New world pastry champ is... sacre bleu, South Korea!

The showstopper that won South Korea the World Baking Championships. Photos: AFP

In what could be considered a major upset, South Korea succeeded in defeating the French pastry team to take the baking equivalent of the World Cup, the first time the country has stepped onto the podium at the annual competition held in Paris recently.

Not only did Team France lose out to South Korea at the World Baking Championships 2016, it also lost to the Taiwanese baking team, eking out a third spot.