PUNTOITALY N°2 - July - December 2012

Shows 16 A NEW FACE… The 52nd edition of Mig - the International Artisan Gelato Exhibition (Longarone, Italy, 27-30 November 2011) confirmed the increasing relevance to international markets, with a total of over 26 thousand visitors from 45 countries. A moment during the official presentation of the magazine puntoItaly. been awarded to Diego Candussi, an Italian who operates in Germany. Closely following came Egbert Van Schaik from Bangkok (Thailand) and Andreas Spadotto from Frankfurt (Germany), who received the special prize for the best under-30 participant. The jury for the 18th national Festival d’Autore, reserved for the pupils of hospitality institutes, adjudicated the competi- tors’ original gelato creations on the theme of 150 years of Italian Unity. They declared Andrea Possanzini and Melissa Bora Saracinelli from the “Istituto A. Panzini” in Senigallia (An- cona Province) to be the winners, with their dish “Buona Italia”. The Institute was gifted a professional batch-freezer, offered by the company Telme. First place in the 10th “Gelato Shops on the Web” competi- tion, for the year 2011, went to www.cremeriaallascala.com website of the gelato shop with that name run by Vincenzo and Fabio Ruggiero in Ostuni (Brindisi Province), while the 16th International Gelato Makers Prize went to Christian Oddono from London (United Kingdom). The 52nd Mig Expo concluded with the proclamation of Green Gold (pistachio) of Sicily as the top “Gelato Flavour of 2012”, promoted by G.A. (National Committee for the De- fence and Spread of Home -made Artisan Gelato). • South Africa, Brazil, China, Thailand, Libya, Venezuela... Visi- tors to the 52nd International Artisan Gelato Exhibition (Mig) at Longarone confirmed the interest of professionals in this major event, with its section on machines, equipment, semi- finished products, raw ingredients, furnishings and acces- sories for gelato shops. Over 26 thousand visitors from 45 countries attended the exhibition, viewing the products of 200 company brands, displayed over a surface area of 17 thousand sqm. Making its grand debut, the magazine puntoItaly was officially presented at a press conference which saw the participation of companies and operators ac- tive in the gelato and pastry sectors. As usual, Mig was the venue for a lively schedule of collateral events. Among those attracting a large public were Maestro Beppo Tonon’s demonstrations of cut fruit, producing com- positions to decorate the counters and display cabinets of points of sale. The general meeting of Uniteis, which brought together hun- dreds of artisans operating in Germany, focused particularly on the new regulations that had come into force for the sector. The 42nd Gold Cup, with hazelnut flavour as its theme, has