After five years, France again has the longest baguette. 12 bakers set to work in Suresnes, a municipality on the outskirts of Paris, to break the Italian record of 132.62 meters. And it worked: after 14 hours of kneading, rolling and baking, a Guinness World Records inspector was able to knock the figure at 140.53 meters.
“Italy? That is not possible. If there is one world record that belongs to France, it is this,” a local resident responded to ‘Le Parisien’ when he was told that the world record for longest baguette had been in Italian hands for five years. A group of bakers from Como then baked a bread of more than 132 meters. And in 2015, ‘Italy’ was written in the Guinness Book World Records Book next to the world record: a loaf of 122 meters rolled out of the oven in Milan.
In 2016, Belgians also tried to break the record. In honor of the fortieth anniversary of cyclist Lucien Van Impe’s victory in the Tour de Franse, the Kroonbakkers baked a loaf of 133 meters long in his home village of Erpe-Mere. A record, and everything went according to the rules of Guinness World Records. The Italian bakers from Como are still listed as record holders on the organization’s website.
According to the rules of the art
Time to bring the record back to France, according to some bakers from the Parisian outskirts. The country where 320 baguettes are sold every second had to and would reclaim the world record. At 3am the 12 bakers started working on their baguettes. “The bread is made according to the rules of the art,” explained the organization of the Suresnes Baguette Show. “Wheat flour, water, yeast and salt are the only ingredients.” The bread also had to be at least 5 centimeters thick over its entire length. are.
The baking and shaping of the bread took place on the Terrasse du Fécheray square, with the Eiffel Tower in the background. To bake the bread it was put through a roller oven, which was set up under a tent. 13 hours after the start, the bread was ready to be measured. “Now the big question is: how big is our baguette ?” the organization posted on social media.
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The present inspector from Guinness World Records measured 140.53 meters, more than enough to regain the record. France satisfied, and so did the spectators: the baguette was cut into pieces and distributed among the attendees and the homeless of Suresnes.
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