Bulgaria’s 3 Best Gelato Artisans Head to the 2025 European Finals
Velislava Kostova won the first Bulgarian challenge in Sofia on 22 March with Cheese Saedinenie, and the top three advance to the 2025 European Finals.
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Gelato Festival World Masters Stops in Łódź, Poland
Poland was the next European stop of the 2023 Gelato Festival World Masters season, with 15 gelato artisans competing in Łódź on 28 March.
Gelato Festival World Masters Arrives in Sofia, Bulgaria
Bulgaria was the fourth European stop of the 2023 Gelato Festival World Masters, with 12 gelato artisans competing in Sofia on 22 March.
Greece’s 3 Best Gelato Artisans: Athens Challenge Results
Nine Greek artisans competed at the Artoza trade show in Athens, and Makis Mathiasos of Naxos won with a Mizithra cheesecake gelato.
Canada’s Three Best Gelato Artisans of 2023 Named in Mississauga
James Coleridge of Vancouver won the 1 March Canadian challenge with Hickory Smoked Maple Pecan, ahead of Kaya Ogruce and Gisella Zomparelli Chung.
Giuseppe Lollino Wins the Chicago Gelato Challenge
Giuseppe Lollino of Vero Gelato won the 21 February Chicago challenge in Vernon Hills with Tribute to Setteveli, ahead of Kathy Turek and Maria Liliana Biondo.
Norway’s Top 3 Gelato Artisans Named at Gelato Festival World Masters
Three Norwegian gelato artisans won the Norway Challenge in Lillestrøm and earned a place in the 2025 European finals. Here are the winners, their flavours and the jury.
Gelato Festival World Masters Heads to Lillestrøm, Norway
On 16 February 2023 the Gelato Festival World Masters tour stopped in Lillestrøm, Norway, where 11 gelato artisans from Norway and Denmark competed for a place in the European final.
Belgium’s Top 3 Gelato Artisans Named at Gelato Festival World Masters
Twenty-seven Belgian gelato artisans competed in Zandhoven on 7 February 2023. Three winners now head to the 2025 European finals of Gelato Festival World Masters.
Gelato Festival World Masters Visits Zandhoven, Belgium
On 7 February 2023 Carpigiani Benelux hosted the Belgium stop of Gelato Festival World Masters, where more than 25 gelato artisans competed for European final places.