Africa Selection of the Pastry World Cup | Coupe du Monde de la Pâtisserie

Discovering the talents of the African continent

The Africa Selection of the Pastry World Cup took place in the city of Marrakech. On September 13, 2024, the 8 best talents from the African continent competed in the third continental selection of 2024, to determine which countries would be represented at the Grand Finale of the Pastry World Cup.

Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Senegal, Ghana, Mauritius, Tunisia, and Morocco had to prepare 3 fruit-based frozen desserts, 3 pastry pieces for 6 people, 8 restaurant desserts, 1 artistic chocolate piece, and 1 artistic sugar piece. Only three countries earned a ticket to participate in the final, which will take place on January 24 and 25, 2025, at Sirha Lyon.

Each team, made up of one chocolate and one sugar candidate, had 5h30 to create 16 tasting desserts, 2 artistic pieces as well as a buffet:

3 frozen dessert with fruit purees (+1 dummy)
3 pastry piece: The Paris-Brest (+1 dummy)
8 restaurant style desserts incorporating a hot chocolate soufflé Valrhona
1 sugar artistic piece
1 chocolate artistic piece
1 buffet including the artistic sugar and chocolate pieces, the dummy frozen dessert and the dummy pastry piece.

New Feature 2024

The restaurant dessert test has evolved, and featured a creation incorporating a hot Valrhona chocolate soufflé.
For this plated dessert, sent and tasted "à la minute" as in a restaurant, the International Organizing Committee has chosen to impose a minimum of 2 different textures and temperatures, and to add the integration of a Valrhona chocolate hot soufflé. This new difficulty forced candidates to demonstrate delicacy and concentration, to convey an emotion and offer the Jury a unique and memorable experience.

The aim of this new specificity is to push explore new emotional territories, whether gustatory, technical, or visual.

The results of the 2024 Africa Selection of the Pastry World Cup are :

Gold : Morocco

Sidi Mohamed LAMRAOUI (Chocolate)
Omar EDDIB (Sugar)

Silver : Mauritius

Iven CHITHRAY (Chocolate)
Pravesh GOKHOOLA (Sugar)

Bronze : Egypt

Ahmed ABD ELNASSER (Chocolate)
Wael MOHAMED MOSTAFA (Sugar)

Team Spirit Prize : Ivory Coast
Chocolate Sculpture Prize : Senegal
Sugar Sculpture Prize : Tunisia

Jury : Bayala André
Chocolate Candidate : Nana Hassamy
Sugar Candidate : Tonde Aristid Gildas

Jury : Zinsou Servais Sidoine Agonma
Chocolate Candidate : Donatien N'Dri N'Dri
Sugar Candidate : Adama Konate

Jury : Ahmed Sedhom
Chocolate Candidate : Ahmed Abd Elnasser
Sugar Candidate : Wael Mohamed Mostafa

Jury : Saer Mbengue
Chocolate Candidate : Marguerite Sarr
Sugar Candidate : Cherif Younouss Salomon

Jury : Akoto Vida Galenor
Chocolate Candidate : Francis Ofori Junior
Sugar Candidate : Lilian Adzarku

Jury : Sandy Scioli
Chocolate Candidate : Iven Chithray
Sugar Candidate : Pravesh Gokhoola

Jury : Bou Ali Mahrez
Chocolate Candidate : Abbassi Walid
Sugar Candidate : Chekir Wissem

Jury : El Yazidi Mohamed
Chocolate Candidate : Sidi Mohamed Lamraoui
Sugar Candidate : Eddib Omar

Discover the Degustation Jury

Jury : Bayala André

Jury : Zinsou Servais Sidoine Agonma

Jury : Ahmed Sedhom

Jury : Saer Mbengue

Jury : Akoto Vida Galenor

Jury : Sandy Scioli

Jury : Bou Ali Mahrez

Jury : El Yazidi Mohamed

Discover the International Jury

Bruno CIRET
Nicolas PELLOIE
Stéphane AUGE
Sébastien LESAGE
Didier STEPHAN
Serge GRANGER