PATÉ-CROÛTE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2025 – SCANDINAVIA FINALS
OCTOBER 28TH, 2025 – FRENCH EMBASSY IN DENMARK, KONGENS NYTORV 4,
1050, KØBENHAVN K, DANEMARK
RULES AND REGULATIONS
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CONTACT: ORGANIZATION
Yvonne CHRISTENSEN, patecroutedk@patecroute.dk, for Denmark
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ARTICLE I: GENERAL
a) The organizers
Yvonne CHRISTENSEN and Per NORLIND compose the Organization Committee running the 2nd edition of Scandinavia selection for the Championnat du Monde de Pâté Croûte (World Pie-Making Competition), 2025.
b) The contestants
The competition is open exclusively to professionals from the foodservice industry (restaurateurs, bakers, pastry chefs, butchers, caterers) with a minimum of 5 (five) years of professional experience. Only one contestant is allowed per restaurant or business’ facility. Teachers from facilities such as hotels or schools are not allowed to enter the competition, even if their facilities manage restaurants that are open to the public.
Contestants must be working in the restaurant or catering industry — restaurateurs, bakers, pastry chefs, caterers, facilities actively serving guests — at the time of application.
ARTICLE II: SELECTION PROCESS
a) Registration to the competition
To enter the Scandinavia Finals, send your application file before midnight on the 28/08 to Yvonne CHRISTENSEN at patecroutedk@patecroute.dk for Denmark applications or Per NORLIND at PER.NORDLIND@GMAIL.COM for Swedish applications.
The application file must contain:
- Name of your recipe
- The precise list of ingredients
- The detailed and explicit typed recipe
- High-quality photo(s) presenting the recipe on photographic paper (slice on a white plate and an entire Pâté Croûte)
Failure to produce any one of these documents shall result in the elimination of the contestant.
To compensate for withdrawals, the organization will select and place 2 additional candidates on a waiting list.
Contestants must ensure that everything featured in their file remains entirely anonymous (plates, letter paper, moulds, etc.).
There must be no visible name of the restaurant or company or logos on the pictures. It is prohibited to share pictures of the pâté-croûte on the internet or on social networks (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter…) prior to the prizes being awarded. Failure to comply with these prohibitions will result in disqualification of the candidate.
b) Recipe
The Pâté-Croûte must be made based on a personal recipe, large enough to serve 14 people and be presented on a plate for the photographers and jury to see, according to the following prescribed theme: - Meat pie – personal recipe but the use of truffles is strictly prohibited (to ensure equal chances of success amongst all contestants).
The recipe, shape, colour, texture, type of crust are at the candidate’s preference.
c) Competition
The Scandinavian competition will take place on 27/10/2025 for Sweden and the next day 28/10/2025 at the French Embassy, Kongens Nytorv 4 1050 Copenhagen for Denmark. Results will be announced at the end of the second day after the Danish selection.
The first-place winner will be granted access to the Final scheduled on December 1st, 2025 in Lyon FRANCE alongside 14 other winners of other semi-finals (Asia, America, South America, Switzerland, Benelux, France and UK).
For the winner, changes in the recipe, design and decoration between the selection and the Grand Final are prohibited. Communication on the Pâté-Croûte prepared for the Final is prohibited until the Grand Finale is done. Each candidate must respect these specifications otherwise they will be disqualified.
ARTICLE III: THE CONTEST
a) Timings
The event will start at 4pm, contestants should arrive by 2pm.
b) Contest
All candidates will be asked to prepare 2 identical meat pies serving 14 people, according to their recipe of choice submitted in the application file.
The pies shall be received by the Organization Committee on the day of the competition no later than 2pm, to ensure anonymity. The Organization will determine the passing order by drawing lots, the day of the selection.
One of the pies must be presented whole on a serving dish and plated by the contestant and or staff on site.
Each contestant will slice the remaining pies and present on a plate the slices for the official Jury; seasoning the slices and decorating the plates are NOT allowed.
Each contestant might be helped for presentation by one kitchen help under 25 years of age.
c) Marking
The jury tastes and grades the candidates' dishes blindly.
The totalization of marks and the ranking are anonymous.
The score will be given out as follows:
/200 will be given by the official jury
- pâté-croûte - overall look: / 20 points
- Overall presentation of the slice: / 20 points
- Cooking and seasoning of the jelly – taste: / 30 points
- Taste and cooking of the pastry crust: / 30 points
- General taste (harmony of the dish, taste of the stuffing…): / 100 points
The winner is the contestant who receives the highest total score. The ranking of the contestants is determined by addition of the total points of each contestant given by individual Jury members.
Straight after the award ceremony, the organiser of the selection must promptly send to the organizers of the final the winner’s photographs of: a slice, the whole pâté-croûte, a portrait, and a full-body shot in front of his/her establishment.
ARTICLE IV: THE PRIZES
1/2/3 prizes will be awarded
a) The winner will receive a diploma and gifts
b) The 2nd-place contestant will receive a diploma and gifts
c) The 3rd-place contestant will receive a diploma and gifts
ARTICLE V: ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE RESULTS
The results shall be announced at the end of the event under the supervision of the Organizer. The decision of the jury will be final and may not be contested by legal recourse or through the media.
ARTICLE VI: USE OF IMAGES
The organization reserves the right to broadcast and publish the recipes, photos and videos of the dishes and contestants as well as the photos and videos of the jury members that are produced during the competition.
ARTICLE VII: LEGAL
Participation in the Scandinavia Finals of the World Pie-Making Championship implies that the participant accepts these rules.
REMINDER / RECAP
The price and title awarded are strictly personal to the candidate as an individual.
Winners can therefore communicate their honorary title, allow the company they work for to also communicate, but should always mention the name of the individual before this title.
The use of honorary titles cannot serve any commercial purpose.
If the employer of a winning candidate wishes to communicate on its award, the employee cannot receive additional payment for winning this prize.
If the employer wishes to communicate, the company should:
- Mention the name of the individual before the honorary title
- or allow a third party to use this honorary title
- Stop the use of this honorary title if the individual resigns from the employer’s company
Failure to comply with the instructions above will result in revoking the honorary title to the individual, prohibit its participation in the championship for 2 rounds, and lead to legal proceedings.