Panettone Maximo

Panettone Maximo 2025: the leavened-cake festival in EUR

The seventh edition of Panettone Maximo enlivened the Salone delle Fontane in EUR, Rome, for a full Sunday of tastings. About 5,000 people crowded the stalls of 48 bakeries and pastry shops arriving from all over Italy, for a total of 96 panettoni in competition and over 80 tasting stations.

The jury — featuring prominent master pastry chefs like Gino Fabbri, Angelo Musolino, and Claudio Gatti, alongside industry champions and food critics — decreed the winners of the various categories, while the public voted for their favorite. There was no shortage of cooking shows by pastry chefs from Michelin-starred restaurants, a Christmas market, and an area dedicated to children, with a portion of the panettoni donated to charitable associations.

The day

Sunday, November 30, 2025, from 11:00 AM to 8:30 PM: 48 competing pastry shops, 96 panettoni, over 80 tasting stalls, Christmas market, kids' area, and a meeting with Santa Claus.

Cooking shows

Six cooking shows with pastry chefs from Michelin-starred restaurants — including Villa Crespi, Casa Perbellini, La Pergola, and Atelier Moessmer Norbert Niederkofler — in addition to the "Olea Dulcis" area dedicated to leavened cakes made with extra virgin olive oil.

The winners

• Best Traditional Panettone: Pasticceria Macrì (Rome)
• Best Chocolate Panettone: Dolce Tuscia (Capranica, VT)
• Best Gourmet Panettone: Francesco Apreda — Idylio by Apreda (Rome)
• Foreign Press Award: Konig Cafè (Campobasso)
• Packaging Award: L'Arte di Luciano (Apricena, FG)
• Digital Communication Award: Lisita Pasticceria (Mondragone, CE)
• People's Choice Award: Zest Pasticceria (Ardea, RM)