Richard Bullock displays his haul from the New Zealand Ice
Cream Awards held in Queenstown on Thursday. Photo by
Marjorie Cook.
Wanaka artisan ice-cream maker Richard Bullock is
delighted six of his ice creams won seven awards at the New
Zealand Ice Cream Awards in Queenstown on Thursday night.
Pure New Zealand Ice Cream won three silvers for boysenberry,
raspberry and vanilla bean flavours, three golds for
chocolate, hokey-pokey and kaffir lime and ginger, and a
joint best in category award (open creative) for kaffir lime
and ginger.
It was the first time Mr Bullock and his wife Tracey had won
national awards, after narrowly missing out on medals last
year.
Pure New Zealand Ice Cream was launched about 18 months ago.
An Arrowtown company, Patagonia Chocolates, won three gold
medals and a best in category award. Their winning flavours
were banana split, which also won best in category for
premium ice cream; mascarpone cheese and forest fruits, and
lemon sorbet.
The company is owned by husband and wife team Alejandro
Gimenez and Lorena Giallonardo.
Other best in category awards went to:
Standard vanilla ice cream: Fonterra Brands (Tip Top)
Ltd, Tip Top vanilla ice cream.
Standard chocolate ice cream: Fonterra Brands (Tip
Top) Ltd, Tip Top chocolate ice cream.
Standard ice cream with inclusions: Fonterra Brands
(Tip Top) Ltd, Tip Top boysenberry ripple ice cream.
Premium vanilla ice cream: Joint winners Deep South
ice cream, Deep South ice cream vanilla; Zest ice cream,
Heilala vanilla ice cream.
Premium ice cream: Patagonia Chocolates Ltd, banana
split.
Open creative (for both ice cream and gelato/sorbet):
Joint winners Pure New Zealand ice cream, kaffir lime and
ginger ice cream; Pacific Flavours and Ingredients Ltd,
Italian mandarin stracciatella gelato.
Kids' choice: Takapuna Beach Cafe and Store, double
chocolate and honeycomb gelato.
Gelato: Takapuna Beach Cafe and Store, coconut and
lime curd gelato.
Sorbet: Takapuna Beach Cafe and Store, mango sorbet.
Low fat: Monte Gelato, yoghurt berry.
New packaging: Emerald Foods, Killinchy Gold 125ml
range.
Supreme award boutique manufacturer: Takapuna Beach
Cafe and Store, coconut and lime curd gelato.
Supreme award large manufacturer: Deep South ice
cream, Deep South ice cream vanilla.
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