Tharshan Selvarajah

Tharshan Selvarajah (born 1986) is a Tamil-French chef known for baking baguettes. In 2023, he was adjudged as the winner of Grand Prize of the Traditional French Baguette after taking part in a competition conducted by Paris City Hall.

Biography Selvarajah moved to France from Sri Lanka in 2006, and began his culinary career at an Italian restaurant making salads and desserts. Through one of his regular customers at the restaurant, he received the opportunity to make bread, despite his lack of experience with baguettes. He gradually learnt the craft of making baguettes and became a chief baker in 2012. On May 10, 2023, he won the competition after edging out 126 other baguettes. He currently supplies baguettes to the Élysée Palace, the official home of the French president.

Selvarajah married his wife in France, and has two children.