THE BEST PANETTONE 2018

Awarded the winner
Raffaele Romano di Solofra is the winner for the traditional category of the Panettone Day 2018 competition, whose final took place on Saturday 15 September in Milan at Sweety, an important national event dedicated to Italian pastry Raffaele Romano, from the Fratelli Romano pastry shop in Solofra (AV), is the winner, among high-level creations among the best Italian artisans, of the final of the national Panettone Day 2018 competition.
Romano is the winner in the category "best traditional panettone", while Piero Bertoli of the Bertoli Pastry shop in Varallo (VC) with his variation of the panettone based on candied peaches, dark chocolate and amaretti is the winner as "best creative panettone".
The Milanese dessert, a sweet icon of Christmas, has been in Italian gastronomic culture for decades, and in fact the 25 artisan panettone that Iginio Massari has chosen as the best interpretations, selected from over 130 pastry chefs participating in the competition, from the classic version arrived from all over Italy. based on raisins and candied oranges, to the tasty variation based on chocolate and pistachio up to the daring licorice-saffron combo.
This year, contaminations with the mixology universe are also expected through an unprecedented pairing, combination, between artisan panettone and cocktails, such as the one created for the occasion by bartender Andrea Paci in the temporary store open throughout the month of October in Milan at Corso Garibaldi ..
In the photos above Daniele Barbato with the winner Raffaele Roma and the Vice President of FIPGC Matteo Cutolo