Some of the continent’s top gelato chefs are coming to Los Angeles this month to show off their coolest creations during a Labor Day weekend gelato festival.

But this isn’t just a regular festival; this is the Gelato Festival World Masters, where the chefs will be competing for continental pride because the top three gelato makers will move on to represent North America in what is essentially the Olympics of gelato crafting in Italy.

“There is nothing even close to this for someone who loves frozen dessert,” said Gabriele Poli, the founder of the Gelato Festival World Masters, which he launched in Florence, Italy in 2010. “In terms of unique flavors, meeting the chefs, their stories, the ingredients they use, there is nothing in the world that is close to this.”

The festival consist

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