Overview

The SweeTEA pairing will feature sweets that were awarded in a tea-based sweets contest, with Chef Yoroizuka Toshihiko as the chief judge.

You can enjoy the pairing of the award-winning sweets with tea brewed by a Japanese tea instructor.

Toshi Yoroizuka's baked goods will also be on sale.

 *October 23rd, ToshiYoroizuka Owner Chef Toshihiko Yoroizuka will be visiting (scheduled to start at 2pm in the exchange hall).

Date

September 2025th (Thursday) to 10th (Sunday), 23

Venue

Shizuoka Prefectural Convention Arts Center "Granship" 6th floor Exchange Hall

Menu

We will be selling a set of tea and sweets.Sweets menu (PDF)  

◆Professional Division 3 types

◆Amateur Division 5 types

*As the amateur division is a recipe contest, students from Chuo Culinary and Confectionery College will be making the products on the day of the sale. (They also made the products during the tasting judging of the contest and provided them to Chef Yoroizuka and the other judges.)

* Chef Yoroizuka will be visiting the SweetTEA pairing venue (10th floor exchange hall) around 14:00 on October 23rd.

*Autographs and photo opportunities will be available for customers who purchase Toshi Yoroizuka products.

We asked them to create original baked goods just for the four days of the World Tea Festival 2025 (Autumn Festival).

↑Toshi Yoroizuka × World Tea Festival 2025 Original Baked Confectionery "Matcha Cake" (Made with matcha from Shizuoka Prefecture)and "Almond" two-piece set

*Only available on 10/23

*Limited to 50 sets

"Cake Matcha"

　Toshi Yoroizuka x World Tea Festival 2025: Original baked goods for just four days

"Almonds"

"Financier"

"Florentiner"

Assortment of 3 kinds of baked goods

　*This is a limited assortment of three varieties available for four days only.

(3 types of content) 

・Toshi Yoroizuka x World Tea Festival 2025 "Matcha Cake"

 ・Amando

 ・Financier

*Not sold as a set with tea

　Selling Volume

　　10/23 60 boxes

　　10 boxes per day from October 24th to 26th

　　*Sales quantities may change depending on the situation.

◆Normal Sencha (Koshun)

Deep-steamed Sencha (Yabukita, Chagusaba farming method)

◆ Hojicha (stem roasted green tea)

◆Japanese black tea (Koshun)

◆ Matcha (Honyama Matcha)

Please choose one tea of ​​your choice from the five types above.

Chef Yoroizuka and other judges of the contest, as well as Japanese tea instructors, have selected the best types and varieties of tea to pair with each dessert. Enjoy the tea pairings of sweets and tea.

Final results

The judges, including Toshihiko Yoroizuka, the owner chef of the competition and a familiar face on television, conducted a tasting and evaluation of the dishes, and one Grand Prize, two Excellence Prizes, two Merit Prizes and a Rose Prize were selected in each category.

Final results (PDF)

Press release (PDF)

Winning Sweets (Amateur Category) Recipe (PDF) 

Results of the first screening

From the submitted works, 10 works in the professional category and 14 works in the amateur category were selected to advance to the final judging.

<Professional Division> First round results

<Amateur Division> First Round Results

Call for works

Applications closed on Friday, February 2025, 28.There were 75 entries in the professional category and 179 in the amateur category.

Thank you very much for all the wonderful sweets you submitted.