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Sweet news – Singapore just scooped gold at the Gelato World Cup 2026 in Rimini, Italy, officially claiming the title of World Champion. The victory is a major step up from the team’s 4th-place finish in 2024.
The Gelato World Cup, held at Sigep World – the World Expo for Foodservice Excellence – is basically the Olympics of artisan gelato, bringing together the best teams from around the world to show off their skill, creativity, and flair.
This year, the competition brought together 12 national teams from across the globe: four from America, four from Europe, and four from Asia. Together, they faced ten highly demanding technical challenges designed to test technical precision, creativity, and presentation. Competitors crafted everything from classic gelato creations like cakes, sticks, and single portions in glass to advanced artistic masterpieces, including chocolate sculptures and large-scale showpieces.
Singapore’s team – Jason Tan (Team Manager), Dexter Lee and Loh Cheng Kit (Pastry Chefs), and Chew Wei Lung (Chef) – wowed the judges with their project, ‘Circus’. Inspired by balance, precision, and wonder, the concept came to life in every challenge. The competition wasn’t smooth sailing either: “One of our members almost couldn’t make it due to a family emergency and only arrived a day before the competition,” Jason shared.
France claimed second place with ‘The Dance of Animals’, while Argentina took third with ‘The Garden of Butterflies.
And the celebration doesn’t stop in Italy. Following this historic win, Singapore will host the Gelato World Cup Asia Selections from July 15 to 17, 2026 at the Marina Bay Sands Expo & Convention Centre, where the region’s top gelato professionals will compete for a place in the 2028 World Finals.
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