Wu Pao-chun
Wu Pao-chun 吳寶春 | |
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Born |
Pingtung County, Taiwan | 5 September 1970
Nationality | Taiwan |
Occupation | baker, entrepreneur |
Wu Pao-chun (Chinese: 吳寶春; pinyin: Wú Bǎochūn, born 5 September 1970), is a Taiwanese baker best known for winning the title of Master Baker in the bread category of the 2010 Bakery Masters competition held in Paris.[1][2][3] Wu is also known for a rose-lychee bread he created for the competition which includes Taiwanese ingredients such as millet wine, rose petals and dried lychees.[4][5]
Biography
Wu was born in Pingtung County, Taiwan, and he grew up in an impoverished single-parent family as the youngest of eight children.[6]