Ice cream is a world of technique, creativity, trial and error, happy hunches and ideas that sprout when you least expect them. That is why, over time, Gelato Project has become much more than a book: it has become a community of people experimenting, trying new flavors, comparing and wanting to understand “why” things happen.
From this energy was born the Gelato Project Open Lab, a space dedicated to those who want to share their own proven recipe, whether it is the result of a professional path or a passion cultivated in the kitchen. It is an open lab, where the value is not “making the strangest flavor,” but telling what is behind a recipe: the technical choices, the initial idea, the ingredients, the method.
Open Lab is not a competition, nor a collection of eccentric flavors, neither an archive of random recipes. It is a curated selection of authentic contributors: ice cream makers, pastry chefs, cooks, researchers, passionate geeks, chemists, creative homemakers, all sharing the same curiosity.
The goal is not to show “who is better,” but to inspire each other. Each author brings something unique: an ingredient from his area, a special technique, a childhood memory, a journey, an intuition born by chance. Each recipe thus becomes a small chapter of gastronomic culture.
If there is a common thread, it is this: ice cream is never just ice cream. It is a way of storytelling.
Why participate?
Sharing a recipe in the Gelato Project Open Lab means giving it a real space, not a corner lost in an endless collection.
Each recipe is published as a dedicated article on this blog, which now exceeds 40,000 visits per month from readers who seek technical, well-explained and, above all, reliable content.
So it’s not just about “sending your recipe”: it means telling the story, showing it to a broad community of professional ice cream makers, enthusiasts, students, curious people and ice cream geeks who follow the project precisely because of the quality of the content.
To get an idea, you can look at Marco Ottaviani’s recipe posted on the blog, a perfect example of how a preparation becomes a complete story, with its own space and technical dignity.
The Gelato Project Open Lab is a way to:
- Make your work known to a real, curious and knowledgeable audience
- Contribute to a collection of recipes that enhances technique, territory and ideas
- Leave a small mark on the path of the Gelato Project
- Inspire others to experiment, as the community already does
Your recipe in the open lab?
The Gelato Project Open Lab is an open but curated space. It does not collect random recipes: it collects stories, ideas, and preparations that make sense, have a technical rationale, and a why.
If you are interested in participating please contact me via email or, directly on WhatsApp via the community.
To start with, you don’t need the full recipe, just your idea: the taste, the inspiration, the key ingredient or even just why it’s worth sharing for you.
If the proposal is in keeping with the spirit of the Open Lab, I will simply ask you for a proven recipe, carefully explained and perhaps with a few details: why you thought of it that way, what inspired you, what ingredients you chose, and why. It is precisely these nuances that turn a taste into something worth sharing.
I will also need a couple of photos of key steps, a final photo of the ice cream, and a mini-bio of a few lines telling who you are.
If you want, you can also add a short video-I will use it as a teaser when the recipe is posted on social 😉
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