Panettone Awards 2024
We celebrate the excellence of Italian pastry craft. Discover who made it to the podium among the best panettoni of 2024.
The winners of the Panettone Awards final
We are pleased to announce the winners of the Panettone Awards 2024.
- Overall First Place: Pasquale Iannelli – Pasticceria Don Nino, Rome
- Overall Second Place: Annibale Memmolo – Pasticceria Memmolo, Mirabella Eclano (AV)
- Overall Third Place: Roberto Catelli – Pasticceria Caesar, L’Aquila
Category Winners
- Best Classic Panettone: Pasquale Iannelli – Pasticceria Don Nino
- Best Chocolate Panettone: Annibale Memmolo – Pasticceria Memmolo, Mirabella Eclano (AV)
Relive the best moments of the final
The finalists
The 10 finalists who enchanted the jury with their creations:
- Luigi Barbagallo – Squisito Barbagallo (San Mango d’Aquino, CZ)
- Gianluigi Caccioppoli – Panificio Il Buongustaio (Sant’Antonio Abate, SA)
- Roberto Catelli – Cesar Café (L’Aquila, AQ)
- Andrea Giannone – Panificio Andrea Giannone (Scicli, RG)
- Federica Greco – Dolce Millennio (San Giovanni in Fiore, CZ)
- Pasquale Iannelli – Don Nino (Roma, RM)
- Giovanni Macaluso – SIPA Srl (Roma, RM)
- Annibale Mammolo – Pasticceria Memmolo (Mirabella Eclano, AV)
- Roberto Moreschi – Roberto Pastry & Bakery (Chiavenna, SO)
- Gian Paolo Porrino – Arte del Dolce (Corbetta, MI)
The Panettone Awards jury
The panettones of the 10 finalists were evaluated by an expert jury chaired by Davide Malizia and composed of International Masters, including:
- Thierry Bamas – M.O.F. Pastry Chef
- Ciro Chiummo – World Champion
- Matteo Cutolo – President of the International Federation of Pastry, Gelato, and Chocolate
- Salvatore De Riso – President of AMPI
- Marco De Vivo – APEI Master
- Domenico Di Clemente – World Champion
- Francesco Elmi – APEI Master
- Claudio Gatti – President of the Academy of Master Sourdough and Italian Panettone
- Vincent Guerlais – President of Relais Desserts
- Luca Mannori – World Champion
- Eugenio Morrone – World Champion
- Alessandro Servida – Pastry Chef
