Gelato Festival UK: Darren Swales Wins at King’s Cross

Darren Swales of Baci & Co in Lincolnshire won Gelato Festival UK at King's Cross, London, and goes on to the Gelato Festival World Masters in 2021.

Darren Swales of Baci & Co in Lincolnshire won Gelato Festival UK at King's Cross, London, and goes on to the Gelato Festival World Masters in 2021.

The 12 national teams for the ninth Coppa del Mondo della Gelateria were announced, with Italy and France competing on the same stage at Sigep in January 2020.

Twelve gelato artisans competed for the title of best gelato in Japan at Gelato World Tour 2019 in Yokohama. Visitors tasted the flavours and voted for their favourite.

Celal Karaarslan of Gelateria Karaarslan won Gelato Festival Baden near Vienna with Hazelnut Dream after 11 gelato artisans competed.

Gelato Festival returned to London for its 10th year, with 16 artisan producers competing at Canopy Market in King's Cross on 29 and 30 June.

Claudia Trotta of Eiscafe Venezia in Wernigerode won the Berlin stage of Gelato Festival with her Edelweiss flavour, built on goat yoghurt and Greek yoghurt.

Nine Brazilian artisans produced and served gelato at the FISPAL Food Service Fair in June 2019. Three flavours were chosen for the national final.

Eleven national teams were named for the 2020 Gelato World Cup at Sigep in Rimini, with a twelfth place still undecided in June 2019.

Fabrizio Fenu of I Fenu won the first Boston Gelato Festival with an olive oil and strawberry salad flavour, taking gold at Boylston Plaza.

Sixteen top Austrian gelato artisans competed at the Gelato Festival Austria final in Baden on 19 and 20 June 2019, judged by public vote and an expert jury.