Paris, France, Aug 11, 2026 (AFP) - Newly crowned world's best pastry chef stays true to artisan roots

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2026-08-11

The smell of warm bread hangs in the air at one of Benoit Castel's patisseries in Paris, where the newly crowned world's best pastry chef was hard at work testing new recipes. His fingers covered in cookie dough, the 54-year-old with salt-and-pepper hair had returned to his usual routine as an "artisan-retailer" after the International Union of Bakers and Confectioners (UIBC) named him World Confectioner of the Year last month. "I have a missio......

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