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Best baguette of Paris
Every year since 1994, Paris officially elects the best baguette in the city, and the winning baker starts supplying the bread of the French president. All 33 winners are in the table.
Every winner, year by year
| Year | Edition | Baker |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 33ª | Sithamparappillai Jegatheepan |
| 2025 | 32ª | Mickaël Reydellet |
| 2024 | 31ª | Xavier Netry |
| 2023 | 30ª | Tharshan Selvarajah |
| 2022 | 29ª | Damien Dedun |
| 2021 | 28ª | Makram Akrout |
| 2020 | 27ª | Taieb Sahal |
| 2019 | 26ª | Fabrice Leroy |
| 2018 | 25ª | Mahmoud M'seddi |
| 2017 | 24ª | Sami Bouattour |
| 2016 | 23ª | Mickaël Reydellet and Florian Charles |
| 2015 | 22ª | Djibril Bodian |
| 2014 | 21ª | Antonio Teixeira |
| 2013 | 20ª | Ridha Khadher |
| 2012 | 19ª | Sébastien Mauvieux |
| 2011 | 18ª | Pascal Barillon |
| 2010 | 17ª | Djibril Bodian |
| 2009 | 16ª | Franck Tobarel |
| 2008 | 15ª | Anis Bouabsa |
| 2007 | 14ª | Arnaud Delmontel |
| 2006 | 13ª | Jean-Pierre Cohier |
| 2005 | 12ª | Eric Sanna |
| 2004 | 11ª | Pierre Thilloux |
| 2003 | 10ª | Laurent Connan |
| 2002 | 9ª | Raoul Maeder |
| 2001 | 8ª | Pierre Demoncy |
| 2000 | 7ª | Raoul Maeder |
| 1999 | 6ª | Stéphane Pouget |
| 1998 | 5ª | Antonio Teixeira |
| 1997 | 4ª | René Saint-Ouen |
| 1996 | 3ª | Philippe Gosselin |
| 1995 | 2ª | Jean-Noël Julien |
| 1994 | 1ª | René Saint-Ouen |
The city hall official contest
Since 1994 the city of Paris has organized, with the national confederation of French bakers, the Grand Prix de la Baguette de tradition française. The rules are set by decree: each baguette must weigh between 250 and 300 grams and carry 18 grams of salt per kilo of flour. Entries arrive numbered and anonymous, and the jury scores baking, taste, crumb, smell and appearance. The champion earns 4,000 euros, a medal and the most symbolic contract in France: supplying the daily baguette of the Élysée Palace, the president's table, for a full year.
What the list tells
Five bakers have won twice: René Saint-Ouen (1994 and 1997), Antonio Teixeira (1998 and 2014), Raoul Maeder (2000 and 2002), Djibril Bodian (2010 and 2015) and Mickaël Reydellet (2016 and 2025). The list also tells the story of Parisian immigration: Senegal-born Bodian, bakers of Tunisian origin such as Anis Bouabsa and Mahmoud M'seddi, and Sri Lanka-born Tharshan Selvarajah (2023) and Sithamparappillai Jegatheepan, the 2026 champion with the Fournil Didot bakery in the 14th arrondissement. In 2025 the winner was Mickaël Reydellet of La Parisienne, in the 10th. And since 2022 the bread this contest celebrates is world heritage: UNESCO inscribed the artisanal know-how of the baguette on its intangible cultural heritage list.
Sources: Paris city hall (paris.fr and presse.paris.fr, official contest announcements), the historical list compiled on Wikipedia and the French press. Snapshot of July 2026. This site is independent and not affiliated with the city of Paris.
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