Two bakers, a father and his son, will hide two beans in their pancakes, which will allow the winners to win a diamond.
Published on 03/01/2025 07:43
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Two bakers hide two beans in the galettes des rois which can earn you two diamonds worth 850 euros each. To win the diamond and the crown, you have to go to Cabestany and Saint-Estève, to the Pains du Soleil bakeries, in the Pyrénées-Orientales. France Bleu Roussillon met the two bakers who initiated this operation, a father and his son. You can try your luck throughout the month of January.
No fear of swallowing the diamond. Being too small, it is a bean with the words “it's won” that you will have to find and then collect the certified precious stone in one of the two bakeries. This slightly crazy idea was first launched in 2011 by the baker father. “Customers came from all over the department. By searching the Internet, you can find articles about the bakery written in Chinese”remembers Jérôme Bonneau at the microphone of France Bleu Roussillon. In 2025, he therefore repeats the operation with his son.
Small subtlety to know: the winning beans will be slipped at random either into a traditional frangipane pancake, or into a kingdom (the brioche king cake in the shape of a crown eaten in the south of France).
