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Antonio Mancini arrived in London in the very late part of 19th
Century from Italy. After a number of years in London he
then moved to Glasgow and then in 1910 on down the Clyde coast
to the town of Ayr. The Mancini family started making ice
cream in 1913 at King Street where the family stayed and in 1917
Michael Mancini was born. |
In
1925 the family moved their business to 11 New Road, Ayr were today the
company is still being run from. It started as many Italians did
in those days with an Ice Cream parlour and Fish & Chip shop.
Michael worked in the business from an early age and took the reigns of
the company in 1940 and held them until October 1991 when he finally
retired.
 In
the thirties to the fifties Mancini made ice cream for many outlets in
Ayr and serviced the Ayr Promenade with their high quality ice
cream. The company is almost 90 years old and is still under the
Mancini family and three generations later are still producing high
quality products. The company is being run today by Anna, Michele
and Philip Mancini.
Philip
with 30 years experience in ice cream manufacturing spent eight years on
the national Executive Committee of the Ice Cream Alliance Ltd and had
the great honour of being National President of the association in the
year of 1993/94. Philip is in charge of all production of
Mancini's Ice Cream on a daily basis which is now being wholesaled
through the West of Scotland by our own refrigerated vehicle.
For
a small company, Mancini's have a big name for ice cream in Scotland, we
have many awards from national competitions and are highly recommended
in "SCOTLAND...The Best Guide 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2004 BEST
MAGAZINE (Aug 1996)" and many other national press publications.
The
company today produce high quality products ranging from dairy and
non-dairy ice cream, fresh fruit sorbets and Italian high quality frozen
desserts. The company can produce over 200 different flavours of ice
cream.
The
company is still based at 11 New Road, Ayr which is also where the
Mancini family still operate Ayr's only Italian style cafe where meals
are served, 20 flavours of ice cream are available for take-away or
take-home packs to the retail trade. The cafe trades under the name of "THE
ROYAL CAFE" and at the moment is under refurbishment with the
forth generation of Mancinis already taking an active part!
British
Dairy Vanilla Silver Challenge Cup Winners 2001/2002
Scottish
Vanilla Ice Cream Cup Winners 2001/2002
National
Ice Cream Competition Winners
1988,
1994, 2001, 2003
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