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GIAPO ART AND DESIGN COMPETITION SEPTEMBER 2021

Last month, thanks to the big help of Laura and Jayna from the Auckland dessert Society, we have been able to organise a design and art competition. The theme was Normal Ice Cream is Boring. Last Monday, all the participants got together over zoom, we had 45 entries, it was great to connect and discuss their art. We then announced the Winners. Kelly Cokorudy is the supreme winner. Kelly's delicious art creation, it is called "the movie night", and it will be featured on our menu this week with the movie box. Lockdown Movie Box by Kelly Cokorudy. Her creation [...]

GIAPO ART AND DESIGN COMPETITION SEPTEMBER 2021thisisthechief2021-09-30T04:15:08+13:00

How does our Delivery service work?

Update November 2020: Giapo has joined Uber Eats. And the whole post below is not relevant anymore. Please find us during the opening hours on Uber Eats. […]

How does our Delivery service work?thisisthechief2020-11-03T04:07:26+13:00

Breakfast with the Giapo Family

As the new year of 2019 comes around, there’s no better time than to reflect on the year that has gone before. One thing I’m very thankful for and will continue to be grateful for is the Giapo whanau. They are what keep us going so that we can keep delivering you our unique take on New Zealand ice cream. Looking back on 2018 Christmas and the New Year is a season of great joy, a season of family, and a season of friends. My extended family are all the way back in Italy. What my family and [...]

Breakfast with the Giapo Familythisisthechief2019-01-30T10:44:33+13:00

Chef’s Table

Ever wondered what it’s like in our R&D kitchen where all our ice cream creations are constructed? We welcome you into our Gore Street kitchen in downtown Auckland for a chance to see the innovation and creativity that drives our work. We aim to provide an experience that is hands-on and multi-sensory. You’ll try many of our ice cream creations from our ever-changing menu, ensuring your experience will be different every time you come to visit. There are also plenty of vegan, halal, and gluten-free options to suit everyone. Not only is the chef’s table a [...]

Chef’s Tablethisisthechief2019-02-13T11:00:34+13:00

Giapo Master Class

A peek into the Giapo master class. The singing you hear in the background is a thank you song, sung to us in te reo Māori by a team who completed the master class. It’s a moment I’ll never forget. Experience Giapo in a new way. Give the ice cream you see in-store a go in the kitchen yourself! Book yours here Best done with a team from work or a group of friends, our master class experience invites you to work collaboratively to create your own incredible ice cream by following a tried-and-tested recipe of our [...]

Giapo Master Classthisisthechief2020-11-09T03:02:09+13:00

Royal Pavlova: Celebrating Prince Harry and Meghan

Giapo’s Royal Pavlova - ice cream topped with pavlova, cream, and gilded fresh fruit. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry and Meghan, are ultimately changing the royal family's narrative with their unique union. So, here at Giapo, we thought it was a timely opportunity to continue our ethos of changing the narrative of ice cream with a new creation to honour the couple on their first royal tour of New Zealand and the Pacific. The modern royal couple walked Auckland's Viaduct this past rainy Tuesday. If they had found themselves walking a little further along they [...]

Royal Pavlova: Celebrating Prince Harry and Meghanthisisthechief2020-08-04T22:38:49+12:00

Mimosa Cake & Mates – Cooking with Sean Connolly

Sean Connolly and Giapo presenting their dishes at Skycity Auckland's Gusto at the Grand. The idea was a simple one. Two mates cooking together in the kitchen at Skycity’s Gusto at the Grand in Auckland, New Zealand: Sean Connolly and I. Beyond my commitment to ice cream, I also have a great love of cooking. Of course, being Italian, I have a soft spot for Italian food. In fact, before I discovered ice cream, among the many things I wanted to do, I had a plan to open an Italian restaurant [...]

Mimosa Cake & Mates – Cooking with Sean Connollythisisthechief2018-11-05T08:57:02+13:00

One year on Gore Street

What an incredible year it has been for us! All this new space at our newly located store has been a wonderful blessing, allowing us to express ourselves like never before. Our newly established home has enabled us to create an ideal environment to be creative and come up with more compelling ice cream. The upgraded kitchen has been one of the most important stepping stones in shaping our dreams. These last 12 months have been transitional for us, however, with lots of pride I am happy to say we opened the door to numerous innovations. We merged favourite foods [...]

One year on Gore Streetthisisthechief2019-01-30T10:46:11+13:00

Giapo is moving from Queen Street to Gore Street

[layerslider id="3" /] Dear friends, I have news to share. Our Queen Street store - that neat little space next to the Civic theater, is closing its doors this Sunday ( tomorrow), February 19th. We are proud to have spent almost nine years trying to prove that ice cream can be both delicious and innovative.We have immensely enjoyed serving Auckland and its visitors since 2008. These years have been the best years of my life, and it comes without saying that they have also been years of hard slog with so many moments when it would have been very [...]

Giapo is moving from Queen Street to Gore Streetthisisthechief2019-01-30T10:46:05+13:00

Artspace Edible Installation

Wednesday 25th February was a very exciting day for us. We prepared a special installation at K Road’s Artspace Gallery for a private exhibition ... a centrepiece of edible miniature road cones bursting with our New Zealand cherry plum ice cream. This experimental form of edible artwork was a collaboration between myself and artist Billie Popovic. We invited the guests to disassemble the work, removing the cones to have them filled with a delicious creation - our K-Road inspired cherry plum ice cream flavour. The cones, delicately crafted from orange tinted white chocolate, were designed to resemble the humble road markings commonly cursed as [...]

Artspace Edible Installationthisisthechief2020-08-04T22:35:19+12:00