Pastry and sweets

Piedmont has an important tradition in confectionery and bakery that can be traced back in time and popular and religious rites, in culture and the abundant availability of ingredients: from milk and dairy products, to grain, corn, rice, honey, fruit, hazelnuts, chestnuts, wine and aromatic wines. Products that have been invented and developed by a historic, renowned and prestigious class of pastry chefs, artisans of sweets and chocolate, as well as a strong and dynamic confectionary industry.