ROME - The preselections for the Panettone World Cup are starting in Northern, Central and Southern Italy.
30 participants will be admitted to the individual selections, who will be evaluated by a technical jury with the aim of choosing, for each of the three tests, the first 10. The finalists for the Italian final scheduled in January will be 30 throughout the country. which will be decreed the first 6 who will participate in the international competition in Lugano, scheduled from 5 to 7 November 2021.
To participate in the competition, "open exclusively to professionals of the sector with proven experience operating on the Italian territory", it is necessary to fill in and sign a registration form, available at the internet address www.coppadelmondodelpanettone.ch, to be sent by 30 September 2020 to segreteria@coppadelmondodelpanettone.ch.
The preselection in the South will be held on Saturday 31 October in Reggio Calabria at the Francesco Cilea Theater.
In Central Italy it is scheduled in Pistoia on Saturday 14 November at Gustar, the Training Center of the White Arts, while in the North it is scheduled for Saturday 21 November at Congusto - Gorumet Institute in Milan.
"Ours - says Giuseppe Piffaretti, patron of the Panettone World Cup - is an international event, but we are aware of the Italian vocation for this product, which was born in Italy and it is here that a greater number of pastry chefs are present. with mastery in its preparation. For this reason we have decided to organize preselections only for Italy, in order to allow a greater number of pastry chefs to take part in the competition ".
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