It is widely accepted that chocolate flavour ice cream is one of the ‘must haves’ in an ice cream cabinet, whether you are a traditional seaside parlour or an in town gelateria.  However making chocolate ice cream can be tricky.  Chocolate ice cream was, of course, one of the original three Neapolitan flavours, and with vanilla […]

In the words of our National Technical Manager – also fondly known as ‘Gelato Jonny’…  “I am regularly asked the question on our gelato training courses – is gelato making an art or a science?”  In fact there is no straight answer to that, as there are elements involved which cross the world of science […]

As you will already be aware, Antonelli is the sole UK distributor for Italian based company – MEC3 – the world’s leading flavour house.  As part of our arrangement with MEC3, Antonelli has support from the MEC3 experts. By supplying ice cream ingredients from MEC3, Antonelli aspires to support our customers in making the best […]

Base jumping may conjure all kinds of images in your mind, but what we are referring to at Antonelli is moving from one base system or recipe to another, which is something we offer help with in our ice cream training courses. This may mean changing from a basic base to a more complex base […]

Over the years many excited people have contacted us, talked to us at exhibitions and visited our training facility saying to us ‘I am interested in starting a gelato business’.  At Antonelli we have years of experience in guiding potential customers through the tricky process of starting a gelato business.  In fact we have even […]

This is a question our Antonelli Business Relationship Managers and Technical team are often asked as we visit parlours and gelaterias around the UK.  Our answer is that if one person is asking for vegan ice cream or gelato then there are probably another hundred thinking about it, so why not give it a try?  […]

The Antonelli Gelato Academy Ice Cream Training Courses recently opened its doors to a local community initiative run by Warrington Youth Club (WYC).  The Careers & Enterprise Programme funded by Onside (a national youth charity) encourages young people to gain confidence and consider different career possibilities outside those covered in the standard curriculum.  In the […]

The Antonelli Gelato Academy opened its doors of ice cream training to a group of customers from across the UK to learn more about the finer details of gelato and ice cream making.  Many of our customers are very experienced themselves in ice cream and/or gelato making, but it is fair to say that  everyone […]

Another interesting visit to Rimini this year has given us the opportunity to see and taste the delights of the new flavours from world leading flavour house and Italian favourites MEC3.  As sole UK distributor for MEC3, we are delighted to announce that not only are these flavours delicious, but they are in production and […]

Antonelli ice cream training Antonelli ice cream training has decided to change the role titles of all our team who go out and visit customers across the country, to reflect the service that they provide. Our ‘Business Relationship Managers’ aim to do just that – build relationships with customers and support them as their businesses […]

Homemade ice cream or gelato is increasingly popular and in demand from the great British public. With the increase in parlours and gelaterias across the UK, consumers have come to expect a range of artisan flavours in a large cabinet, but how do you decide which flavours to offer?  When starting an ice cream business […]

Learning to make gelato or ice cream isn’t just for those people who are entering the ice cream market for the first time or setting up their own parlour or gelateria.  Here at Antonelli we are proud to be able to advise and support businesses through our ice cream training courses, as they learn to use […]