic delights, these products must make up a complete meal and be adapted, in terms of appearance and taste, for the target audience of these children.
To evaluate the creations from the “Young Bakery Hopefuls”, the competition is endowed with an international jury drawn from two domains of expertise: technical bread making expertise and culinary expertise.
The jury will awarded the “2016 World Young Bakery Hopeful” prize… a first in this field.
THE JURY

Pierre ZIMMERMANN (France)
Technical bread making expertise:

Mickael JAHAN (England)

Benny SWINNEN (Belgium)
Culinary expertise :

Hubert MAETZ (France)

Nicolas RIEFFEL (France)
Louis Lesaffre Cup Africa Mediterranean Selection
GAZI Merve | Turkey | ![]() |
MEKNASSI Sid Ahmed | Algeria | ![]() |
EL MEHDI Bikikre | Morocco | ![]() |
SIA Kévin | Ivory Coast | ![]() |
RAYMOND Florian | Mauritius | ![]() |
Louis Lesaffre Cup Americas Selection
CABALLERO Oscar Ezequiel | Argentina | ![]() |
PERERA Tais | Brazil | ![]() |
ALTAMIRANO ESPINOZA Gloria | Chile | ![]() |
AGUILAR Kévin | Costa Rica | ![]() |
INDIO Jessenia | Ecuador | ![]() |
DE HERDT Elien | Canada | ![]() |
DE LA CRUZ JASSO José Antonio | Mexico | ![]() |
BENAVIDES William | Colombia | ![]() |
GALAN CARMINATI | Uruguay | ![]() |
Louis Lesaffre Cup Europe Selection
DEFOSSEZ Joran | Belgium | ![]() |
LOPEZ VANBEEK Raquel | Spain | ![]() |
RACINET Antonin | France | ![]() |
BAJI Gabor | Hungary | ![]() |
MAOR Moore | Israel | ![]() |
BERTONCINI Gabriele | Italy | ![]() |
KUIJNTJES Rianne | The Netherlands | ![]() |
KUBACZYK Marcin | Poland | ![]() |
EVGENII Kaliuga | Russia | ![]() |
RIBAC Filip | Serbia | ![]() |
GUSTAVSSON Amanda | Sweden | ![]() |
Louis Lesaffre Cup Asia Pacific Selection
MOH KURNIA Kahfi | Indonesia | ![]() |
REMINIS John | Australia | ![]() |
KIM Yeong-Chang | South Korea | ![]() |
MA Minze | China | ![]() |
NHON Nguyen Thi | Vietnam | ![]() |