Help 'Baker Movie' Bring the Culinary Olympics to the Big Screen

Maybe you caught wind of 3rd Ward's upcoming, new location--as in: our very own Culinary Incubator.

It may be a little way's off, but any time we think about it, our hunger drive starts to redline. Which is why the campaign to fund the documentary Baker Movie has particularly struck our fancy.

When the folks behind the Baker Movie Kickstarter campaign describe the Coupe de Monde de la Boulangerie as the World Cup of baking, they're being modest. It's an international, invitational artisan baking competition held only every three to four years, which makes it more like the baking Olympics. Teams from twelve countries must move up the ranks in regionals to be considered for an invitation to face off against the world's best bakers. Each team is made up of three members who specialize in Baguettes & Specialty Breads, Artistic Design and Viennoiserie, sweet, puffy, buttery goodies that fall somewhere between bread and pastries (think croissants, brioches and beignets). There's also a fourth category, Savory Selection, for which members must team up to create a sandwich.

Yes, we're salivating now too. But we're also a bit curious: With all the cook-offs and cake wars created for reality TV--what's a real-life, bonafide and insanely high-level baking competition like? If you want to know what it takes to bake the world's tastiest, crustiest baguette or the flakiest pain au chocolat, then go ahead and support Baker Movie on Kickstarter. The film will follow Mike Zakowski, a member of Bread Bakers Guild Team USA in the Baguette & Specialty Breads category. The actual Coupe de Monde de la Boulangerie's website is one of the most underwhelming we've seen in a while (have they never heard of food porn?!). So,if you want to get an inside look at some high stakes butter and yeast action (and clearly, we do), then you know what to do: support Baker Movie and then we can all try not to eat the movie screen together.

-- Perrin Drumm