Pepino: at the Festival a historic brand of the Piedmontese tradition

A historic brand that represents Turin and its gastronomic tradition. The company Cucumber brings high quality ice cream to the Festival, from 1884.

Thursday 25 February, at the opening of the Festival of Food Journalism, the historic Café hosts one of the evening off events, starting from 20.00: a light dinner with wine tasting and four exceptional companies.

In Piazza Carignano, in the heart of Turin, where "Italy became", the restaurant established itself not only in the sale of ice cream but also in catering services, aperitifs, breakfasts and catering.

Today at the helm of the company Edoardo Cavagnino - great-grandson of Giuseppe Cavagnino, partner of the Comm. Giuseppe Feletti who bought the brand from the Neapolitan Domenico Pepino, the 17 June of 1916 - which gave new life to the brand.

The House of Savoy has become famous throughout Europe, in the 1939 with the patent of famous "Pinguino®", the first ice cream in the world on a chocolate-coated stick (patent N. 58033), produced in 5 flavors.

The success of the Penguin is still unbelievable: the original recipe of the time and the care we put into producing it make it an extremely popular ice cream ", they write on the company's website.