Gelato Festival America 2019: Blueberry Basil Wins in Miami

Mike Guerriero of Gelotti Essex won the first Gelato Festival America final in Miami with Blueberry Basil, qualifying for the 2021 World Masters.

Mike Guerriero of Gelotti Essex won the first Gelato Festival America final in Miami with Blueberry Basil, qualifying for the 2021 World Masters.

Ten Bulgarian artisans competed in Sofia on 15 April 2019. Tzvetina Zaharieva won with Salty Crunch Caramel and Viara Baltiiska took the Next Generation prize.

The 2019 Carpigiani Challenge toured North America with nine events, giving ice cream and gelato chefs a chance to compete in their own categories.

Launched in 2019, the Gelato Festival World Ranking is a permanent, yearly-updated standing of the best artisan gelato makers around the globe.

On 5 March 2019 ten Indianapolis chefs competed in the Carpigiani Challenge, with winners named in both the ice cream and gelato categories.

On 7 February the Gelato Festival Challenge visited Dordrecht in the Netherlands, where 26 gelato artisans competed to represent their country.

The Gelato Festival America North American Finals ran in Miami on 16 and 17 March 2019, with only previous festival winners invited to compete.

On 7 February 2019, 25 Dutch gelato artisans competed in Dordrecht, with Guilty Pleasure and Homemade named the winning flavours.