National Bakers Team

German national bakery team 2019

The national bakery team is a team of bakers founded by the Central Association of the German Bakers' Trade in 2008 , whose members represent Germany in international baking competitions and take on representative tasks for the German bakery trade .

development

In 2008, the Presidium and the Board of Directors of the Central Association of the German Bakers' Trade decided to appoint a national team in order to be more professional than before in international baking competitions and to represent the German bakery trade. By winning various competitions, more people qualified for the national baker team in the following years , as detailed below. In 2018 the national team was downsized and rejuvenated.

Organization and team management

The national bakery team is headed by a member of the executive committee of the Central Association of the German Bakers' Trade as team leader. Until 2008 this was master baker Michael Wippler from Dresden . Wolfgang Schäfer from Rodgau has been taking on the task since 2009 . The team leader has the authority to decide which competitions and events are attended and which team members compete there. The team leader appoints a team captain from among the active members to lead the team in competitions. This has been Siegfried Brenneis since it was founded.

The Akademie Deutsches Bäckerhandwerk Weinheim is entrusted with the task of organization, administration and training . The coach of the national bakery team is Bernd Kütscher , director of the academy. Heino Scharfscheer, employee of the Central Association of the German Bakers' Trade, supports the administration.

activities

Since it was founded, members of the national bakery team have been active in France , Austria , Italy , Russia and Japan , as well as at numerous events in Germany . a. several times at the International Green Week Berlin , on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection .

The team members usually appear as a team of 2 to 4 people, depending on the requirements. In international baking competitions, it is also customary for one (additional) person from each participating country to be part of the jury, who is then made up of international members. In doing so, your own country may not be rated. Sometimes, based on their experience, members of the national bakery team are also asked to serve as jury members for third-party baking competitions. a. has been the team's coach since 2017 and has been the jury president of the UIBC World Bakers and Confectioners Association for the Youth Bakers' World Cup.

The national bakery team also provides the jury for the German championship of master bakers, which has been held every 3 years at the world's largest baker's trade fair iba since 2009 . The winners of the German championship always beckoned to be appointed to the national team of the bakery trade.

The national bakery team has been sponsored by the BÄKO headquarters since 2015 and has their logo on their team clothing.

Active members of the German national bakery team

Head of the national team

Team leader: Wolfgang Schäfer, master baker, Vice President of the German Bakery Trade (member since 2009)
Coach: Bernd Kütscher , master baker, director of the Akademie Deutsches Bäckerhandwerk Weinheim (founding member)
Captain: Siegfried Brenneis, master baker and master confectioner (founding member)

Other members of the team

Jochen Baier , master baker and master confectioner (founding member)
Marc Mundri, master baker (member since 2012, winning the European Youth Bakers' Championship 2012)
Maximilian Raisch, master baker (member since 2015, by winning the 3rd German championship of master bakers 2015)
Daniel Plum, master baker (member since 2015, by winning the 3rd German championship of master bakers 2015)
Tanja Angstenberger, master baker (member since 2016, by winning the 2015 European Youth Bakers Championship)
Nicole Mittmann (member since 2018, by winning the 4th German championship of master bakers 2018)
Patrick Mittmann (member since 2018, by winning the 4th German championship of master bakers 2018)

Former members of the German national bakery team

Gerhard Gröber, master baker and confectioner

(Founding member, left the team in 2018)

Thérése Lehnart, master baker (founding member, left the team in 2017)
Eva-Maria Kientz, master baker (founding member, left the team in 2017)
Georg Schneider, master baker and master confectioner (founding member, left the team in 2018)
René Krause, master baker and master confectioner (member since 2009, after winning the 1st German master baker's championship, retired in 2018)
Alexander Schellenberger, master baker and master confectioner (member since 2009, after winning the 1st German master baker championship, retired in 2018)
Felix Remmele, master baker and master confectioner (member since 2012, with 2nd place at the European Youth Bakers Championship 2012, retired in 2018)
Jörg Schmid, master baker, team " Wildbakers ", (member since 2012, after winning the 2nd German master baker championship, retired in 2018)
Johannes Hirth, master baker, team "Wildbakers", (member since 2012, after winning the 2nd German championship of master bakers, retired in 2018)

The resigned members of the team continue to take on tasks for the national team, e.g. B. on representative occasions and are temporarily reactivated. They no longer take part in competitions.

International success

In addition to representative events in Germany, the national bakery team also takes part in international baking competitions, with the following results:

2008: 1st place in the Sigep Bread Cup in Rimini (Gerhard Gröber, Eva Maria Kientz, Siegfried Brenneis)
2010: 2nd place in the Sigep Bread Cup in Rimini, special prize for the best bread (Gerhard Gröber, Eva Maria Kientz, Siegfried Brenneis)
2010: 4th place at a European bakers championship in Bulle / Switzerland (Thérése Lehnart, Alexander Schellenberger, René Krause, jury member: Siegfried Brenneis)
2011: 4th place in the Sigep Bread Cup and special prize for the showpiece (Thérése Lehnart, Alexander Schellenberger, Georg Schneider, jury member: Jochen Baier)
2012: 2nd place Sigep Bread Cup, special price for the best bread (Thérése Lehnart, Alexander Schellenberger, Georg Schneider, jury member: Jochen Baier)
2012: 4th place iba Cup in Munich (Rene Krause, Siegfried Brenneis)
2013: 2nd place Sigep Bread Cup (Gerhard Gröber, Eva Maria Kientz, Siegfried Brenneis)
2015: 4th place iba UIBC Cup in Munich (Felix Remmele, Marc Mundri)
2018: 2nd place at the iba UIBC Cup in Munich, special prize for the best bread (Daniel Plum, Maximilian Raisch)