Tharshan Selvarajah, a baker in the twentieth arrondissement of Paris, won Wednesday the Grand Prix for the best baguette of the capital. Jury, including six Parisians drawn at random, each tasted the trifle of 62 baguettes.
Out of 1,122 bakers registered in Paris, 175, or more than 10%, tried their luck at the prestigious headquarters of the union located on the Ile Saint-Louis. With its crispy crust and soft crumb, the baguetta is today the first bread consumed in the country.