It looks like Tsumagari won a lot of awards at the Western Japan Confectionery Contest.
At the Western Japan Confectionery Contest held recently, the young pastry chefs from “Cake House Tsumagari” in Koyoen seem to have done incredibly well.
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The Confectionery Contest Was Held!!
On Tuesday, June 24, the 60th Western Japan Confectionery Contest was held at the Osaka Gas Hug Museum.
Although this is called a confectionery contest, it is not a competition of taste, but one that judges the beauty of the designs.
Of course, technical skill matters, but artistic sense also plays a big role in deciding the winners.
Since Western-style confectionery is said to have originated in Kobe, pastry chefs in western Japan are known to be at a very high level.
There were many outstanding works on display at this year’s contest as well.
A number of pastry chefs from Nishinomiya sweet shops also placed, so let us introduce them.
Pastry Chefs from Nishinomiya Who Won Awards
Division 1 (Practical Skills) Class A (No age limit)
2nd Place Federation Chairman’s Award / Excellence Award
Cake House Tsumagari Yoshigai Takayuki
3rd Place Excellence Award
Cake House Tsumagari Mitsuno Yuki
Division 1 (Practical Skills) Class B (Less than 6 years of experience)
1st Place Federation Chairman’s Award / Fuji Oil Cup / Grand Excellence Award
Studio Suzette Nozue Hinako
4th Place Merit Award
Cake House Tsumagari Ota Ken
Division 2 Pièce Montée (Sugar Art)
1st Place Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Award / Dover Liquor Cup / Grand Excellence Award
Cake House Tsumagari Abe Junichi
3rd Place Excellence Award
Cake House Tsumagari Yoshigai Takayuki
Division 4 Small Artistic Confectionery
1st Place Federation Chairman’s Award / Package Nakazawa Cup / Grand Excellence Award
Cake House Tsumagari Umeda Norio
Division 5 Pièce Artistique (Sugar Art)
1st Place Federation Chairman’s Award / Masuda Flour Milling Cup / Grand Excellence Award
Cake House Tsumagari Morita Shoko
Division 8 Marzipan Decoration
13th Place Merit Award
Cake House Tsumagari Tobita Haruka
The Awards Ceremony
The awards ceremony was held in the event plaza inside the museum.
Wow, Tsumagari really is something.
Out of 39 prize winners, a full 8 were craftspeople from Tsumagari.
Just to be clear once again, this is a contest covering all of western Japan.
Not only Hyogo, but cake shops from Osaka, Kyoto, Nara, Shiga, and Wakayama were all eligible to participate in this contest, so winning this many awards is truly incredible.
By the way, Studio Suzette is the company you know as Henri Charpentier.
Originally, its headquarters were in Ashiya, but now they are in Nishinomiya. Did you know that?
We’ll definitely want to keep an eye on Nishinomiya’s young pastry chefs going forward.
Please see here for the other results.
(Hyogo Confectionery Association website)
http://www.yogashikyokai.com/info/2019nishinihon/
