“French bakers made the longest baguette ever. ” Baguettes are an important part of the food in France.
The new Italian record is 140. 53 meters long, which is longer than the previous record of 132. 62. It has been confirmed by Guinness World Records.
A long bread was made in front of people on Sunday at the Suresnes Baguette Show in France. It happened at the Terrasse du Fécheray observation deck in a place near Paris.
A judge from Guinness World Records was present to confirm the record, Reuters reported.
18 bakers started making the dough at 3 am and then watched over the baking from 5 am, as stated by a news release from Suresnes. A special oven was made for the event.
After the bread was cooked, a part of it was sliced, spread with Nutella, and given to the people. Another section was given to the local youth association Celije so they could hand it out to the homeless that evening, the release stated.
“Suresnes is happy to see the new record for the longest baguette in the world. This celebrates our country’s food and the people who keep the tradition alive,” said Suresnes mayor Guillaume Boudy.
“I want to say good job to the bakers in Suresnes who made the baguette and keep the tradition of sharing alive. It’s important for our town to be friendly and welcoming,” Boudy said.
Dominique Anract, who leads a group of French bakers, said it took about 10 hours to make the longest baguette by hand. He also praised the teamwork and effort of all the bakers involved.
The baguette is a long, thin, crunchy bread that is really popular all over the world.
The French government says that traditional French baguettes are made with white flour, water, yeast, and salt. They should be 60 centimeters long and 5-6 centimeters wide, with five blade marks on top.
In 2022, French baguettes were given a special protection. The skill and tradition of making baguettes was added to UNESCO’s list of important cultural heritage.
The Suresnes release said that they were trying to beat the record for the world’s longest baguette to honor their heritage and culture.
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French bakers claim to have the world’s longest baguette
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Dispute between bakers, millers over increased flour price
The Premium Bread Makers Association, representing bakers, has disputed the claim made by flour millers that the price of flour has remained unchanged in the past year. This disagreement arises as the Association of Master Bakers and Caterers of Nigeria announced a nationwide 15 percent increase in bread prices starting from July 24.
Emmanuel Onuorah, the President of the Premium Bread Makers Association, stated in an interview with The PUNCH that flour millers had implemented a price increase for flour following the devaluation of the Nigerian currency.
He emphasized that rising input costs in recent months have further compounded the challenges faced by bakers, who are already grappling with various macroeconomic difficulties.
Onuorah also highlighted that many of their members have been forced to exit the breadmaking business due to the numerous challenges prevailing in the operating environment.
Onuorah said, “They are gouging price. They just do whatever they want, they were telling us before now that they source their forex from the black market. Now that the government has taken away the official window we have discovered that they were getting forex from the banks.
“They’re going to implement the increase in the price of flour in tranches. They have added N2,000, with the possibility of adding another N3,000. I don’t know when, but that’s their plan. In the last three months, they have added N10,000 to the price of sugar. 150kg bag of sugar has gone up by N10,000.”
He claimed that the recent elimination of fuel subsidies and devaluation of the naira had significantly increased the overhead expenses of breadmakers, forcing them to produce at less than full capacity.
He added, “Many of our distributors are using fuel. If they were using N4,000, today if they buy N4,000 fuel it doesn’t go anywhere. So it is affecting distribution. Most of them are leaving this business.”
Onuorah said the leadership of the union had already instructed the members to adjust prices in light of the recent developments in order to keep up with production costs.
“We have started doing it individually without necessarily giving any percentage adjustment. If any bakery does not adjust price, they will close down.
“Mind you, PBAN members are not increasing price, but making marginal adjustments to be able to match escalating costs with revenue, which by the way is disproportionate in terms of revenue.”
Reacting, the Corporate Communications Manager at Flour Mills of Nigeria, Modupe Thani, denied the claim by PBAN that the price of flour had been increased
“The price of four has not gone up, and it hasn’t gone up in recent times. I’m not sure where that story is coming from. I also spoke with my people in-house and they said nothing like that has happened. The price of flour has not been increased for more than one year.”
The General Secretary of the Flour Mills Association of Nigeria, Saliu Olalekan, refused to comment on the matter on the ground that the association would not get involved in matters revolving around the price of the product.