Great news: Hungarian ice cream maker named the world’s best in a new ranking

Hungarian chefs have always performed strongly in various world competitions. Now a Hungarian ice cream maker, Ádám Fazekas, has been named the best ice cream maker of 2024 by the Gelato Festival World Ranking.

The international competition for artisan ice cream makers has been held since 2011, Turizmus reports. Over the last thirteen years, more than eight thousand ice cream creations have been tested, tasted and scored by a jury of hundreds of experts.

Hungarian master gelato maker Ádám Fazekas won the Gelato Festival World Masters in 2021 and came second in the Gelato Festival World Ranking in 2022. Now in 2024, he won the first prize at the same competition.

The organisers of the competition announced the winner at a press conference in Rome. At the press conference, Ádám Fazekas’ raspberry-flavoured pistachio ice cream was presented, but it was not the only creation that won the international ranking. This year, more than 1,200 entries came from all over the world, not only from Europe and North America, but also from Africa and Asia. This year’s runner-up was Giovanni Bonazzi from Parona, Italy, and Savannah G. Lee from San Francisco took third place.

To be included in the international ranking, confectioners had to participate in various events, shows and ice cream festivals for at least two years, for which they received points. The world ranking of ice cream artisans was the result of the collaboration between the Gelato Festival, the Sigep-IEG Expo and the well-known ice cream machine manufacturer Carpigiani. The aim was to discover and promote more than 100,000 artisan ice cream makers in the world.