This ice cream was also best in category for a standard ice cream and judges described it as being a really fresh boysenberry ripple in a flavoured base ice cream. This is the fourth year in a row that this ice cream has won best in category, but is the first time it has won the supreme award.
Fonterra’ s Tip Top also won best in categories for standard vanilla ice cream, Cookies & Cream, and the low fat category with Creamy Yoghurt Ice Cream Strawberry.
The supreme award for a boutique manufacturer this year was awarded to an entry in the gelato category with Licorice Gelato made by Takapuna Beach Café and Store, the third consecutive year it has won that award.
This is the 17th year of the New Zealand Ice Cream Awards. What started off in 1997 with six categories and 61 entries has developed into a competition of 11 categories and 307 entries in 2013. The number of participating entrants in the event run by the New Zealand Ice Cream Manufacturers’ Association has grown to 35, and they range in size from small gelato manufacturers to those making millions of litres of ice cream per year.
The individual categories which attracted the largest number of entries were premium ice cream with 52 entries, gelato with 43 entries and sorbet with 43 entries.
The ‘best of’ category this year featured Cookies & Cream, with some different variations such as Anzac Cookies, Shortbread, Dutch Cookies and even Pear and Cinnamon Cookies. The judges felt that the “more iconic” flavour of Oreo cookies and cream by Tip Top was the best flavour and texture out of the total 27 entries.
The main judging of the New Zealand Ice Cream Awards took place during the second week of May at the Massey University campus, Food Technology Department in Albany, Auckland.
Twelve children aged 7-11 years from Pt England School in Glen Innes were chosen to judge the Kids Choice category. Much Moore Wonders Favourite Trio (Orange Choc Chip, Hokey Pokey and Boysenberry) made by Kiwi Ice Cream Company Ltd being chosen as the winner.
