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Stefano Cantiero features Rivoltini nougat in his new video!
November 17, 2025
Rivoltini takes center stage at the WONDERS OF CREMONA NOUGAT.
November has always been a special month for Cremona, the period when the city celebrates one of its most famous and beloved excellences: torrone (nougat), a symbol of sweetness and tradition for over half a millennium.
It all began nearly six hundred years ago when, to honor the wedding of Bianca Maria Visconti and Francesco Sforza, the pastry chefs of the time created a sweet made of honey, almonds, and egg whites, shaping it into an elongated form that resembled the Torrazzo, the famous bell tower standing over 112 meters tall. From that intuition, a product was born that was destined to become a gastronomic and cultural icon, capable of spanning centuries without ever losing its identity.
Today, this tradition lives and grows thanks to the work of companies like Rivoltini Dolciaria, officially active since 1927 and guardian of artisanal knowledge passed down from generation to generation. This world of ancient gestures and authentic passion has been chronicled by journalist, storyteller, and local influencer Stefano Cantiero in the new video published on his channel Ti porto io.
Cantiero visited the Rivoltini laboratory at the height of production for the 2025 Nougat Festival, of which Rivoltini is the main sponsor.
The images capture the magic behind the scenes:
the mixtures coming to life in large boilers,
expert hands shaping the nougat in beechwood frames,
the enveloping scent of toasted almonds and hazelnuts,
the precision of operators repeating gestures perfected over nearly a century of company history,
the colorful almond cakes filled with a thousand flavor variations.
A true “theater of sweetness,” as Cantiero defines it, where tradition coexists with innovation and where the love for one’s work continues to be renewed, year after year, season after season.
For the Rivoltini family, the nougat season is not just a production appointment: it is an emotional calling, a moment when the memory of ancestors seems to resurface, inviting them to preserve tradition while, at the same time, continuing to surprise.
Rivoltini is proud to share this story and to contribute, as it does every November, to the celebration of the sweet that represents the soul of our land more than any other.