Wu Pao-chun

Wu Pao-chun (Chinese: 吳寶春; pinyin: Wú Bǎochūn, born 5 September 1970) is a Taiwanese baker best known for winning the title of Master Baker in the bread category of the 2010 Bakery Masters competition held in Paris.

[1][2][3] Wu is also known for a rose-lychee bread he created which includes Taiwanese ingredients such as millet wine, rose petals and dried lychees.

[4][5] He is the founder of the bakery chain Wu Pao Chun Bakery.

Wu was born in Pingtung County, Taiwan, and he grew up in an impoverished single-parent family as the youngest of eight children.

[1] In 2016, he obtained an EMBA degree from the National University of Singapore.