• The final of the 12th edition of the world pie-crust championship took place at the Paul Bocuse Abbey, after a 2020 edition canceled due to covid.

  • The jury, made up of starred chefs and the best workers in France, tasted the pâtés-croûtes of thirteen candidates, including two from Lyon.

  • At the end of a long tasting, Kohei Fukuda was crowned world champion of pâté in 2021. He succeeds his compatriot Osamu Tsukamoto.

Davy Tissot leans over his plate.

A nice slice of pie offers itself to the eye of the winner of the Bocuse d'Or 2021, before flattering its taste.

Everyone can snuggle up in this little rectangle: wild boar stew, octopus, bacon from Colonnata, morels, port… One bite, and the chef notes every aspect: presentation, dough, jelly, balance… The plate sets off again, almost unopened , before our hungry eyes.

It is that there are twelve left to taste!

This Monday, at the Paul Bocuse Abbey in Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or (Rhône), Davy Tissot is chairing the jury for the 12th edition of the world pie-crust championship.

Around him, starred chefs, the best workers in France and gastronomic professionals tasted the pâtés-croûtes of 13 finalists, including two Japanese and one Canadian, busy setting their plates behind velvet curtains.

Two Lyonnais to compete with Japanese favorites

Each slice rivals elegance, ornate patterns, creativity, exceptional ingredients.

Christophe Marguin, chef and president of Toques Blanches Lyonnaises, reminds us, however, that “what matters is that it's good!

If there is no jelly, it is zero.

If it's too white, it's not cooked.

In this competition, it is always the best who wins, and that is our pride.

The quality has never declined ”.

The last edition, in 2019, was won by Tokyoite Osamu Tsukamoto.

However, two Lyonnais are there to bring the cup home.

Jérémie Crauser represents the third generation of a family of pork butchers from Lyon, and he is keen on this title of world champion: works dough, jelly, stuffings, juices, seasonings.

What is difficult is to have a baked dough and a soft stuffing… I make it in the store, but a championship pie is completely different, we have more fun.

"

A Japanese victory again

His colleague and competitor Alexis Trollier, he is a butcher by trade, “but I've been trying my hand at charcuterie and pie for about ten years,” he explains.

“At the start it was a game, because it's an accumulation of techniques that I love to perform.

This competition has spoken to me since its inception, a lot of big names have won it, so it means a lot to me.

The particular difficulty, here, is the unknown of the place, and all the delicate little aspects to master.

"

And, in the end, it was again a Japanese who won.

Kohei Fukuda became the 2021 World Pâté Champion with a rather traditional duck-based recipe, but perfect in every way, the main one: the taste.

Our two Lyon candidates finished tied for 4th.

Considering the quality of the dishes presented, it must have been a blast.

Society

World Pie Championship: "A pie without a crust is useless!"

Delicacies

The best pie in the world is eaten in the Ain

  • Gastronomy

  • Food

  • Lyon

  • Competition

  • French gastronomy

  • 0 comment

  • 0 share

    • Share on Messenger

    • Share on Facebook

    • Share on twitter

    • Share on Flipboard

    • Share on Pinterest

    • Share on Linkedin

    • Send by Mail

  • To safeguard

  • A fault ?

  • To print