Nina Métayer named UIBC "World Pastry Chef" 2023

Mathilde Bourge | 10/26/23, 3:11 PM

Following her Gault&Millau Pâtissière de l'Année title in 2017, Nina Métayer has just been awarded the Pâtissière Mondiale prize by the International Union of Bakers and Pastry Chefs.

Another title for Nina Métayer. On Wednesday October 25, 2023, the young woman was elected World Confectioner 2023 by the International Union of Bakers and Confectioners (UIBC). The ceremony, held in Munich, Germany, was an opportunity for Nina Métayer to thank bakery and patisserie professionals for this award, which recognizes her work and that of her teams. "I'd like to thank my peers for their confidence in me, and this distinction means a lot to me, especially as my career began in the bakery. I'm delighted to represent France and to contribute to promoting the quality of the work of artisan bakers and patissiers around the world with the UIBC", she enthuses. For his part, Taiwanese chef Wu Tzu Ching was awarded the Boulanger Mondial 2023 prize.

Nina Métayer: a complete career

While Nina Métayer is now widely recognized for her talent - she was named Pâtissière de l'Année by Gault&Millau Pastry Chef of the Year in 2017 - the young woman was not predestined to become a great pastry chef, but rather to pursue a career in baking. At the age of 16, she took part in a year-long exchange program in Mexico, a country she fell in love with at first sight, and where she could see herself setting up her own business. On her return to France, she passed her bakery CAP in La Rochelle, went to Australia to perfect her English and, on her return, met Mathieu, her future husband and partner. Nina Métayer then decided to stay in France and enroll at the prestigious Ferrandi school of pastry-making.

The rest is history: the pastry chef worked with the greatest, from Yannick Alléno at Le Meurice to Jean-François Piège's Grand Restaurant, before opening her own boutique, La Délicatisserie. The adventure (and success) is just beginning for Nina Métayer!

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