
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.
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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.

Carpigiani Gelato University exhibited at Gulfood in Dubai from 20 to 24 February 2023, with live demos of Synthesis 2 and the 243 T SP soft serve machine.

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.

Carpigiani was event partner for the 7th Italian Culinary Championships at Beer&Food Attraction in Rimini, 19 to 22 February 2023, supplying gelato technology to competing chefs.

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.

Artisanal gelato sales in Europe reached almost 10 billion euros in 2022, up 13%. The 11th European Artisanal Gelato Day was previewed at Sigep in January 2023.