At the age of 23, Greek Stavros Evaggelou is already Europe’s best baker. In a recent contest for young bakers in Germany, he won the first award in four out of the six categories, including the main theme of the competition which was homeland as well as best bread, best croissant and best innovative product and taste.
Evanggelou baked a bust on an ancient Greek pillar surrounded by a lyre. “I tried to bond together, Europe, Germany and Greece,” he told Deutsche Welle.
”What they specifically liked were the combinations. For example, I made croissant with Santorini dried tomatoes, feta and basil. If you eat it, it’s amazing, unique in taste. I “took” Greece, linked it to Germany and “used” Europe as a base.”
Evanggelou is not a “novice” to the art of baking, as he has been in the job ever since he was five years old.
He grew up baking and making sweets in his family’s bakery store in the Zografou suburb of Athens.
When he was 18, he went to M?nster in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany and studied in one of the top universities.
After three years of studies he entered various regional and European competitions and won top place.
The next goal of the 23-year-old baker prodigy, is pastry making, for which he plans to obtain a diploma in a year, while also attending financial studies.
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