DolcissimArte 2026

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DolcissimArte is a showcase dedicated to artisan Piedmontese pastry-making, organised in Turin by Confcommercio Ascom Torino and Epat Ascom. The fifth edition opened on 12 November 2026 at the National Museum of the Italian Risorgimento (Museo Nazionale del Risorgimento), where master pastry chefs from Turin and Piedmont gathered around the Tavolo delle Torte (Cake Table), continuing until 15 November in the windows of shops in the city centre, aboard a gourmet tram and in the city's historic cafés [1][2].

The opening

The opening ceremony was attended by Maria Luisa Coppa, president of Confcommercio Ascom Torino, Alberto Cirio, president of the Piedmont Region, Stefano Lo Russo, mayor of Turin, Vincenzo Nasi, president of Epat Ascom, and Luisa Papotti, president of the Museo del Risorgimento. Costantino Guardia and Giovanni dell'Agnese, respectively president and vice-president of the Gruppo Pasticceri Ascom Epat, also spoke [1].

The Tavolo delle Torte

At the Tavolo delle Torte, set up inside the museum, each pastry shop presents its own creations and tells the story of their origin, often tied to a family memory or a local area. Students from the Istituti Riuniti Salotto e Fiorito in Rivoli helped the pastry chefs serve portions to visitors [2]. Among the cakes on display were the Torta Tatin 2.0 by Pasticceria Khami, the Torta Leonardo by Pasticceria Luciano of Barge, the Torta 900 by Pasticceria Balla, created in Ivrea at the end of the nineteenth century, the Torino 1861 by Pasticceria Il Dolcissimo, with a bicerin cream, and the Torta Chivasso Caluso by Pasticceria Bonfante, inspired by the Nocciolini di Chivasso (hazelnut biscuits) and the Erbaluce di Caluso zabaione. Pasticceria Orchidea presented «Pensiero Birichino», a dessert dedicated to the centenary of Carlo Collodi's Pinocchio [2].

Numbers and new features

Launched in 2022, the event has grown from around fifty pastry chefs in its first edition to eighty in its fifth. The new feature for 2026 is the first Mercatino dei biscotti piemontesi (Piedmontese biscuit market), scheduled for 14 and 15 November in the atrium of the National Museum of the Italian Risorgimento [1][2].

Sources

  1. A Torino i biscotti piemontesi al museo del Risorgimento con DolcissimArte — ANSA Piemonte, 12 November 2026
  2. DolcissimArte Torino 2026, mercatino biscotti pasticceria — La Stampa, 12 November 2026

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Gastronomy

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