La Fête du Pain 2024 in Paris: artisan bakers set up shop on the Notre-Dame forecourt

La Fête du pain is back in Paris ! The world's largest short-lived bakery is back on the Parvis de la Cathédrale Notre-Dame. And for this comeback in the capital, the Fête du Pain will be offering 10 days of entertainment and discoveries from Tuesday, May 7 to Thursday, May 16, 2024.

For the curious and those with a sweet tooth, this huge ephemeral bakery is an opportunity to find out all about the making of bread, pastries and other sweet products, thanks in particular to our friends, the bakers and pastry-makers of Greater Paris, who will be delighted to help you discover their trade through the sharing of convivial and festive moments.

Not all bread sellers have the right to call themselves " boulanger " or " boulangerie ". The Fête du Pain is an opportunity for the profession to showcase its differences, to promote bread made according to the rules of the art, and to remind people that good bread has a name: Pain de Tradition Française.

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As a reminder, the Fête du Pain was launched in 1996 on the initiative of Jean-Pierre Raffarin, then Minister for SMEs, Trade and Crafts. Since then, the event has returned every year around May 16, the day of Saint-Honoré, patron saint of millers, flour merchants, bakers and patissiers.

What's on the agenda for this 28th edition of the Fête du Pain ? A reconstructed store, where the bakers of Paris will be on hand to answer all your questions. From the different varieties of bread to the secrets of bread-making, from kneading to baking to shaping... everything, everything, everything, you'll know all about the unmissable baguette, whose craft skills and culture have been officially inscribed on Unesco's intangible cultural heritage list since the end of November 2022!

The Fête du Pain is also an opportunity to attend demonstrations, as well as various competitions ( regional and national traditional French baguette competition, best sandwich competition, etc.) and prize-giving ceremonies (best traditional baguettes in the Ile-de-France region, best croissant in Greater Paris with Charentes-Poitou PDO butter, etc.), not to mention the many tasting sessions... So, who's for good bread and its secrets?

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