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Basic Gelato Course

Start learning how to produce high-quality Italian gelato and train to become a successful entrepreneur!

The course

The New Basic Gelato Course offers a cutting-edge learning experience with new recipes to enhance your educational journey. It is possible to enroll in the Basic Gelato Course online as well! Choose the type of enrollment that best suits your needs: online or in-person.

Course objectives
The goal of the course is to make student understand what high-quality gelato is and how to produce it, providing an overview of the production methods and the different categories of products offered by a modern gelato shop. The new basic course aims to provide fundamental knowledge about the profitability of the business and the organization of work in a gelateria. By the end of the course, students will be able to produce milk-based gelato, variegated gelato, sorbets, granita and gelato on a stick. 

Who is it addressed to?
This course is catered for aspiring gelato entrepreneurs who want to take a first step to learn how to produce high quality authentic Italian gelato.

Subjects covered  
30 hours of theory
10 hours of hands-on practice for in class enrollment

• Gelato: what is it?
• Raw materials
• Different methods and their production cycles 
• Sorbets – cold method
• Granita and cremolata
• History of gelato / Guided tour to Gelato Museum
• Hygiene standards in the laboratory
• Gelato with inclusions and variegations
• Milk-based fruit flavors
• Soft-serve gelato
• Stick gelato and take away tubs
• Investment format and gelato shop business
• NEW! Layout & production method
• NEW! Rentability (Food cost and ROI)

HOUR ONLINE STUDENT PREMIUM IN-CLASS STUDENT
9.00 AM  THEORY LESSON AND DEMONSTRATION
(online with live chat)		 THEORY LESSON AND DEMONSTRATION  (in-class)
10.00 AM
11.00 AM
12.00 PM
2.00 PM  END OF THE LESSON  LUNCH
3.00 PM -
RECAP AND HANDS-ON PRACTICE
(In-class and laboratory)
4.00 PM -
5.00 PM -

For premium in-class enrollments:
Hands-on practice every day in the afternoon at production station with latest-technology machineries and enhanced food safety measures. 
Bonus Video Lesson in student's private area: Business Planning and retail concepts, Presentation of the Carpigiani Range, Virtual Tour of Gelato Museum. 

For online student enrollments:
A dedicated tutor as a moderator of the live chat during the theory lesson every morning.

Duration
The course lasts 5 days. 1 hour lunch break every day.

Registration bonuses
• Premium in class enrollment: At the end of the class you will receive a coupon worth Eur 900 off the price of a Carpigiani gelato machine for a purchase of at least 13.000 Eur net
• Online enrollment: At the end of the class you will receive a coupon worth Eur 200 off the price of a Carpigiani gelato machine for a purchase of at least 13.000 Eur net

Certificate
• Issued by Carpigiani Gelato University, Certificate of participation is granted for those who attend at least 80% of the course and pass the final exam.

Price
• Premium in-class enrollments: 1400 EUR + VAT
• Online auditor enrollments: 700 EUR + VAT


* The dates of courses can be modified if it is not reached the minimum number of students required

PARTICIPATE AT THE CLASSROOM COURSE
Price 1.400,00 € (1.708,00 € VAT incl.)

AVAILABLE DATES
  • 20 January 2025 - 24 January 2025
  • 31 March 2025 - 04 April 2025
  • 19 May 2025 - 23 May 2025
  • 28 July 2025 - 01 August 2025

LANGUAGE : ENGLISH

COURSE LOCATION
Via Emilia 45, 40011 Anzola dell'Emilia, Italy

COURSE VERSION: IN-PRESENCE


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