SIRHA BAKE & SNACK
PARIS, PORTE DE VERSAILLES
SOUTH KOREA WINS THE 13TH EDITION OF THE BAKERY WORLD CUP!
CHINESE TAIPEI AND FRANCE COMPLETE THE PODIUM
After two days of intense competition, South Korea, represented by Seok Yong Hwang (bread candidate), Yong Hwan Choi (artistic piece candidate) and Myung Gi Kim (viennoiserie candidate), won the Bakery World Cup, succeeding the French team, the winner of the previous edition in 2024. Chinese Taipei and France, 2nd and 3rd, complete the podium of the competition, which took place during Sirha Bake & Snack 2026.
This 13th edition gathered the world’s 10 best teams, each composed of three candidates, to compete in four tests combining technical skill and teamwork: “Breads”, “Viennoiseries”, “Snacking” and “Artistic Piece”. Each candidate had to demonstrate their technical expertise and artistic mastery, combined with the team spirit essential to making their country shine.
This year, the artistic pieces, which were the highlight of the show, had to be created in line with the theme “The great inventions of your country”. The contestants had to recount part of their nation’s history and identity through the creation of a culinary work of art. Each artistic piece had to be between 140 and 160 centimetres in height, be entirely edible and incorporate at least five varieties of dough, 25% of which must be leavened dough.
The South Korean trio wins this edition of the Bakery World Cup, 10 years after their first and only victory. This performance demonstrates South Korea’s expertise in baking and pastry-making and their mastery of the ‘French Bakery’ concept, allowing South Korea to equal Japan and the United States with a second victory since the competition was created in 1992. This result also reflects the growing importance of Asian countries in the bakery sector, having won five of the last six editions of the Bakery World Cup (Japan 2012, South Korea 2016, China 2020 and Chinese Taipei in 2022).
Discover the results of the 2026 Bakery World Cup:
1st: South Korea
2nd: Chinese Taipei
3rd: France
4th: Japan
5th: Canada
6th: USA
7th: Denmark
8th: Brazil
9th: Senegal
10th: Morocco
Photo credits: ©Ludovic Beck