It’s official: This Sydney bakery is home to the best bagels in Asia Pacific

Brooklyn Boy Bagels, a New York-style bagel shop with locations in Marrickville and Surry Hills, has just taken home the title of Best Bagels in Asia Pacific at Bagelfest, dubbed the "World’s Biggest Bagel Celebration." Their award-winning line-up included the 72-hour plain bagel, tiger bagel, za’atar bagel, and smoked malt and freekeh bagel, as well as a selection of schmears and spreads such as shichimi butter, Tim Tam cream cheese, bacon bourbon maple cream cheese, and house-made labneh. In other words: it’s bagel o’clock.

Owned and operated by Brooklyn-born Michael Shafran, Brooklyn Boy Bagels also clinched third place for Best International Bagel outside of the US. Shafran, who started cooking at 11 years old, uses traditional methods like kettle-boiling, hand-rolling and long cold fermentation to craft his bagels. As someone who's visited Brooklyn Boy Bagels a bunch of times, I can confirm that his bagels have the perfect chew. (Last time, mine was filled with spicy soppressata and ’nduja, creamy snow-white fior di latte, vinegary artichokes and fresh rocket – yum.)

“It takes a certain amount of passion and insanity to recreate your bagels on the other side of the world, far from your ingredient suppliers, equipment and staff,” said Shafran.

“To take out bronze for best international bagel and be the first bagel maker in Asia Pacific to ever make it onto the global podium is something we’re extremely proud of,” he added.

The world’s biggest bagel competition, the New York-based Bagelfest, brings together bagel aficionados from around the globe for a 24-hour bake-off. A group of 30 expert judges and bagel connoisseurs selected the winners from more than 48 exhibitors. This year’s champions included Bagelsaurus from Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Utopia Bagels from Queens, New York.

Love bagels? Same here. Good news: you can get your hands on these award-winning creations at Brooklyn Boy Bagels in Marrickville or Surry Hills. Check out all the results here.

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