"If you’re like me and most of my customers, you’re an imaginative ice cream lover. During these years running the kitchen at Giapo I saw that Ice Cream had the potential to be more expressive and gastronomical than what it had been so far. In my mind ice cream had to carry a different narrative. It goes without saying that ice cream is the most popular dessert food in the world and it did not sound right that ice cream had always been looking pretty much the same on cones, cups and sticks. I focused my kitchen work on mashing up ideas from all the humanities including technology, art and science. I am currently doing scientific research with AUT and Otago University. I run a blog where I write about my kitchen observations and I am the co-author of a few published peer-reviewed papers." Giapo Grazioli Come down to Giapo Ice Cream to try one of Giapo's creations at 279 Queen Street, Auckland, New Zealand. To find out more visit: www.giapo.com