The Gelato Festival World Masters is considered the most prestigious gelato event in the world. Held only once every four years, it’s the final world championship following a rigorous qualification process with local, national and continental qualifying rounds–only the most skilled, passionate and imaginative gelato masters pass through.

The next world final will take place in December 2021 and marks our twelfth anniversary. With an annual average of 15 public festivals and 50 closed-door selections globally, Gelato Festival is now one of the most important and most-followed food events in the world.

The definitive list of gelato masters. Our World Ranking combines all cumulative points scored across Gelato Festival events worldwide, and it’s always updating. To be on top, you must stay on top!

FULL CHEF RANKINGS

The definitive list of gelato masters.

Eugenio Morrone

200 Points

Giovanna Bonazzi

190 Points

Maurizio Melani

180 Points

Paolo Pomposi

171 Points

Bella Gelateria

162 Points

Fabrizio Fenu

162 Points

Mike Guerriero

150 Points

Massimiliano Scotti

147 Points

Francesco Mastroianni

141 Points

Gabriele Scarponi

138 Points

Savannah G. Lee

122 Points

Osvaldo Palermo

120 Points

John Crowl

114 Points

Giacomo Canteri

108 Points

Angelo Lollino

108 Points

Giampiero Burgio

105 Points

Guido Cortese

105 Points

Giampaolo Doti

100 Points

Vincenzo Lenci

99,5 Points

Leonardo La Porta

99 Points

Rosario Nicodemo

98 Points

Sam Crowl

96 Points

Francesca Marrari

87 Points

Ezequiel Gomez Garofalo

84 Points

Diego Comparin

84 Points

Adam Fazekas

81 Points

Maria Liliana Biondo

80 Points

Giampaolo Porrino

79 Points

Celal Karaarslan

78 Points

Alessandro Croce

75 Points

Antonio Mezzalira

75 Points

Daniela Lince Ledesma

72 Points

Guido De Rocco

72 Points

Luca De Rocco

72 Points

Marco Venturino

72 Points

Keisuke Katayama

72 Points

Lavinia Mannucci

70 Points

Taseer

64 Points

Riccardo Caruso

63 Points

Francesco Sottilaro

63 Points

Renato Marchese

62 Points

Francesco Bontempo

62 Points

Akash Vaghela

62 Points

Elvis Bogicevic

60,5 Points

Andrea Zanella

60 Points

Michele Guerra

60 Points

Katarina Rankovic

60 Points

Nazario Melchionda

60 Points

Elisabeth Stolz

58 Points

Hosanna Amanuel

57,5 Points

Steff Janssen

57 Points

Olga Pinciuc

54 Points

Claudia Trotta

51 Points

Toni Cafarelli

50 Points

Ersilia Caboni

49 Points

Eugenia Sardelli

48 Points

Gianluca Tenuzzo

48 Points

Ilaria Scarselli

48 Points

Peter Bertoti

48 Points

Giuseppe Cimino

48 Points

Gianluigi Dellaccio

48 Points

Matteo De Simoni

48 Points

Giorgio Fumero

44 Points

Emanuele Alvaro

43,5 Points

Noel Knecht

42 Points

Walter Bergamaschi

42 Points

Nicolo' Arietti

42 Points

Kathy Turek

42 Points

Michael Meranda

42 Points

Andrea Pagnoni

41 Points

Marco Nicolino

41 Points

Sierra Georgia

38 Points

Carlos Enriquez Sanchez

38 Points

Luigi Beretta

37 Points

Alberto Bati

36 Points

Cristian Monaco

36 Points

Daniela Zomparelli

36 Points

Giacomo D'Alessandro

36 Points

Gianni Toldo

36 Points

Lorenzo Pessina

36 Points

Michele Brown

36 Points

Monsuè Rullo

36 Points

Oreste Mantovani

36 Points

Ras Dudas

36 Points

Stefania Alibrandi

36 Points

Stefano Bonifacini

36 Points

Vincenzo Zanfardino

36 Points

Adriano Colle

36 Points

Carlotta Cattani

36 Points

Darren Swales

36 Points

Stefano Mosi

36 Points

Salvino Pappalardo

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