Benvenuti nel sito ufficiale della Gelateria Ghignoni

GELATERIE WEB 2002
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INNER AND OUTER

The Ghignoni Ice cream business was started in 1981 in Sansepolcro (Arezzo). Address: Via Tiberina Sud, 850.

San Sepolcro is in Tuscany, near the borders of Le Marche, Emilia Romagna and Umbria, an area of intensive agriculture, industry, and handmade goods.

GHIGNONI’S was the first proper Icecream Parlour (as they used to be called) in the entire Upper Tiber Valley and was therefore an important innovation, being able to seat 180 people and serve 30 different flavours of ice cream, ranging from the classic to the exotic. For example: Chocolate &Chianti, Crema Buontalenti, Cioccotrifola, also vegetable sorbets, mousses and ice cream gateaux. GHIGNONI’S also serve sweet and savoury crêpes, yogurt with fruit or cereals, ice coffee etc...

The "CARRETTINO" (traditional ice cream cart) is another important part of the GHIGNONI’S service. It has the capacity to provide ice cream for 500 people and also keep the product fresh and frozen for 12 hours. The “CARRETTINO” is in great demand for parties, wedding receptions and other festivities.

PALMIRO BRUSCHI, was born in Sansepolcro on August 31, 1967 and is married with three children. He and his wife, Pina, are fully qualified in this sector of the catering business and ensure that the ice cream products are made with both skill and quality.

Since starting, PALMIRO BRUSCHI has been an assistant to the ice cream Grand Masters in "Arte Dolce" in Rimini and "C.a.s.t. alimenti" in Brescia Professional Center, where he obtained his Diploma of Merit. In February 1994 he achieved the title of No.1 Italian Champion Ice Cream Maker and in March 1997 became a Member of the Italian Ice Cream Academy.

Furthermore, he has contributed to the opening of numerous parlours not only in Italy but also abroad and is a qualified teacher for the production of handmade ice cream.

He has also appeared on many many Italian T.V. programmes:
Uno Mattina, Linea Verde, Festa di Classe, Gelato al Limone, La Vecchia Fattoria, Trenta Ore per la Vita, l’Italia in Diretta, Cucinone, La prova del Cuoco and on Gambero Rosso and Alice...

Articles have been written about him and his expertise in: Gambero Rosso, Topolino, Il Sole 24 Ore, Auto d’Epoca, Sale e Pepe, Buon Appetito, Gelato Artigianale, Pasticceria Internazionale, Madia, Gola, Dolce e Salato etc.. Italy Daily (International Herald Tribune) and so on. With his well-known "CARRETTINO" he has taken part in a variety of important events "Giro d’Italia", the "Mille Miglia", the "Transalpinica", the "Salone del Gusto" in Turin, the "Rally of Bianchine", Eurochocolate in Perugia in Rimini, in Switzerland and in the Opening of the Gateway of the Republic of San Marino, etc.. He also worked on the "Costa Classica" Cruises. A very important moment for PALMIRO BRUSCHI was the invitation to take part in the Renaissance Banquet, as representative of the Art of Italian Ice Cream, at the Festival “ Italy in Japan 2001” held in the Imperial Hotel Tokyo, with the presence of members of the Japanese Imperial family.

Since then he has assisted in “BELLA ITALIA “ exhibitions in Melbourne, Nice, Hong Kong and Dubai.