Every year, Paris holds a Grand Prix to crown the city’s best baguette – and in recent years, the winners have been bakers whose ‘origins’ are far from France

Ha! I just heard M'Seddi's story a couple days ago when I came across Duolingo's French podcast. He reckons his uni degree in chemistry may have helped his rise to the top of the baguette world, even though he didn't want to do it at the time.