
Florida’s Top 3 Gelato Artisans Advance to the 2025 Semifinals
Carlotta Orrico of Delicious in Weston won the Florida challenge on 10 December 2024, with Brenno Floriano and Rafael Ramsa taking second and third.
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Carlotta Orrico of Delicious in Weston won the Florida challenge on 10 December 2024, with Brenno Floriano and Rafael Ramsa taking second and third.

Carpigiani exhibited at Sigep 2025 in Rimini from 18 to 22 January, with new technology, more than 100 demonstrations and sponsorship of major gelato competitions.

Eighteen Czech gelato makers competed in Prague on 3 December 2024, and Vít Obrdlík’s poppy seed and plum gelato took first place.

The Gelato Festival World Masters visited Miami on 10 December 2024 for a Florida challenge that sent the top three flavours to the North American Semifinal.

For the third year running, Prague hosted a Gelato Festival World Masters challenge on 3 December 2024, with the top three flavours going on to the Czech Finals.

Carpigiani showed gelato, pastry, catering and soft serve technology at Sirha Lyon from 23 to 27 January 2025, with guest chef demonstrations from 24 to 26 January.

Daniele Panunzio of Panunzio’s Kitchen Gelati Italiani in Bristol won the third UK challenge with “Montebianco” and became the final British finalist.

Samantha Cunliffe of Bene Gelateria in Frodsham won the Manchester challenge with “Chocolate Orange Cocco Crunch”, becoming the second UK finalist.

Hereford was the final stage of the 2024 UK leg of the Gelato Festival World Masters, held on 14 November at the Carpigiani UK headquarters.

Manchester was the second of three UK stages of the 2024 Gelato Festival World Masters, held on 12 November at the Food Sorcery Development Kitchen.
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