In case there was any doubt, this proves the greatness of San Francisco (via Instapundit).
KTVU:
PARIS — The United States’ bread-baking skills were crowned superior to those of France and the rest of the world the Coupe du Monde de la Boulangerie, the World Cup of Baking, held in Paris, France.
The 2005 U.S. Bread Bakers Guild team was coached by Didier Rosada and included Jeffrey Yankellow, both of the San Francisco Baking Institute. They beat 11 other countries’ teams to win the competition, the Bread Bakers Guild of America reported today.
“We knew something good was going to happen,” Evelyn Suas, co-founder of the San Francisco Baking Institute, said today. Before the competition, the U.S. team trained at the San Francisco facility.
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The American team received an outstanding rating for all three categories of the competition: baguettes and specialty breads; viennoiserie, including pastries and savory sandwiches; and artistic design, the guild reported.
America’s entry for the artistic category was a bread sculpture including Mount Rushmore and the Statue of Liberty with a flaming torch of wheat. The edible coup de grace was a rusty-red Golden Gate Bridge, colored using paprika, with small savory rolls playing the role of automobiles.
