Gelato Festival World Masters Heads to Los Angeles
01/04/2023
California hosted the next North American stop of the Gelato Festival World Masters on 12 April, with 15 gelato and ice cream makers competing for three semifinal places.
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California hosted the next North American stop of the Gelato Festival World Masters on 12 April, with 15 gelato and ice cream makers competing for three semifinal places.
Carpigiani and JRE – Jeunes Restaurateurs have launched a partnership to bring gelato machines and know-how to Europe’s best restaurants, including a new Carpigiani award for JRE chefs.
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.
Poland was the next European stop of the 2023 Gelato Festival World Masters season, with 15 gelato artisans competing in Łódź on 28 March.
Bulgaria was the fourth European stop of the 2023 Gelato Festival World Masters, with 12 gelato artisans competing in Sofia on 22 March.
Nine Greek artisans competed at the Artoza trade show in Athens, and Makis Mathiasos of Naxos won with a Mizithra cheesecake gelato.
James Coleridge of Vancouver won the 1 March Canadian challenge with Hickory Smoked Maple Pecan, ahead of Kaya Ogruce and Gisella Zomparelli Chung.
Carpigiani exhibited at HIP in Madrid from 6 to 8 March, showing Synthesis 2, the 161 T G SP and ReadyChef on booth 5C312.
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.
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.