Competitions

Proud of our customers! The best traditional French baguette 2026 goes to our customer Frédéric Boulay

winners of the best traditional french baguette

Crédit : Confédération nationale de la Boulangerie Pâtisserie

National Competition

Concours national de la Meilleure Baguette de Tradition Française 2026

Competition date

2026

21 artisan bakers, the best from our regions, came to Paris during the week of the 2026 bread festival, on the square in front of Notre-Dame, to take part in three days of competition.

Proud of our customers Six of our customers were among them!

Congratulations to Frédéric Boulay on winning the national title of Best Traditional French Baguette 2026.

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1^er PRIX - Frédéric Boulay, Boulangerie Boulay (Beaumont-sur-Oise)

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3^e PRIX - Nathan Villemin, apprenti en BP à l'INBP, Le fournil de Mélisey (Mélisey) BAGATELLE - La Baguette, Label Rouge

Frédéric and Natacha Boulay, Boulay bakery in Beaumont-sur-Oise

Nathan Villemin, Le fournil de Mélisey (surrounded by his bosses Léa Thomassey and Fabien Jacquey)

Proud of our customers! Nathan Villemin (3rd prize), Frédéric Boulay (1st prize)

Almost the entire Boulay family to celebrate the 1st Prize

Frédéric Boulay, Sébastien Régnier for Foricher - Les Moulins d'Arnouville

2 semi-finals for a chance to be among the 6 best candidates in the final!

On the 3-day programme: 2 days of semi-finals and 1 grand final

Day 1: 11 candidates (Monday evening and Tuesday): 3 selected for the final
D2: 10 candidates (Tuesday evening and Wednesday): 3 selected for the final
D3: the final for just 6 candidates (Wednesday evening and Thursday)

Steven and Capucine Galea - Sucre et Farine in Moirmoiron, Foricher artisan customer - Pays de Provence — Steven and Capucine Galéa with Tanguy Mirambeau - Sucre et Farine in Moirmoiron, Foricher artisan customer - Pays de Provence

Sylvain Marquet and the finalists: Clément Poncet (Les caprices de Maëlle in Rosny-sous-Bois) and Clément Brun (L'atelier de Raphaël in Soissons).

Sébastien Pinot and his team: Damien Millot and Alexis Frebourg, finalists — Sébastien Pinot and his team: Damien Millot and Alexis Frebourg (Les délices de Vagney), finalists

Clément Poncet and one of his first supporters in this final (Les caprices de Maëlle)

Finaliste Région Hauts-de-France

Clément Brun, L'Atelier de Raphaël (Soissons)

Finaliste Région Grand-Est

Alexis Frebourg, Boulangerie Pâtisserie Pinot - Les délices de Vagney (Vagney) BAGATELLE - La Baguette, Label Rouge

Finaliste Région PACA Corse

Steven Galéa, Sucre et Farine (Mormoiron)

Finaliste Région Ile-de-France, petite couronne

Clément Poncet, Les Caprices de Maëlle (Rosny-sous-Bois) BAGATELLE - La Baguette, Label Rouge

Ile-de-France Regional Final | Competition for the Best Traditional French Baguette 2026 in the Ile-de-France, inner and outer suburbs

Frédéric Boulay, Boulangerie Boulay: 1st Prize (large crown)

Clément Poncet, Les caprices de Maëlle: 1st Prize (petite couronne)

Yohan Pongnian, Racines urbaines in Fontenay-sous-Bois, regional finalist — Finalist: Yohan Pongnian, Racines urbaines à Fontenay-sous-Bois, Val-de-Marne finalist • Crédit : Yohan Pongnian

On the previous Sunday, candidates from the Ile-de-France region took part in the competition. The bakers' federation is taking advantage of this wonderful bread festival to select its two candidates for the national final.

Clément Poncet and Frédéric Boulay were able to represent their region, and we were delighted to see our customer from Beaumont-sur-Oise take 1st place on the national podium.

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1^er PRIX - Clément Poncet (petite couronne), Les Caprices de Maëlle (Rosny-sous-Bois) BAGATELLE - La Baguette, Label Rouge

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1^er PRIX - Frédéric Boulay (grande couronne), Boulangerie Boulay (Beaumont-sur-Oise)

Finaliste et représentant du Val-de-Marne

Yohan Pongnian, Racines Urbaines Boulangerie Artisanale (Fontenay-sous-Bois) BAGATELLE - La Baguette, Label Rouge

Foricher - Les Moulins support artisan bakers through to the national final of the Best Traditional French Baguette competition

Ludovic Desoeuvres, La fournée des fables in Château-Thierry (02) and Nicolas Ledoux, Le doux pain in Citers (70)

Yvon Foricher, Loïc Foricher and Nicolas Ledoux, Le doux pain in Citers (70)

Nicolas Ledoux and his wife, surrounded by Ludovic Desoeuvres, Yvon Foricher and Dominique Anract, Chairman of the CNBF.

Ludovic Desoeuvres, La fournée des fables in Château-Thierry (02) with Sylvain Marquet

Patrick Baillet in Ay (51) with Patrick Cognard, Nicolas Rouillon and Franck Lavoisier

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1^er PRIX - en 2026 : Frédéric Boulay, Boulangerie Boulay (Beaumont-sur-Oise)

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1^er PRIX - en 2024 : Nicolas Ledoux, Boulangerie Le doux pain (Citers)

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1^er PRIX - en 2023 : Ludovic Desoeuvres, La Fournée des Fables (Château-Thierry) BAGATELLE - La Baguette, Label Rouge

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1^er PRIX - en 2022 : Patrick Baillet, Boulangerie Patrick Baillet (Aÿ-Champagne)

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