PG - Advisory: Coarse Language.

Who would have ever thought that a bit of sugar glass and a delicious macaron could bring grown men so close to the brink of a total meltdown? France’s highest culinary honour since 1924, the Meilleur Ouvrier de France (poetically translated as “Best Craftsman of France”) is the most sought-after distinction for the world’s pastry chefs. Using their classic vérité style, Oscar-nominated documentarians D. A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus (THE WAR ROOM) shadow Jacquy Pfeiffer, founder of The French Pastry School in Chicago, as he goes head-to-head with 15 other hopefuls in a pastry battle unmatched by anything you’ve ever seen on the Food Network. For some, the emotionally and physically taxing competition pushes them to greatness; for others, it brings them to their knees.

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