Of the 34 young people who competed in 2024 at the 39e edition of the competition One of the best apprentices in France, 23 won a departmental medal. Of these, 12 were distinguished at the regional level. All were honored during a ceremony on Monday June 24, at the grain market in Blois, representing the professions of aesthetics, hairdressing, construction, catering, etc.
“You are the artisans and business leaders of tomorrow”
“These professions, although they still have an image that they do not deserve in my eyes, constitute an important part of the economy”said Olivier Fenaille, president of the Meilleurs Ouvriers de France (MOF) group in Loir-et-Cher. He praised the perseverance of these apprentices who have followed through on their commitment, whether they are qualified or not. “You are the artisans and business leaders of tomorrow. »
While two candidates will take the MAF competition at the national level, next September, the results are already in for the others. For the moment, Paolo Beaufeu is the only apprentice in the department to have obtained the national gold medal in cover design. The 18-year-old from Chailles spent between 350 and 400 hours to create his work. Others have failed but do not regret the experience at the highest level: like Maxime Rigolet, apprentice landscape gardener, who decided to stop his studies to work.
Paolo Beaufeu won the departmental, regional and national gold medals in the MAF competition on the cover.
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After this rich experience which they will not fail to include on their CV, some will perhaps one day try the MOF competition.
The list of winners
In aesthetics-cosmetics, Lola Chesneau won the departmental bronze medal; in men’s barber hairdressing, departmental bronze medal for Merhan Nasiri; in electricity, departmental bronze medal for Mathys Dhenain-Pinguet; in mixed hairdressing, departmental silver medal for Mélina Lefevre; in loose clothing, departmental silver medal for Lilou Coullon; in landscape gardening, departmental and regional gold medal for Maxime Rigolet and departmental silver medal for Marius Epsi; in cold cooking, departmental bronze medal for Nathan Mechain, departmental and regional gold medal for Nicolas Leblond-Bigot and Jules Meric; in car body repair, departmental gold medal and regional silver medal for Gaël Greneche; in locksmithing-metalworking, departmental and regional silver medal for Célian Greard; in carpentry, furniture and fittings, departmental and regional gold medal for Maxime Soulaine; in machining technician, departmental gold medal and regional silver medal for Lucas Marcos and Romain Riollet; in painting, application of coatings, departmental bronze medal for Evangéline Metairie; in roofing, departmental, regional and national gold medal for Paolo Beaufeu; in wood frame, departmental bronze medal for Gaspard Clerc; in bakery, departmental bronze medal for Maëlle Cornillat; in maintenance of private vehicles in automobiles, departmental gold medal for Lucas Pougetoux, departmental silver medal for Enzo Marie, Tom Moreau and Nathan Rampal and regional silver medal for Tom Moreau, Lucas Pougetoux and Nathan Rampal.
