The Paté Croûte World Championship: UK Selection

22nd June 2023

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The World Championship of Pà¢té Croà»te is designed to help preserve a French culinary heritage dating from the Middle Ages; the preparation of pà¢té croà»te, a delicious crusted meat pie. For 14 years, professionals such as cuisine and pastry chefs, bakers, butchers and more have been flocking to take part of this famous competition held yearly at the beginning of December.

The championship brings together professional chefs, pastry artisans, and culinary enthusiasts from around the globe to showcase their skills and creativity in crafting exceptional pà¢té croà»te. Participants prepare their pà¢té croà»te creations using a wide variety of ingredients, including various meats, game, herbs, and spices, all skilfully prepared to create a delicious, beautiful and refined dish.

The event is no longer strictly reserved for French participants. Entries from America, Asia, Polynesia, Europe have made their presence known. This is the perfect time for the UK to be part of the prestigious competition and reveal to the world our best pie-making skills.

The very first UK semi-final will be held on Thursday 28th of September 2023 at the French Ambassador's Residence of London. At Classic Fine Foods, we are happy to announce that will be sponsoring the exceptional event for the first time. Come along to support the different teams and watch them showcase their impressive culinary skills.

Contestants will present 2 meat base pà¢té croà»te for a blind tasting among a jury panel of distinguished cuisine and pastry chefs, food critics, bakers and key people of the hospitality and culinary industry. The winner of the semi-final will be qualified for the 2023 World Championship of Pà¢té Croà»te (Championnat de Monde de Pà¢té-Croà»te) that will be taking place on Monday 4th of December in Lyon, France. 15 participants world-wide will be selected for the final.

Applications are open for entries from the 1st of June until August 28th. Click on the link below to learn more about the rules and register for the very 1st UK semi-final here.

For more information please visit our website here

History of the Pà¢té-Croà»te World Championship

The competition was started in 2009 by four friends from Lyon; Audrey Merle, Chef Christophe Marguin, Gilles Demange and Arnaud Bernollin. The group formed the Brotherhood of Pà¢té Croà»te (La Confrérie du Pà¢té-Croà»te) with the aim of preserving the heritage of this historic French delicacy.

When establishing this worldwide competition, they created a rigorous set of rules to help determine the best entries of the dish through a series of qualifying rounds leading up to the finals. Only experienced food catering professionals are allowed to participate, and all the tastings are blind, conducted by experts in gastronomy to make the process completely unbiased.

After 14 years, Pà¢té Croà»te World Championship is recognised as one of the most reputable culinary competitions in the world.

For more information visit https://www.championnatdumondepatecroute.com/

For more information about the UK selection please visit our website https://patecrouteuk.co.uk/

Check out World Championship of Pà¢té En Croà»te Instagram for updates about the UK competition @pate_croute_uk or our Linkedin here.

Applications are open for entries from the 1st of June until August 28th. Click on the link below to learn more about the rules and register for the very 1st UK semi-final here.

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