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The final - live from Paris
20 Oct. 14:18 Some mouthwatering highlights from this morning's sessions: hand dipped pralines created by Claudia Schmid, Damien Deslandes, Francisco Somoza, Jana Ristau, John Costello, Luis Robledo, Palle Sorensen, Sylvain Bortolini and Yoshiaki Uezaki! Yummie!! Wish we were the jury...
Winners & Special Awards
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Netherlands Frank Haasnoot 1st place
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Japan Yoshiaki Uerzaki 2nd place
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Denmark Palle Sorensen 3rd place
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Netherlands Frank Haasnoot Press Award
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Canada Veronique Rousseau Most Online
Voted Showpiece -
Denmark Palle Sorensen Best Pastry
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Netherlands Frank Haasnoot Best Gastronomic
Dessert -
Denmark Palle Sorensen Best Praline
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Netherlands Frank Haasnoot Best Showpiece
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Germany Jana Ristau Best Necklace
Meet the contestants
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Australia Seung Yun Lee
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Belgium Ryan Stevenson
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Canada Veronique Rousseau
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Denmark Palle Sørensen
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Eastern Europe Mariusz Buritta
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France Xavier Berger
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Germany Jana Ristau
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Iceland Asgeir Sandholt
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Italy Yumiko Saimura
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Japan Yoshiaki Uezaki
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Lebanon Damien Deslandes
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Mexico Luis Robledo
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Netherlands Frank Haasnoot
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Russia Alexander Ilyukhin
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Spain Francisco Somoza
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Switzerland Claudia Schmid
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Taiwan Chi Hsien Cheng
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United Kingdom John Costello
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USA Sylvain Bortolini