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About Gelato&Co

A vision from Italy

to the world

Sparked from a visionary Italian family, Gelato & Co is more than just a simple brand. It’s a vision started 9 years ago, when Gianluca Vitali, a renowned bolognese entrepreneur, joined forces with a passionate master gelato maker, Leonardo Ragazzi, and a group of experienced Italian managers.

With more than half a century of experience, in 2013, the team opened its first artisanal gelato parlor in Camana Bay (Grand Cayman). Thanks to the support of Marcello Santi – an Italian friend and citizen of Grand Cayman (and partner soon after) – the store quickly took off and grew.

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Heritage and Tradition

Leonardo is the creative force behind Cremeria Funivia, a historic gelateria in the heart of what’s considered the Italian gelato motherland: Bologna, Italy. For Leonardo, Bologna is an endless source of inspiration. He passionately narrates the city’s essence through gourmet recipes, allowing you to savor the flavors of Italian tradition.

Thanks to his strong friendship with Gianluca, Leonardo joined Gelato & CO right from the very beginning, offering his deep knowledge of Italian gastronomy to this American venture.

Leonardo

Gelato in the DNA

With a seventy-year-long family history in the gelato business, Elena Manfroni (Gianluca Vitali’s wife) is another gelato-enthusiast entrepreneur. Daughter of one of Carpigiani’s owners, the world’s largest producer of gelato machines, Elena became passionate about gelato from her early days as she watched her father’s sketch machine designs. Eng. Ezio Augusto Manfroni (Elena’s father), also known as the Patent Genius, committed his entire life to create a better world for children and adults and so happened to inspire her beloved daughter to carry on his mission.

Freshness

Quality

Each of our shops is equipped with internal laboratories that guarantee a full homemade production process, which takes place on a daily-basis. Quality and freshness are our key drivers, reflected in the choices made along our supply chain. We source ingredients from both local farms, such as seasonal fruits, and from our motherland, like Italian pistachios, almonds and hazelnuts.

Gelato Menu

We also offer products suitable to Vegans and Celiac, with flavors free of dairies, gluten, and top allergens. Gelato & Co is part of the association GXG (master gelato makers for gelato) and joined the “transparent project” in order to create awareness within the community about the quality of the ingredients used to produce gelato and desserts.

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