Beyond Borders

Salaam Baguette
 
Speakers: Kazem Samendhari, CMD and Cedric Houze, Executive Pastry and Bakery Chef, L'Opera Patisserie Boulangerie
 
Guest of Honour: H.E. Mr. Francois Richier, Ambassador of France
 
Chair: Shri K.V. Rajan
 
This programme focuses on the astonishing range of France's famed boulangerie and patisserie, where the most modern technology respectfully co-exists with centuries-old traditions, which constitute the pillars of French gastronomic culture such as "Perfection","Joie de vivre", "aesthetic appeal" and "Innovation". This is an ode to "Bread" in all its magnificent diversity, its unique place in French history, culture and society, the passionate commitment to high quality, interwoven with first person accounts of French entrepreneurship in "making it in India" for the discriminating palate here and elsewhere, and insights and demos by an executive French chef