title: Wu Pao-chun
text: # 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. Wu is also known for a rose-lychee bread he created which includes Taiwanese ingredients such as millet wine, rose petals and dried lychees. He is the founder of the bakery chain Wu Pao Chun Bakery.
  
  ## Biography
  
  Wu was born in Pingtung County, Taiwan, and he grew up in an impoverished single-parent family as the youngest of eight children. In 2016, he obtained an EMBA degree from the National University of Singapore.
  
  