Collabs

Piccolina Gelato School x MFWF 2024

As part of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival 2024, we've launched our first ever Piccolina Gelato School classes.

This is the first time we'll be taking gelato lovers behind the scenes to where the mastery happens at our new Gelato School. Students will take part in a fun two-hour, hands-on immersive class where you will churn gelato the traditional, Italian way and create a dessert from start to finish to take home at the end of the class.

If you missed out on a spot during MFWF, please email hello@piccolinagelateria.com.au with the subject Gelato School and your details to get on the waiting list for future classes.

Lagoon Dining x Piccolina Lunar New Year 2024

To ring in the traditional themes of fortune, happiness and health this Lunar New Year, we teamed up with hatted, contemporary asian restaurant, Lagoon Dining to deliver a three week long gelato collaboration.

Inspired by Lagoon Dining’s expertly crafted, Chinese-Malaysian informed menu, the tasting notes and inspiration behind each individual flavour profile riff on Lagoon Chef Keat Lee’s affinity for the diverse and nuanced culinary traditions of China and beyond.

MPavilion

Escala de Cinzas (Greyscale) a collaboration with Brazilian artist João Loureiro and MPavilion

Six different flavours in six shades of grey, ranging from light grey to almost black, with no flavours labelled, creating a unique gelato sensory experience.

We had the privilege of working alongside Brazilian artist João Loureiro and the team at MPavilion to perfectly mirror the pavilion's aesthetic, introducing visitors to the taste sensation of greyscale gelato.

Titled Escala de Cinzas, you can experience our greyscale gelato at MPavilion for a limited time.

See what The Age's Good Food has said about the experience.

The exhibition is running only one more weekend Saturday 16 March and Sunday 17 March, 11am - 6pm. Don't miss out on this challenging taste sensation.

Penfolds

In November we partnered with iconic, Australian winemaker Penfolds, to bring to life a gelato experience that encapsulates the essence of Penfolds Bin 51 Eden Valley Riesling. Taking cues from the punchy, citrus fruit notes within the riesling, the dessert offered unexpected colours and textures, reminiscent of a coral filled ocean floor.

Pineapple & honeysuckle sorbet, Bin 51 Eden Valley Riesling jelly, yuzu & mandarin meringue, rosella sherbet, grapefruit infusion topped with a coral tuile.

The Piccolina Gelato Project: 8 Chefs in 8 Weeks, Season 3

The Piccolina Gelato Project allows us to work with some of Melbourne's most boundary-pushing chefs. Given the nature of Melbourne’s vibrant and multifaceted food scene, for our third year our lineup featured a diverse array of chefs who together, took us on a global gastronomic journey that surprised even the most seasoned foodie.

The line-up in order of appearance included Ross Magnaye (Serai), Nornie Bero (Mabu Mabu), Charley Snadden-Wilson (Clover Wine), Ella Mittas (Author Ela! Ela!), Nagesh Seethian (Manzé), Ellie Bouhadana (Hope St Radio), Coskun Uysal (Tulum) and Brigitte Hafner (Tedesca Osteria).

Watch our socials for an announcement about our fourth iteration.

Mali Bakes for Lunar New Year 23

To celebrate Lunar New Year 23 we teamed up with pastry powerhouse Patti Chimkire of Mali Bakes to design three gelato specials.

Inspired by her experience growing up in Thailand, where collaboration and tradition are both highly celebrated, Patti became interested in the notion of challenging tradition to create something new. She remembers deconstructing the desserts she loved most and then reconstructing them to find new flavour combinations.

Guided by that same childlike curiosity that continues to inform Patti’s work, the three flavour specials Patti designed with us were both a homage to the vibrant nature of Thailand (bright, colourful and full of flavour) and a reinterpretation of its Lunar New Year traditions.