Gelato Festival World Masters, the world championship organized with strategic partners Carpigiani and SIGEP WORLD - Italian Exhibition Group, ended its global selections in search of the best gelato in the world at the Taipei International Bakery Show! On March 12, twenty Taiwanese gelato makers took part in the sweetest competition of the year organized by Carbing Enterprise.The winner of the competition was:

• Wei-Chun Hung of The Happiness Shop 幸福贩卖所 in Changhua with the flavor “Formosa Mont Blanc Gelato”

Description: Taiwan’s century-old Tie Guan Yin tea meets Europe’s Mont Blanc in layered harmony. The gelato opens with the charcoal-roasted depth of Tie Guan Yin, woven with the gentle sweetness of chestnut and subtle notes of caramel and rum. A hidden coulis then emerges with a delicate tartness, cutting through the richness and awakening the tea’s complexity. The flavors unfold with elegance—tea deepens, chestnut softens, and caramel and rum fade into a quiet supporting role.

More than gelato, it is a meeting of Taiwanese tradition and European classic flavor.

The gelato maker will take part in the Grand Finale to be held from March 24 to 26, 2026 at the International Pizza Expo & Conference in Las Vegas, USA.

Taste, texture, creativity, and verbal and aesthetic presentation are the four parameters by which the artisanal gelatos were evaluated by promoting the choice of ingredients, the artisans' craftsmanship in developing the recipe, the ability to communicate the taste brought to the competition, and the overall result evaluated through sight, taste and smell (see list of all participants on the last page).

The jury was composed of:

• Marco Chen – Gelato Instructor
• Iacopo Frassi – Executive Chef of FRASSI*
• En Kuo – Pastry Chef at “En pâtisserie”
• Denise Liu – Gelato Chef owner of Lady Chef Gelato

Gelato Festival debuted in Florence in 2010, inspired by the creation of the first gelato recipe by the versatile architect Bernardo Buontalenti in 1559. Since then, the event has expanded its borders, first to the rest of Italy, then to Europe and – starting in 2017 – the United States, with a total of 80 Festivals held, before embracing the entire planet with the world championship of Gelato Festival World Masters 2021, which concluded in December 2021 - with the victory of Adam Fazekas from Budapest - and saw a record of 3,500 gelato artisans judged by international juries.

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GELATO FESTIVAL WORLD MASTERS

Local selection

March 12, 2026

Taipei City

Location: Taipei International Bakery Show

Winner

• Wei-Chun Hung of The Happiness Shop 幸福贩卖所 in Changhua with the flavor “Formosa Mont Blanc Gelato”

Full list of participants:

• Jhen Yu Chen of Jiu Wei Mochi in Nantou with the flavor “The Mountain Sanctuary”;
• Chang-Chi Huang of Dolce Gelateria in Taipei City with the flavor “Old Soul”;
• Yi Yin Lin of Riso Gelato in Taichung with the flavor “Lemon Tiramisu”;
• Pin Han Huang of Eriel 愛莉兒 in Kaohsiung with the flavor “Black Pink”;
• Kun Long Chen of Fresh Sweet Trading in Taipei City with the flavor “The "Back Mountain" Taiwan”;
• Chen Man Ping of Easy Bird Restaurant in Taipei City with the flavor “Bacio di Formosa”;
• Ming-Ju Huang of Little Bee Ice Shop in Hsinchu with the flavor “Fragrant Guava and Lemon”;
• Che-Cheng Lin of Sweet Tooth Artisan Studio in New Taipei with the flavor “The Golden Summer Isle”;
• Chia Shin Shih of NINAO Gelato Classico in Tainan with the flavor “A Tea Waltz”;
• Yue Hang Yang of Bing Guo Gelato in Taichung with the flavor “Green Miracle”;
• Jeff Li of FrozenHeart in Changhua with the flavor “Golden Osmanthus Oolong”;
• Hsieh Nai Hsuan of Nai Xian Food Studio in Taipei City with the flavor “Smoked Nut & Caramel”;
• Wei-Chen Huang of Qian Qiao Gu Bakery in Yunlin with the flavor “Jasmine Peanut Sorbet”;
• Sheng Kai Hsu of Sheng Coffee in Nantou with the flavor “Pink Guava Triple Sec”;
• Yi Hsien Lin of Gelatail Five Drops in Kaohsiung with the flavor “La Siesta”;
• Szu Chi Chen of Odd One Out in Taipei City with the flavor “Peanut Ice Cream Roll”;
• Kao Sheng Chieh of Imperial Consort Italian Gelato in Tainan with the flavor “Venus High Tea”;
• Zong Yu Tsai of 8%ICE & Cheesecake in Taipei City with the flavor “Roasted-Aged-Tipsy”;
• Ho-Yo Lin of Shanshanji Dessert & Gelato Studio in Tainan with the flavor “Citrus Morning Dew”.