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In 2023, Tharshan Selvarajah, a French-Tamil baker won the prestigious “Grand Prix de la Baguette de Traditional Francaise de la Ville De Paris,” the most revered baguette competition.Agai n he is in the headlines
Tharshan moved to France in 2006. Four years ago he turned his passion into a business by becoming the owner of his own bakery – Au Levain des Pyrénées boulangerie.
He was selected from 175 candidates in a blind taste before being announced as the winner of the 30th annual award. The winner is awarded a prize fund of 4,000 euros and a year-long contract to supply baguettes to the president of France at the Élysée Palace.
Olympic Torch
It was a moment of pride to all Sri Lankans and for those in his hometown of Vavuniya where he comes from when he carried he Olympic Torch .
Award-winning celebrity baker Tharshan Selvarajah made history as the first Sri Lankan to carry the Olympic Torch for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Several French-Sri Lankans had lined the streets of Paris to cheer Tharshan as he carried the Olympic torch according to the Embassy of Sri Lanka in France.
It was a Sri Lankan moment as many Sri Lankans cheered him waving Lion Flags.
As the Olympic flame touched down in France from Greece back in May, excitement had brewed for the relay involving 10,000 torchbearers, representing diverse stories of achievement.
