The delicious and crunchy Le Baguette in Paris.
Le Baguette in Paris, the famous French bread you have to taste when you travel to the capital of France, well-rounded and making that crusty sound. Food is such an important part of French culture that if you come to Paris there are certain things you just can’t miss, such as Le Baguette in Paris.
For the french baguettes are a part of daily life. French people eat baguettes at breakfast, lunch and dinner with jam and cheese.
Normally a french eats half a baguette per day. With 60 million people in France, that means 30 million baguettes daily are produced and sold.
So let’s see what are the top Bakeries to eat Le Baguette if you are visiting Paris, but first a little bit of Le Baguette history.
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First things first, the foundation of french society – Le baguette. French bread it’s delicious by nature and the french enjoy getting their bread fresh and crunchy every day.
In France the most famous type of bread since the Second World War, when it was invented, is Le Baguette. A Baguette in Paris is like fish in water, birds in the sky, tourists at Notre-Dame, they just belong.
Paris is the capital of the Baguette and France is already working to register the Baguette as a UNESCO World Heritage.
There are few bakeries that make the fluffiest the crispiest Baguette in all of Paris.
The best bakeries normally are bakeries that are in the family for generations, the recipes are the same from generation to generation.
The process of making a Baguette
It is very difficult to make a baguette that is very good, excellent or perfect of course. In total takes about 20 hours to make a Baguette.
It demands a lot of time. One must be very serious, very attentive while preparing everything from ingredients to the moment Le Baguette goes to the oven.
A good Baguette should be well-rounded, make that crusty sound, well-cooked on the inside, you have to have an irregular rising of small and large bubbles.
Then “voilà”, the final result, a particular taste and a crumb that is moist. It’s magic when you have that subtle taste of wheat and that subtle crusty sound.
The Baguette competition in Paris
Every year there is a competition for the best Baguette in Paris. It’s a very difficult competition because it is the most well-known in the World of bakeries competing.
There are also competitions for croissants, but the most important is the Baguette competition. Because it is precisely the baguette that is the symbol of the French.
The winner makes the Baguette for the President of France for one year. Every day goes to the Elysée Palace deliver the Baguette to the President. It’s a huge honor for the bakery.
And the Winner is…
Bakery Du Pain et des Idées, won the prize for best Baguette in 2008, besides an excellent baguette they make the famous Chocolate Pistachio Escargot. People love this Chocolate Pistachio Escargot from the first bite.
Le Grenier à Pain (38 Rue des Abbesses) is one of the most famous Bakeries in Paris because in 2010 they won the award for best Baguette in Paris.
Maison Kayser (8 Rue Monge) in 2012 delivered the baguette to President Sarkozy, in this bakery alone they produce 2000 baguettes a day.
Anthony Bosson (254 Av. Daumesnil, 75012 Paris)- baker, is the winner of the best baguette in 2019.
Maison Julien, was the Bakery Awarded Best Baguette in Paris in 2020 (73 Av. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 75008 Paris)
The year 2021 winner of the best baguette among 122 baguettes and a Jury chaired by Olivia Polski, Anne Hidalgo’s assistant for commerce and crafts at the mayor of Paris, Taieb Salah – 2020 winner, Franck Thomasse president of the Syndicat des boulangers du Grand Paris, Guillaume Gomez, former chef of the Elysée was a son of an immigrant, Makran Akrout, Boulangerie Royer.
Makran Akrout for a year will delivery Le Baguette every day to the President of France. He received the award by the Mayor of Paris, Saturday October the 2nd in a ceremony that took place in Notre-Dame Cathedral.
Croissants in Paris.
France is also the country where croissants were born and once you are in Paris you should try the best croissants at La Maison D’isabelle, they won the first prize of Paris in 2018 for the best croissant.
The croissants here are absolutely delicious, probably you won’t be satisfied with only croissant because they are extremely good. The address of La Maison d’Isabelle is 47ter Bd Saint-Germain, 75005 Paris.
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