There will be 40 leavened finalists who will compete for the final of the 2024 edition of "DivinaColomba", a competition, now in its sixth edition and organized by Goloasi (portal dedicated to pastry shops and ice cream parlors).
The initiative, in view of next Easter, will reward the best artisanal doves of the year.
The participating artisans, for the 2024 edition, are over 200 with more than 300 leavened products.
Twenty will be candidates for the podium for "Best Traditional Colomba" (candied citrus fruit), fifteen for "Best Chocolate Colomba" (dark dough), and five for the new category this year: "Best Savory Colomba".
The technical commission composed of industry professionals: Claudio Gatti, Maurizio Cossu, Daniele Scarpa, Alessandro Bertuzzi, Claudio Colombo and Paolo Caridi defined the best leavened products of the Easter tradition, assigning a unanimous rating for each of the over 300 doves tasted.
The commission will have the task of tasting the leavened products again - according to a note - during the final tasting which will take place on Monday 4 March at the Hotel Parco dei Principi in Bari and in live streaming, and which will be followed by the announcement of the winners.
"They were - comments Massimiliano Dell'Aera, founder of Goloasi and creator of the competition - three intense but very profitable days. I believe that the jury's experimentation in comparison proved to be a winning strategy. During the tasting phase the judges were able to compare themselves by sharing a single vote for each colomba, which aims to make the competition even more clear and balanced. The prerogative of using the dark dough in the chocolate colomba was a nice surprise and the artisans created excellent products, demonstrating great commitment.
Also for the savory colomba category there were very interesting proposals with the use of different types of cheeses and cured meats, combined with caramelized red onion, porcini mushrooms, particular herbs or spicy products"
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