This autumn, the gourmet competitions for our favorite pastries and viennoiseries are back. After the Best Chocolate Bread in France, the Best Organic Bread in Île-de-France and the Best Cake in Hauts-de-Seine, we're back with the Best Pastry in Val-d'Oise!
Organized by the Fédération de la Boulangerie-Pâtisserie de l'Essonne, du Val-d'Oise et des Yvelines, the competition was held this autumn at the Chambre de Métiers et de l'Artisanat du Val-d'Oise, bringing together some forty candidates, each more motivated than the last to compete for the coveted trophy. To do so, they had to create and propose two emblematic desserts: the unmissable coffee religieuse and the famous tarte tropézienne.
To select the most successful creations and the best of Val-d'Oise patisserie, the competition called on a panel of expert judges. They had the difficult task of tasting each pastry created and presented by apprentice pastry chefs, professional employees and company directors.
After deliberation, the Rouget bakery in l'Isle-Adam was named the overall winner, taking first prize in the 2023 Val-d'Oise Pastry Competition.
Second place went to Christophe Rouget's boulangerie-pâtisserie in Beaumont-sur-Oise.
Finally, the Laublet bakery/pastry shop in Méry-sur-Oise took 3rd prize in this competition for the best pastry shop in Val-d'Oise.
Congratulations to the winners and all participants!
