Galette des rois: 79% of French people cheat for the bean!

Are the French bad players? Next Epiphany, beware of cheating when handing out slices of the galette des rois: 79% of us would cheat for the bean!

These are the findings of a survey commissioned by Epicery*. In the run-up to Epiphany, which we celebrate this year on January 6, 2021, this national survey deciphers our habits when it comes to this gourmet tradition. It reveals that the star of this celebration is the Parisian galette, made with puff pastry and frangipane: for 73% of those surveyed, it's their favorite version.

11% like all forms of galettes, and 4% prefer the gâteau des rois made with orange blossom-flavored brioche dough. Next on the list, with a score of 2%, are nourolles de l'épiphanie (brioche and butter dough made up of 12 small balls) and galette dunkerquoise (brioche dough with rum-flavored buttercream). Finally, there's the galette franc-comtoise (choux pastry flavored with orange blossom or rum) and the galette guyanaise (sweet shortcrust pastry topped with cream), both favored by 1% of those polled.

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While the French don't seem to have any major doubts about their favorite galette, very few know the origins ofEpiphany. 15% of them know where this feast comes from. Not one of them? We'll give you a refresher course below:

Epiphany, what do we celebrate on this day and why do we eat a galette des rois on January 6?
After Christmas and New Year comes Epiphany. Celebrated every year on January 6, it's the occasion to taste the famous galette des Rois. As January 6 is not a public holiday, it's customary to start the festivities on the first Sunday of the month. But do you know why? And do you know the history and origins of Epiphany? We tell you. [Read more]

*Methodology: survey conducted between December 14 and 24, 2020 among 11,316 people representative of the French national population using the quota method. Survey carried out online, on BuzzPress France's proprietary panel of 24,802 people. All information provided by respondents is declarative.