Reply to "There's a gelato university in Italy where you can learn how to make ice cream — here's what it's like to go there"

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Kelerstein said that he began his intensive gelato-making course in the summer of 2014. He comes from a family of ice cream-makers in Mexico, and had always wanted to open his own shop in South Florida. Cartigiani was the next step toward achieving that goal.

"It's set up like a summer study-abroad program," Kelerstein said. "They get you into a nice hotel with accommodations, pick you up every morning, and take you to the university. You're there for eight hours a day, five days a week. I was in the same room as an 18-year-old kid who had just graduated from high school and a 65-year-old entrepreneur from Australia."