Bakery in China: Louis Lesaffre Bakery World Cup
中华烘焙：路易乐斯福杯全球烘焙师大赛
Earlier in November, the Chinese Team consisting of Zhang Zheng Hai, Zhou Bin and Xu Zhiliang competed in the Louis Lesaffre Cup Asia Pacific Selection and emerged as champion. With this, they have secured a seat to compete in the final round of Louis Lesaffre Bakery World Cup in Paris next February. They will be competing against teams from France, Japan amongst others.
在日前印尼雅加达举办的“路易乐斯福杯” 亚太地区总决赛上，中国代表队以总分第一的骄人成绩，击败了来自韩国、澳大利亚、越南以及印度尼西亚的烘焙师代表队，成功晋级2016年2月在法国巴黎举办的烘焙世界杯总决赛。
此次出征烘焙世界杯的中国代表队，是由中国代表队的教练——法国巴黎大磨坊高级烘焙大师Dominique Genty领导的团队组成，三位队员分别为 全国赛法棍和世界面包组的冠军张政海，全国赛艺术面包组冠军周斌。
On 23rd of November, Bakery Chef Zhang Zhenghai came to share his experience of participating in the Louis Lesaffre Cup with SYB students as well as the public. More than just a competition, the Louis Lesaffre Cup is an apprenticeship course, a developer of talents, a chance for interaction and a unique professional and human experience.
The Bakery World Cup was created in 1992. This is an arena created to develop the quality of breads throughout the world. Further, it aims to promote the baking profession. Each participating country will appoint a team of 3 bakers. Each baker will specialize in the categories of Bread, Pastry (Viennoiserie) and Artistic Creation.
11月23日，张政海大师来到海上青焙坊烘焙中心与学员和众多烘焙爱好者一起分享他参加“路易乐斯福杯”全球烘焙师大赛的经历。对他来说，这次大赛不仅仅只是一场比赛，更是一次收货丰富的学习，一个挖掘自己才能的机会，一个互相交流的契机，一段独一无二的人生经历。
“路易乐斯福杯”全球烘焙师大赛始于1992年。这是一场致力于提高全世界面包制作水平的赛事，更是向全球推广宣传烘焙事业的媒介。每个参赛国家都将指定三名烘焙师组成代表队，每位烘焙师都有自己专攻的领域，如：欧包，甜点以及艺术面包。
A recurring theme during the sharing was about hard work, passion and dedication to the craft. During the 2 hour sharing, Zhang Zhenghai shared photos and stories during his training at Lesaffre. Apart from the many interesting anecdotes, he had also shared many valuable learning points about bread making. He also recounted what it was like under the tutelage of Coach Siu Hung Au Yang, a passionate baker with more than 20 years of expereince. He had also invited Ma Mingze, a candidate who represented China in the “The Young Bakery Hopeful” category in Asia regional selection cup. This category was a segment dedicated to youths aged 17-21. Like Zhang, Ma was also a former student from SYB. Zhang hopes that with Ma’s success stroy, students from SYB will be inspired to practice their craft.
在分享会中，张政海不断强调勤奋、热情与毅力的重要性。在这两小时里，他与大家分享了参赛过程中的照片、训练日程以及逸闻趣事，当然还有一些珍贵的面包制作的学习要点。他还详细讲述了在拥有20余年烘焙经验的大厨欧阳兆熊指导下的心得体会。另外，代表中国参加了亚洲区“烘焙希望青年”选拔赛的马铭泽也受到张政海邀请莅临现场。这个组别专门针对17至21岁年轻的烘焙师。与张政海一样，马铭泽也是海上青焙坊的毕业生。张政海希望能以马铭泽的成功经历激励现在海上青焙坊的学生们努力精进他们的技艺。
Xu and Zhou were unable to make it to the sharing due to their work commitments. Nonetheless, they were excited to share their experiences over the phone. They engaged both students and the public with a short question and answer segment. As the talented bakers have emerged as Champion in the Asia Pacific, they will continue to train hard to hone their skills to perfection in preparation for the World Cup next February!
因为工作原因，张政海的队友周斌和许志亮很遗憾没能来到现场分享他们的感想，但他们非常热情地通过电话问答的形式与现场的学生们交流经验。这群天赋非凡的烘焙师们虽已获得了亚太地区的冠军，但他们不会止步于此。他们会继续精益求精打磨技术，为明年二月的全球决赛做好的准备！