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Team USA to Compete in World Cup of Baking 2016

  • 18 March 2015

The United States will be represented at the World Cup of Baking in 2016. The event, officially known as ‘Coupe du Monde de la Boulangerie’ takes place in Paris, France every four years. Team USA, sponsored by the Bread Bakers Guild of America will be one of nine countries competing in the event. Based on the team’s silver medal finish at the 2012 event, they have an automatic entry.

Three competitors make up each team at the event, each specializing in a different category: artistic design, baguette and speciality breads, and Viennoiserie.

In March 2012, Mike Zakowski, Jeremy Gadouas, and Harry Peemoeller represented Team USA and won second place at the World Cup of Baking, with Japan taking first place, and Taiwan taking third.

2012 Team USA Competitors

Mike Zakowski

A graduate of the Culinary Arts program at Kendall College in Chicago, Illinois, Zakowski represented the baguette & specialty breads portion of Team USA. He owned Kraftsmen Baking in Houston, Texas, worked as the Operations Manager at Artisan Bakers in Sonoma, California, and currently owns his own bakery, [the bejkr], where he markets his creations at local farmers markets in Sanoma County.

Jeremy Gadouas

A graduate of culinary school in California, as well as the American Institute of Baking in Manhattan, Kansas; Gadouas represented the Viennoiserie component of Team USA. He worked for Zingerman’s Bakehouse in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and the Hyatt Regency in Dearborn as their pastry chef. Gadouas helped open Snohomish Bakery and CafĂ© in Snohomish, Washington, and has worked for Bakery Nouveau in West Seattle.

Harry Peemoeller

A graduate of Baking Academy Hanover in Germany, and a Certified Master Baker, Peemoeller represented the artistic design portion on Team USA. He owned a bakery in Hamburg before moving to the United States. Peemoeller is currently a Senior Instructor at Johnson & Wales University in North Carolina, where he teaches in the baking and pastry program.

For more information on the Bread Bakers Guild of America Team USA, visit http://www.bbga.org/team_usa/

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