Countdown to the Panettone World Cup held every year in Switzerland. Pastry chefs from nine countries reached the final, from Italy to Brazil and Australia. The announcement of the winner will take place at the Palazzo dei Congressi in Lugano on November 7 at the end of three days of demonstrations, tastings, visits to exhibitors, laboratories, workshops to celebrate the history and processing of a product that has managed to cross the boundaries of origin and seasonality to establish itself on the world confectionery scene.
The finalists will be judged by a jury of great professionals and industry experts from Argentina, France, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, including Massimo Ferrante, President of the Jury, winner of the Panettone Cup 2019 and Paco Torreblanca, Best Pastry Chef of Spain.
22 competitors will have to present six 1 kg pieces of traditional panettone, made with natural sourdough, double natural fermentation and with a tall shape.
They come from Italy, France, Spain, Switzerland, Portugal, the United States, Canada, Brazil and Australia and seven of these represent the colors of Italy: Salvatore Tortora, Marigliano (Naples, Italy); Valerio Santi, Pizzighettone (Cremona, Italy); Lunardi Massimiliano, Quarrata (Pistoia, Italy); Fiorenzo Ascolese, Salerno (Italy); Damiano Pagani, Dello (Brescia, Italy); Gianfranco Nicolini, Porto Recanati (Macerata, Italy); Antonio Losito, Nibionno (Lecco, Italy); Anthony Daniele, Montréal (Quebec); Andreia Borba Coina, Setubal (Portugal); Ermenegildo Cimmino Blainville (Canada); Luca Danesi, Melano (Switzerland); Gianluca Rizzo, Mobio Inferiore (Switzerland); Arwinder Singh-Badwal, Bellinzona (Switzerland); Ton Cortes Barcelona, (Spain); Adan Sáez Ventura, Riudoms (Tarragona, Spain); Quentin Berthonneau, Noyers sur Jabron (France); Thomas Teffri-Chambelland Paris (France); Franck Collas, Beaugency (France); Joseph Settepani, Staten Island New York (USA); Jaime Martinez, Saint Paul Minnesota (USA); Gary Rulli Rory, San Francisco (USA); Tatiana Coluccio, Melborun (Australia).
For the first time, this year, the Chocolate Panettone competition will also be held, with 12 finalists who were selected from the first single worldwide selection held last June. The finalists: Pasticceria Ferrante, Stefano Ferrante, Campomorone (Genoa, Italy); Andreoletti pastry shop, Bruno Andreoletti Brescia (Italy); Es Forn, Maties Miralles Vidal Es pla de na tesa (Belears); Colombo pastry shop, Claudio Colombo, Barasso (Varese, Italy); ArteBianca Roberto Gatti Lugano (Switzerland); Fantuzzi Bakery, Davide, Fantuzzi Calerno (Reggio Emilia, Italy); Mascolo pastry shop, Giuseppe Mascolo, Visciamo (Naples, Italy); Lorenzo Turri, Munchwilen (Switzerland); Heirs Ernesto Munger, Paradiso Lugano (Switzerland); Segala Bakery, Samuele Segala, Fumane (Verona, Italy); Pastry shop Come una volta, Beatrice Volta, Quarrata (Pistoia, Italy); Poncini Bakery, Luca Poncini, Maggia (Switzerland).
