FLORENCE, ITALY – Now in its sixth edition, the Gelato Festival is the most important event in the world of Italian ice cream making. It is a touring festival, travelling both around Italy and Europe for 5 months, and visiting 9 different cities.
Piazzale Michelangelo will host Gelato Festival in Florence on April 21-25, 2016 (h. 12am-10pm). Its most important features include three food trucks created for the festival: a workshop, an events area and tasting venue. The Gelato Festival is a European competition that rewards the best Italian and foreign ice cream makers, who bring their own, specially created flavours to the 2016 Festival.
The votes of a panel of expert judges and those from one made up of members of the public will decide on the winner of each individual stage and then the European winner of the final stage in Florence from September 1st to September 4th, 2016.
Every hour of the festival has one event after another, for its entire duration. Star-rated chefs, master ice cream makers, the sector’s most important and prestigious names will all introduce people to the world of Italian-style ice cream.