A team from Taiwan has come in second place at this year’s World of Bread competition in France, continuing a winning streak with yet another baking masterpiece.
A team of skilled bakers from Taiwan took part in the 7th World of Bread contest in France on Monday. Their piece showed a baseball player wearing indigenous Taiwanese clothing. The whole piece measured 140 cm tall and weighed 50 kilograms.
When Taiwan takes part in international competitions, organizers often call it by other names like “Chinese Taipei” to avoid irritating China. However, the judges at this year’s World of Bread contest named “Taiwan” as the second-prize winner.
When China demanded that Taiwanese contestants not be allowed to carry their national flag at the event, the organizers decided that no national flags would be allowed at all. At least, that was the case in the arena- the ban on flags didn’t apply to audience members, and there were plenty of Taiwanese flags in the stands.