The Grand Prix de la baguette de tradition française 2021 goes to Makram Akrout, a baker from the 12th arrondissement. He will supply the Elysée Palace with bread for a year. A “real honour” for the man who bought this bakery in March 2020, the city of Paris published on its website this morning.
Makram Akrout, who was contacted by phone, does not hide his joy, reports the City of Paris website: “I couldn’t believe it, it’s a big surprise because the competition is important, there are almost 200 different baguettes. It’s not easy to stand out!
But the disturbing profile of the 42-year-old baker, who has lived in France for 19 years, raises many questions. The controversy has spilled over into social media since the weekend.
On his Facebook page, the fact is unmistakable and leaves no doubt: Anti-French sentiment is ingrained in him because of the postings he shares on his account.
In fact, he has published several dozen anti-French posts since at least 2019. His page clearly proclaims a hatred of France.
Several indications also suggest that this baker is an ardent supporter of the ultra-conservative Islamist party and ally of the Ennahda of the controversial Seifeddine Makhlouf.
Moreover, Seifeddine Makhlouf believes that France is “occupying” Tunisia and “stealing” its wealth, reports Le Point newspaper on 10/01/2019.
Deeply Francophobic, according to internet users
And the reactions on the social network Facebook were not long in coming, here are a few excerpts: “After all, Makram Akrout, the baker from the XIIᵉ arrondissement of Paris who just won the competition for the best baguette in Paris, is a deeply Francophobic conspiracy theorist who has hatred for France oozing out of every pore of his skin,” Pierrot L. protested.
For his part, Michel Le Tallec S. took offence, quoting a friend who had warned him: “Makram A., who won (…), publishes accusations like ‘France invented the gas chambers, steals our oil… the Taliban are nice and defends the Islamist MP Makhlouf and his followers. If I were Macron, I would never eat his bread. Who knows what he might have hidden in it. I even wonder why such a profile is not on the S-list,” she added.
Jean-François on Twitter: “There’s nothing French about Makram Akrout, he’s just been spitting on France for years.”
According to sources, the future baguette supplier of @Elysee and new winner Makram Akrout would have shared dozens of anti-French posts on his Facebook account (the account has since been deleted), to which André de Kerangal reacted on Twitter.
Among the dozens of posts shared on his page, one asks: “Napoleon was asked which fortress in the Islamic East is of interest to France? He replied: “The good mothers”. So their first battle was the desecration of the Muslim woman”.
Or this publication featuring the former ambassador of France, Olivier Poivre d’Arvor, in an interview with members of the Independent High Authority for Audiovisual Communications (HAICA).
“Meeting of the (HAICA) with the French Ambassador “Now you know who controls the media in this country that prides itself on being independent,” it says below.
And this petition published on June 02, 2019 on the citizens’ petition site Avaaz by the Tunisian National Party, which we have never heard of, calls on the elected representatives of the ARP to expel the French ambassador to Tunisia. “Vote for the expulsion of the French ambassador and all foreigners…”.
Another publication said: “France promotes and propagates decadence in our countries to protect its colonialist interests and to turn us away from our religion and Islamic values”.
The 42-year-old baker, who bought the bakery in March 2020, has been expressing his joy and happiness to the media ever since he took centre stage.
It is a real happiness that he shares with another baker, two pastry chefs and four saleswomen, as the City of Paris website reported again this morning.
“I have always been a baker, I was almost born in the bakeries. Even my father was a baker. I am happy about this award and my father is very proud of me!
“I don’t know yet how it will work, but we will do everything we can to make it work. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity for me, so I will do everything I can not to miss it. It’s a great honour,” he said yesterday.
In addition to prize money of 4,000 euros, Makram Akrout will officially supply the kitchens of the Élysée Palace for a year.
The coming months will be busy for this baker… In addition to the customers who may visit him to taste his famous baguette, he will have a prestigious customer in Emmanuel Macron, because the baker who wins the prize will then supply the Élysée Palace for a year, reports Le Parisien newspaper.
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