Gelato Festival World Masters celebrated the first Czech leg of the new four-year gelato competition calendar. The competition was organized by Eiskon, Carpigiani distributor, and took place on December 6 at Almeco’s in Prague involving 17 Czech artisans. The jury decreed a ranking of 3 gelato makers selected to participate in the Czech Final of Gelato Festival World Masters, the world championship organized with strategic partners Carpigiani and Sigep - Italian Exhibition Group. Flavor, structure, creativity, and verbal and aesthetic presentation were the four parameters by which the artisanal gelatos were evaluated, promoting the choice of ingredients, the artisans' mastery in elaborating the recipe, and the overall result evaluated through sight, taste and smell (see list of participants at the end of the page).

Here are the rankings of the 3 selected who enter the 2024 Czech Final:  
•    First place: Jiří Hochman of Mocca café in Tábor with the flavor "Passion Brownie"
•    Second place: Hana Valášková of Cukrářství Eklér in Holešov with the flavor "Praline with Pear"
•    Third place: Lukáš Pohnán from Zmrzlina Senomaty in Senomaty with the flavor "Tarte Tatin"

The jury consisted of: 
•    Helena Fléglová, pastry chef director of HF Pastry Academy
•    Tomáš Popp, chef and manager of the national chef team
•    Darina Sieglová, food and wine journalist specializing in gelato

With the 2022-25 edition Gelato Festival World Masters reaches its thirteenth year, having debuted in Florence in 2010 inspired by the conception of the first gelato recipe at the hands of the multifaceted architect Bernardo Buontalenti in 1559. Since then, the event has enlarged its boundaries by expanding first to the rest of Italy, then to Europe and - since 2017 - to the United States as well, before embracing the entire planet with the Gelato Festival World Masters world championship involving more than 3,500 gelato makers with the 2018-2021 edition.  

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