Mondial du pain 2009

http://www.mondialdupain.com/2009/en/

Worth a visit to see the photographs of the breads under the "press" tab

http://www.mondialdupain.com/2009/en/presse/index.php

It is also interesting to see the strict rules for competition under

http://www.mondialdupain.com/2009/en/concours/cat1.php

Roger Gural of the USA team has some photos also on his picasa gallery. Roger Gural, is a French Culinary Institute of New York City alumni and instructor, has baked professionally for almost ten years, at renowned bakeries such as Bouchon Bakery, Bouley Bakery, and Amy’s Bread.

http://picasaweb.google.com/rogergural/MDP2009?feat=directlink

Roger reported to the Bread Baker's Guild of America forum that the winners were...

1. France
2. Switzerland
3. Italy
Special prize nutrition: Switzerland
Special prize best commis: Isabel Daniels, USA.

Roger thanked Michel Suas, Didier Rosada, Brian Wood, Peter Yuen
and everybody at the San Francisco Baking Institute for all their help in training. I can attest to the quality of the training at SFBI even for dilettante bakers like me.