Quality
Ingredients

Zelati Gelato and Sorbet is batch-made and hand-packed from start to finish using only real, premium ingredients to make an all-round delicious product! Everything is made at the Tawa Zelati Freezeria, a purpose-built gelato and sorbet lab.

Careful thought is put into the creation of each flavour. We pasteurise, age, infuse and churn each delightful flavour for our customers.

Our gelato is made with fresh New Zealand milk and cream, and the dairy-free sorbet is 100% plant-based, made with real fruits as opposed to pre-mixes and gelato pastes.

"it is striking how clean and refreshing each flavour is, delicately balanced…"

— FishHead Magazine (2013)

It’s a family thing.

Est. 2009

Zelati started the way the best things do - with a love of food, a converted garage, and a lot of late nights testing recipes on very willing family taste-testers.

That passion eventually took Alberto to Italy, where he trained as a Maestro Gelatiere and brought home both the technique and a deep respect for real ingredients, made from scratch, no shortcuts.

His daughter Hillary grew up around all of it - absorbing the craft, the standards, and the flavour obsession. But also spotting what could be pushed further.

When the opportunity came, she took the reins - and has spent the past seven years turning Zelati into something Wellington can genuinely be proud of. Retail stores, fun collabs and partnerships with local businesses, wholesale production, and a beloved seasonal food truck that appears when the sun does.

The product range has grown with her - bolder, more creative, and proudly reflective of her heritage. Filipino-inspired flavours like ube have found a very happy home in Wellington, and there's always something new in the works.

Inclusivity matters here too. The youngest in the family grew up with food allergies, and that shapes every recipe, because great dessert should be for everyone!

Still family-run, made from scratch, right here in the heart of Wellington.