Ice cream firm scoops up more accolades
THE Great Taste Awards have been announced for 2022 and among the Welsh winners are a Carmarthenshire luxury ice cream firm.
Fecci’s Ice Cream (trading as Mario’s Luxury Dairy Ice Cream), based in Cross Hands, has won three titles at the awards, a three-star winner for its Espresso Martini ice cream, one-star for its cookie dough ice cream and onestar for its clotted-cream vanilla ice cream.
Recognised as a stamp of excellence and actively sought out by food lovers and retailers alike, Great Taste, organised by the Guild of Fine Food, values taste above all else.
All products in the line-up for judging are blind-tasted and every product is removed from its packaging so it cannot be identified, before entering a robust judging process.
This year judging took place over 90 days across two judging locations, Dorset and London, with a panel of more than 500 judges.
This year’s line-up saw food and drink products submitted from a staggering 110 different countries from across the world.
Mario Dallavalle, owner of Mario’s, said: “We are delighted to have won a Great Taste award for our espresso martini, clottedcream vanilla and cookie dough ice creams and I am so proud to be adding the iconic black and gold Great Taste logo to our products.
“Being recognised with a Great Taste three star means so much to independent producers such as myself, as it makes all the hard work and determination worth it.
“Great Taste is the most recognised accolade for taste and quality in the food and drink world, so it really is a big win.”
The company also won the Supreme Champion title for its vanilla ice cream in the dairy products section at last month’s Royal Welsh Show at Llanelwedd, near Builth Wells.