Since 1911...
Award winning...
Famous Italian ice cream...
We are extremely proud of the numerous awards and accolades that we have achieved throughout the years.
The UK National Ice Cream competitions have been run by industry trade body; 'The Ice Cream Alliance' since the 1940s and are steeped in history and tradition. Since we first started entering in the 1970s we have won diplomas, diplomas of merit and special diplomas of merit, with our first major success coming in the 1992 competitions, when we won the special flavour class for our toffee crunch entry.
2006 saw the beginning of a tremendous run of success in the vanilla classes. By winning both dairy vanilla titles in that year, we became the first company ever to win the much coveted 'double'. Since then, we have scooped another 5 first prizes for our Vanilla Ice Cream in the National Awards with the crowning glory coming in 2011/12, when we were awarded the title of 'Vanilla Champion of Champions', the first company in Ireland ever to do so.
The timing of this prestigious title couldn't have been better as it coincided with our 'Cento Anni' celebrations, a series of events that were held to mark our 100th year in business. In the most recent renewal of the competitions, held in February 2013 at Harrogate, we repeated our success of 2006 by winning both dairy vanilla cups and securing a historic second 'double'.
To celebrate our centenary year we hosted a whole range of events including a photographic exhibition and a charity ball, but the highlight of the year was our Guinness World Record attempt.
We achieved this on Saturday 23rd July 2011 by breaking the then current record for the 'longest chain of people licking ice cream at the same time'. The record had been set in April 2010 by Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois, USA with 2,694 people completing the chain. We broke that record by just 34 people to create the new Guinness World Record. We were presented with our official certificate in September 2011. It remains a great memory for all the family and we were very thankful for the sunshine on the day.
Winners Shield
Gold Medal & The Minchella Brothers Cup
3rd Prize Bronze Medal
2nd Prize Silver Medal
2nd Prize Silver Medal
3rd Prize Bronze Medal
1st Prize Gold Medal & The Silver Challenge Cup
Winners Shield
Winners Shield
1st Prize Gold Medal & The Silver Challenge Cup
1st Prize Gold Medal & The Minchella Brothers Cup
2nd Prize Silver Medal
1st Prize Gold Medal & The Silver Challenge Cup
1st Prize Gold Medal & The Minchella Brothers Cup
2nd Prize Silver Medal
2nd Prize Silver Medal
3rd Prize Bronze Medal
1st Prize Gold Medal & The Minchella Brothers Cup
2nd Prize Silver Medal
2nd Prize Silver Medal
1st Prize Gold Medal & The Minchella Brothers Cup
1st Prize Gold Medal & The Silver Challenge Cup
1st Prize Gold Medal & The Robert Equi Memorial Cup
Best Vanilla Ice Cream UK and Ireland & The Jim Valenti Senior Shield
1st Prize Gold Medal & The Silver Challenge Cup
1st Prize Gold Medal & The Silver Challenge Cup
3rd Prize Bronze Medal
1st Prize Gold Medal & The Robert Equi Memorial Cup
2nd Prize Silver Medal
1st Prize Gold Medal & The Silver Challenge Cup
1st Prize Gold Medal & The Robert Equi Memorial Cup
2nd Prize Silver Medal
3rd Prize Bronze Medal
1st Prize Gold Medal & The Silver Challenge Cup
2nd Prize Silver Medal
Three Gold Stars for our Pistachio Swirl
Three Gold Stars for our Clotted Cream with Irish Black Butter
One Gold Star for our Dulce de Leche with Macadamia
One Gold Star for our Clotted Cream with Amarena Cherry
One Gold Star for our Madagascan Vanilla
Three Gold Stars for our Raspberry Sorbet
One Gold Star for our Butter Rum & Raisin
One Gold Star for our Calypso Coffee
One Gold Star for our Gianduia
One Gold Star for our Clotted Cream & Fig
"Golden Fork from Northern Ireland" for our Caramelised Hazelnut
Three Gold Stars for our Caramelised Hazelnut
Two Gold Stars for our Clotted Cream with Amarena Cherry
One Gold Star for our Sicilian Pistachio
One Gold Star for our Clotted Cream with Strawberries
One Gold Star for our Clotted Cream with Lemon Curd
One Gold Star for our Brown Butter Bourbon
One Gold Star for our Mango Sorbet
Two Gold Stars for our Sicilian Pistachio
Two Gold Stars for our Cherry with Cherry Variegato
One Gold Star for our Pralines & Cream
One Gold Star for our Irish Black Butter
Two Gold Stars for our Irish Black Butter Ice Cream
Two Gold Stars for our Coffee Ice Cream
One Gold Star for our Caramelised Hazelnut Ice Cream
One Gold Star for our Chocolate Caramel Gold Ice Cream
Two Gold Stars for our Frozen Yoghurt with Cherry
Two Gold Stars for our Irish Black Butter Ice Cream
Two Gold Stars for our Caramelised Hazelnut
Two Gold Stars for our Irish Coffee Ice Cream
One Gold Star for our Frozen Yoghurt with Cherry
Two Gold Stars for our Caramelised Hazelnut
Two Gold Stars for our Double Cream Vanilla
One Gold Star for our Caramelised Hazelnut
Two Gold Stars for our Caramelised Hazelnut
Two Gold Stars for our Rhubarb & Custard
One Gold Star for our Coffee
Two Gold Stars for our Cherry Frozen Yogurt
One Gold Star for our Sea Salty Caramel
One Gold Star for our Rhubarb & Custard
Two Gold Stars for our Rhubarb & Custard
One Gold Star for our Sticky Toffee Fudge
One Gold Star for our Double Cream Vanilla
One Gold Star for our Very Berry Cheesecake
Joint Gold
Joint Gold
Supreme Champion - Gold - Best In Derry - Best in Ulster
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Silver
Bronze
Bronze
Gold
Silver & Best Product in County L'Derry
Bronze
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