Íme, Az Év Bejglije 2025. verseny eredményei

Following the success of the Industry Association’s already well-known and popular competitions, such as the Ice Cream of the Year and the Cake of Hungary competitions, the Bejglije of the Year competition focuses on highlighting festive pastries made from quality ingredients and bringing the true values ​​of artisanal bagels closer to consumers.

Confectioneries could enter the competition with products that comply with the requirements of the Hungarian Food Code 1-3/16-1, as the bagel is a “protected” product in the Hungarian Food Code, which was also initiated by the Industry Association.

Entries were accepted in the categories of “Traditional Walnut”, “Traditional Poppyseed” and “Gourmet”.
In the Gourmet category, bagels with special or mixed fillings could be entered, but an important aspect here too was that the ingredients that determine the character were among the ingredients listed in the Food Codex Directive. These include chestnuts, walnuts, poppy seeds, fruit and fruit preparations, cocoa and chocolate products, spices, lemon peel, raisins, honey, various oil seeds, milk and milk products.

A jury of three people in each category evaluated the competition entries. This year, a record number of 59 bagels in the three categories were tasted and evaluated by the jury, which consisted of renowned experts and was also joined by “amateur” jury members.

The members of the jury were:

• Edit Babik – Secretary General, Hungarian Tourism Association Foundation
• Szilvia Pass, pastry chef – Aranyalma Confectionery, Székesfehérvár
• Katalin Sulyánné Benko, pastry chef – Sulyán Confectionery, Gödöllő, Veresegyház
• Zoltán Andrész, pastry chef – Andrész Confectionery, Biatorbágy
• Balázs Geleta, pastry chef – Geleta Confectionery, Balatonlelle
• Levente Harsányi, radio and television presenter
• Zsolt Karl, pastry chef – Karl Confectionery, Dunaharaszti
• István Knezsik – president, Autós Nagykoalíció
• Zsolt Pintér, Master Confectioner – Kokó Confectionery, Veszprém

In the Gourmet category, creative professionals entered several special flavor combinations.

Among the oil seeds, pecans are still a hit, and hazelnut fillings flavored with various spices were the most popular among the competitors. Among the fruits, apples, pears, raspberries, strawberries, sour cherries, apricots, figs, oranges and mandarins were represented. New this year among the flavorings were rose water, Earl Grey tea, pine bud syrup, whiskey and gin.

Here are the competition results:

In the Traditional Walnut Category:

• Gold Medalist, Winner of the Nut Bejglije of the Year Award: JÓKAI ZSUZSANNA – PRIM CUKRÁSZDA & CAFÉ, SZEKSZÁRD
• Silver medalist: LÁSZLÓ BALOGH – HANDICRAFT CONFECTIONERY, GYULA
• Bronze medalist: KÁROLYNÉ KISS – MAJOR CONFECTIONERY, BUDAPEST

In the Traditional Poppy Seed Category:

• Gold medalist, winner of the Poppies Bejglije of the Year award: BEÁTA MÁRKUS – BEJÓ CONFECTIONERY, BÉKÉSCSABA
• Silver medalist: ÁDÁM NOVAK – REÖK HANDICRAFT CONFECTIONERY AND COFFEE HOUSE, SZEGED
• Bronze medalist: JÓZSEF VÉGH – KRÉM CONFECTIONERY, SZÉKESFEHÉRVÁR

In the Gourmet category:

• Gold medalist, winner of the Gourmet Bejglije of the Year award: SÜTŐTÜKVARÁZS – KIMBERGER LILI ÁGNES – MÁK KESMűVES KUKRÁSZDA, PILISCSABA
• Silver medalist: CHODALÁMPÁS BEJGLI – SZIKSZAI KRISZTIÁN – ILDIKÓ KUKRÁSZDA, SZARWAS
• Bronze medalist: MOKKA DIÓ – KISS KÁROLYNÉ – MAJOR KUKRÁSZDA, BUDAPEST

Winner of the Bejglije of the Year Craft Award, awarded to the competitor who achieved the highest overall score and the podium position in several categories: KISS KÁROLYNÉ – MAJOR CUKRÁSZDA, BUDAPEST

The Gourmet Bagel of the Year is a bagel specialty made with a pumpkin filling flavored with ground roasted pumpkin seeds, ginger, orange zest, and cinnamon.