There are artisanal, sourdough or large-scale bakers from almost every part of the country who applied for this year’s Bread of the Year and Innovative Bread of the Year. The judging committee could evaluate baked goods that came from the counties of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Heves and Nógrád, Hajdú-Bihar, Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg, Bács-Kiskun, Csongrád-Csanád, Baranya and Somogy, Győr-Moson-Sopron.
This year, the Hungarian Bakers’ Association announced its professional competition for the 12th year. The aim of the national competition … as in the previous years, in 2023 was also to encourage bakery businesses to create the most exciting and innovative bakery products that are still based on the foundations of tradition, thereby enriching the selection of one of our most basic foods … BREAD! This year, it was possible to enter the competition in three categories, so the organization were awaiting for baked goods for the National Holiday … the Saint Stephen’s day bread. The Innovative bread and the Walking Cake categories were introduced last year as well.
Saint Stephen’s Day bread is the most important category of the competition, which is baked by our country’s bakers for the celebration of the founding of the state. In this case, the master bakers had to prepare the bread mainly from grain flour, using traditional sourdough technology, using at least two types of flour. The judging, examination by experts whether the product meets the requirements of the Hungarian Food Code, and when scoring, they took into account the quality characteristics of the shape, shell, lining, aroma and taste.
The XII. The winner of the St. Stephen’s Day Bread Competition is the St. Stephen’s Day Durum Bread of Heim Bakery – Limited partership from Dunabogdány.
The winner of the Innovative category is Balmaz-Sütöde Ltd. gold engraver bread from Balmazújváros.
The Szinobor Ltd. raspberry-pistachio Baker’s ice cream from Biharkereszets won the first place in the “rolling along” Pastry category.
Update by Aggie Reiter
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