GELATO WORLD CUP

The Gelato World Cup, the world's most prestigious international team competition for gelato, pastry, and chocolate professionals, returns to SIGEP WORLD 2026. This biennial event represents the absolute pinnacle of the sector, offering the best talents from every continent a unique opportunity for comparison, growth, and international visibility.

The event, now in its 11th edition, will see 12 nations – France, Belgium, Italy, Poland, Japan, Singapore, Indonesia, China, Argentina, Mexico, Peru, and Ecuador – compete in the Gelato Arena (Hall A7) in trials of the highest technical and creative level.

Their participation is the result of a long selection process carried out over the past two years worldwide, aiming to identify the most prepared and innovative professionals in the international scene.

The finalist teams have earned their place by overcoming the official selection stages: from the Gelato Europe Cup at SIGEP World 2025 to SIGEP China 2025, through qualification events in South America and Singapore, which involved hundreds of professionals in a global challenge in the name of excellence.

The Gelato World Cup is not just a competition: it's a laboratory of excellence, a global stage where new trends in artisanal sweets are defined and the value of collaboration between different cultures, skills, and visions is celebrated.

Competition trials: fruit mystery box, gelato cake, glass single-portion, popsicles, gelato snack, entrée with gastronomic gelato, marron glacé log, chocolate sculpture, artistic piece on chocolate block, final grand buffet.