The Gelato World Cup will be celebrating its fifth appointment at Sigep in Rimini – Italy from 21 - 24 January 2012 with lots of major new features.
A new professional figure will be joining the group of 12 teams from 5 different continents: a haute-cuisine chef, “thus closes the circle” of cultural contamination between haute-cuisine genres and bolsters the other 4 team members - the Team Manager, a member of the international panel of judges, the gelato maker Captain, the confectioner-chocolate maker and the ice sculptor.
The Gelato World Cup, a two-year event, is designed according to principles of integrity, professionalism and equity with strong focus on new markets. It could hardly have been staged anywhere else but Italy, cradle of the “sublime product”, during SIGEP, since 1979 the world’s major showcase in the sector and a must event for artisan gelato makers, confectioners, chocolate makers and bakers from all over the world.
From the 5 continents for the occasion, 60 competitors from Argentina, Australia, Brazil, France, Germany, Japan, Italy, Morocco, Spain, United States of America, Switzerland and Turkey will be taking part during the 4 days of the event, as already said, from 21 - 24 January 2012.
Their creations, on the theme “The fruits of the Land and Sea”, will be judged by a technical panel consisting of 12 Team Managers, one for each team, headed by Panel Chairman, Mauro Petrini, with the assistance of the Honorary Panel Chairman 2012, Jean-Claude David, captain of the French team that won the fourth edition (2010). Enforcing competition rules will be the Commissioners, Sergio Dondoli and Sergio Colalucci
The Gelato World Cup is a unique chance for confrontation and a rewarding experience for all those professionals who, in the future, will help spread the fame of traditional Italian artisan gelato worldwide.
