ukpastryclub – The most spectacular pastry show

UK Pastry Club

Our purpose is to promote UK Pastry Chefs and the next generation, artisans, producers, suppliers and the whole hospitality industry to the rest of the world.

Meet the UK Pastry team who will represent the nation during the most spectacular pastry competition on the culinary map:

The pastry World Cup, January 2027 in Lyon - FRANCE

Coupe du Monde de la Pâtisserie

Coupe du Monde de la Pâtisserie
The competition that unveils the latest trends and discovers the new talents of the worldwide pastry.

Follow the UK team during their preparation towards the Coupe du Monde de la Pâtisserie the competition that unveils the latest trends and highlight new pastry talents!

Through their team spirit, creativity, cohesion & sharing, you will discover their story until the competition happening in January 2027 during the Sirha Lyon.

Stay tuned!

UK Pastry Club

UK Pastry Club brings people together to raise the recognition of UK pastry as among the best in the world.

Our purpose is to raise awareness of UK pastry chefs—some of the most talented craftsmen in the world—and to select and support candidates who will represent the UK at the World Pastry Cup.

The Club is chaired by Denis Drame MCA, working alongside a committee composed of Martin Chiffers, President of the UK Pastry Team, and Anne-Sophie Millon, Treasurer of the Club.

The Club’s Promotional Manager is Laurian Veaudour, and the Team Coordinator is Rebecca Chen.

Barry Johnson, Jodi Hinds, Morgane Cateau, and a representative of our faithful sponsors are also part of the committee.

We also count on the support of our club members: Benoit Blin MCA, Florian Poirot, Franco Desimone, Cherish Finden, Nicolas Houchet, Chris Seddon, and Emmanuel Bonneau.

Anne-Sophie Millon

Laurian Veaudour

Denis Drame

Michael Kwan

The Team

The Team
Meet the UK Pastry team who will represent the nation during the most spectacular pastry competition on the culinary map:

The Coupe du Monde de la Pâtisserie, January 2027 in Lyon - FRANCE

Team President

Martin Chiffers

Chocolate Candidate

Francesco Genovese

Sugar Candidate

Benoit Defait

Ice Candidate

Calvin Luk

Want to be part of our our next Pastry team UK / World Cup 2027?

📅 Selection Days:

June 13 – Chocolate candidates

June 14 – Sugar candidates

⏳ Deadline to enter: March 31, 2025

🏆 Team Announcement: June 14 at 6 PM (Award Ceremony)

Chocolate & sugar candidates

Reserve candidate

Ice candidate (3rd highest ranking from sugar/chocolate, no separate ice contest)

The Program

The theme for the 2025 final of the Pastry World Cup is NATIONAL HERITAGE.

Throughout their work in the contest, the teams should endeavor to highlight the heritage of their respective countries. Duration of the contest: 9 hours, with: + 3 tasting tests + 3 artistic tests + Creation of a buffet integrating the below creations.

TASTINGS :

FROZEN DESSERT

RESTAURANT STYLE DESSERTS

A SHOW CHOCOLAT (26 sweet chocolate creations for tasting.)

ARTISTIC CREATIONS :

SUGAR

CHOCOLATE

SCULPTED WATER ICE

Winner European Pastry Cup 2012, 2014 and 2022

Best Sugar Prize of the competition in 2017, Best Sugar Prize and eco-responsibility prize in 2019.

The UK team was part of the Top 7 in 2017 and top 5 in 2019. The best nations automatically qualified to the next grand finale.

The UK Pastry team came 4th in 2023!

3rd place at the European Pastry Cup 2024

Pre order your pastry tee-shirt and support the team !

For any donation of 40£ or more, receive your exclusive tee-shirt to support the team! Hurry up if you want to get your exclusive UK pastry team tee-shirt. Limited edition!

Delivery in January

Size : XS/S/M/L/XL/XXL

Coupe du Monde de la Pâtisserie 2025

The UK Pastry team for 2025 was represented by Michael Kwan, Wallace Li, Rémy Pugeot and Glen Sharman. After months of intensive training, followed by 10 hours of competition and what felt like endless hours waiting for the Pastry World Cup results – the UK Pastry Team were declared 9th Best Pastry Team in the World.

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