Tharshan Selvarajah, a baker in the twentieth arrondissement of Paris, won Wednesday the Grand Prix for the best baguette in the capital. The baker, whose business "Au levain des Pyrénées" is located not far from the Place de la Nation, was chosen by a jury, among 175 candidates, at the end of a whole afternoon spent having a snack.
Out of 1,122 bakers registered in Paris, 175, or more than 10%, tried their luck by depositing their baguettes at the prestigious headquarters of the union.