<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-style-large">This is like Great British Baking Show&#8230;if the stakes were death&#8230;<cite>&#8211; Jer</cite></blockquote>



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We conclude our <a href="https://mathishard.net/tag/wud/">What&#8217;s Up Docs? series</a> with a light-hearted romp through the world&#8217;s most stressful and high-stakes pastry contest. If you enjoy The Great British Baking Show, Iron Chef, or any other culinary contest, may we recommend <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1558972/">Kings of Pastry</a>, a documentary about the quadrennial contest to achieve France&#8217;s highest honor in the field of pastry chef-dom. Ne&#8217;er e&#8217;er has there been such drama around abstract sugar sculptures and such scrutiny over the flavor of a beautiful wedding cake. Bon appetit.



<ul><li><a href="http://archive.pov.org/kingsofpastry/about-the-characters/">About the chefs</a><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacquy_Pfeiffer">Jacquy Pfeiffer</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.frenchpastryschool.com/">The French Pastry School</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="https://www.ice.edu/blog/king-queen-pastry-philippe-and-elodie-rigollot">Philippe Rigollot</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meilleur_Ouvrier_de_France">The Meilleur Ouvrier de France</a></li></ul>