Bun fight: British baker faces outrage in Mexico after his attack on its 'ugly' bread rolls

A renowned British baker has caused a furore in Mexico by telling a podcast that the country does not "really have much of a bread culture".

- Oscar Lopez

Richard Hart, who opened the Green Rhino bakery in Mexico City in June, also said the country's wheat was "not good ... completely highly processed, full of additives" and its sandwiches - known as tortas - were made "on these white ugly rolls that are pretty cheap [and] industrially made".

The comments were made in April on the PopFoodie Radio podcast but went viral this month when they were picked up by food bloggers and commentators, who voiced outrage at a foreigner criticising their cuisine.

"He wants to be the Christopher Columbus of bread," said one pastry chef, Tania Medina, on TikTok. "It's not fair for you to stomp on where you're going to open, and even less so if it's not your country and that country is welcoming you with so much affection, so much love."