Germany’s Top 3 Gelato Artisans Named at Gelato Festival World Masters

Fifteen German gelato artisans competed at Sigep in Rimini on 21 January 2023. The top three advance to the German finals in 2024.

Fifteen German gelato artisans competed at Sigep in Rimini on 21 January 2023. The top three advance to the German finals in 2024.

Seventeen Czech gelato makers competed in Prague on 6 December 2022, and three have qualified for the 2024 Czech Final of Gelato Festival World Masters.

On 6 December 2022 the Gelato Festival World Masters tour stopped in Prague, where Czech gelato artisans competed for a place in the 2024 national finals.

Seventeen Hungarian gelato makers competed in Budapest on 18 October 2022. The top three qualified for the Hungarian finals in 2024.

On 18 October 2022 Budapest hosted the first European stop of the new Gelato Festival World Masters season, with 18 gelato artisans competing.

The new Gelato Festival World Masters championship announced its first international stages: Budapest on 18 October and Hannover on 9 November 2022.

Marco Venturino of I Giardini di Marzo was named best gelato artisan of 2022 in the Gelato Festival World Ranking. Here are the top 10, how the ranking works and market data.

Ádám Fazekas of Budapest won the Gelato Festival World Masters final with salted pistachio gelato "Frutta di Pistacchio". Spain's Carlo Guerriero was second and Italy's Marco Venturino third.

Thirty-two gelato artisans from 18 countries qualified for the Gelato Festival World Masters world final, held as a hybrid event on 1 and 2 December 2021 at the Gelato Museum Carpigiani in Bologna.

The Rest of Europe and Mediterranean final of the Gelato Festival World Masters picked three winners from 28 shops in 17 countries. They head to the World Finals in December 2021.