​The CARLO MENDOZZI ETS FOUNDATION aims to be the hub of research, identification, and selection of deserving young people. Unsolicited applications will be reviewed annually in December by a member of the Foundation's technical-scientific committee, along with a jury of industry experts, with the aim of providing concrete support.

In full compliance with the mission of the Carlo Mendozzi ETS Foundation, which also aims to be a point of reference and support for talented young people with a strong entrepreneurial spirit, a set of shared values ​will be highlighted, which can act as a link in the generational transition between the bygone era of "Self-Made Men," represented by Carlo Mendozzi, and today's young entrepreneurs.   

The 4th edition will award the following prizes: 

     •  €2,500.00 for 1st Place 
     •  €1,500.00 for 2nd Place 
     •  €1,000.00 for 3rd Place   

The prizes will be tailored, meaning the winners will agree on the type of tangible or intangible asset best suited to their professionalism. 

The competition will include candidates who have distinguished themselves in the 2025-2026 two-year period by creating a business or product characterized by at least one or more of the following qualities, which will be expressed in the ice cream and pastry sector (bar-pastry shop or bar-ice cream shop operators are not excluded): innovative technical ability, ethics and sustainability, vision of the future, managerial skills, originality of the project or product, and entrepreneurial spirit.