Adelaide gelato maker, 48 Flavours, has placed second in the Asia Pacific round of The Gelato World Tour.
48 Flavours, operated by father and son duo, Brian and Michael O’Donnell and their business partner David Lamprell, was one of three teams representing Australia.
A Roasted Walnut and Honey flavour earned the Adelaide team second place. Brian O’Donnell explained how he chose this flavour:
“I started playing with crunches in the gelato. To me personally it is important to not only have a great flavour but also a great texture. In this case I wanted something that represented Australia.
“We used 100 per cent Australian product including the beautiful walnut and honey. We didn’t want it to be too sweet because with our Adelaide store being in the China town area we’ve seen that the Asian palette is very sensitive to sweetness. I think the better quality of the honey, the less sweet it is. Our honey that we use doesn’t taste tangy at all. The quality of the ingredients is really important so we don’t need to put much in to produce a great product,” he said.
Yamba Icecreamery's Robbie Hill and Italian native Antonino Lo Iacono from Gelatony in Summer Hill, Sydney also competed.
The Asia Pacific leg was held in March in Singapore at the Marina Bay Sands Convention Centre, where gelato artisans competed against others from their region with the top three to attend the finals in Rimini, Italy in September 2017.
The Gelato World Tour is an exhibition of the crème de la crème of gelato from around the world. It is organised by the experts from Carpigiani University of gelato and SIGEP the international event for artisanal confectionery and pastries, and it is the first ever-travelling competition of its kind.
