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Here are the best 33 gelato artisans in the World Competing at the final of Gelato Festival World Masters


After 4 years of worldwide selections, 3,500 participants and hundreds of events, here is the list of the best #gelato Artisans in the world. Opening #event in Los Angeles on November 29th and Grand Finale on December 1st and 2ndat the #gelato Museum in Bologna. Due to the social distancing and travel restrictions, the Final will be in a digital format and can be followed in streaming on social networks

Bologna/Los Angeles, 15 November 2021 – Here are the 33 best #gelato artisans in the world. They come from 18 countries, selected over 4 years of events with about 3500 participants. The awaited world final of #gelatofestival World Masters, the main category tournament with partners Carpigiani and Sigep - Italian Exhibition Group, will be held on 1 and 2 December at the #gelato Museum in Bologna, Italy. The #event will be anticipated on November 29 by the preview dedicated to #gelato flavors made in USA flavors that will take place in Los Angeles at the #gelato Festival’s headquarters, on that occasion the promotional videos of the competing flavors will also be unveiled and evaluated by a jury of influencers.

Due to the travel restrictions, the arrival in Italy of all the participants could not be guaranteed and the Organizing Committee devised a "hybrid" way of carrying out the #event by creating an organizational team capable of adapting to the different time zones. The #gelato Artisans come from the following 18 countries: Australia (1 participant); Austria (1 participant); Saudi Arabia (1 participant); Belgium (1 participant); Brazil (2 participants); Chile (1 participant); Germany (2 participants); Japan (3 participants); Italy (5 participants); Netherlands (1 participant); Poland (1 participant); United Kingdom (2 participants); Czech Republic (1 participant); Spain (2 participants); United States (3 representatives); South Africa (4 participants); Thailand (1 participant); Hungary (1 participant). Among them, 9 are women.

The "hybrid" World Final conceived by the Organizing Committee will take place as follows:

- the #gelato artisans will send the recipes and any characterizing or difficult-to-find ingredients;

- the Instructors of Carpigiani #gelato University will take care of batch freezing the #gelato under the supervision of the competitors who will be connected in livestreaming mode with the production laboratory. To compensate for time zone differences, the work shifts were organized in such a way as to meet the needs of each competitor;

- a technical jury of international professionals from the world of #gelato, frozen desserts, pastry and #food service  and jury composed by representatives of media and press will proceed with the evaluation during a real-time connection with the #gelato artisans on 1 and 2 December. Also in this case, the diverse time zone differences have been taken into account;

- the #gelato artisans, connected virtually from their shops or laboratory, will describe their #gelato creation in detail, explaining how the idea was born, how the selected ingredients were chosen and why they wanted to participate in the competition.

The evaluation phases of the technical jury will be live streamed from 11 am CET on 1 December to 6 pm CET on 2 December on the Gelato #festival World Masters Facebook page and on the Carpigiani #gelato University YouTube channel. The award ceremony is scheduled for 2 December at 10.30 pm CET on the same social media outlets. The #gelato World Cup is partner of the Technical Jury.

Event Sponsors: Fabbri 1905 and Fabbri USA; ISA, a manufacturer of showcases and displays for #gelato and pastry shops; Caffè Vergnano 1882; Rancilio, a manufacturer of professional coffee machines; ENIT. Media partners of #gelatofestival World Masters: Punto IT, #food Professional Network, #gelato Artigianale, Tutto #gelato, Arte Heladero, Przegląd Piekarski i Cukierniczy, Uniteis News.

The #gelatofestival debuted in Florence in 2010, inspired by the ideation of the first #gelato recipe by the multifaceted architect Bernardo Buontalenti in 1559. Since then, the #event has expanded its borders, expanding first to the rest of Italy, then to Europe and - since 2017 - also in the United States, with hundreds of events held, before embracing the whole planet with the World Championship of #gelatofestival World Masters 2021.

LIST OF WORLD FINALISTS

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