Friday, 1 May 2015

Introducing… Davidoff cigar sorbet

You don’t have to love ice cream, but it helps. An ice cream artisan from Corsica is heating up the gastronomy scene with wonderful, new-concept ice creams and sorbets, including off-the-scale flavours such as Davidoff cigars, Veuve Clicquot Pink Champagne and Ardbeg Scotch whisky with dark chocolate.

Ice cream "scientist" Pierre Geronimi

Created in a hi-tech laboratory

Pierre Geronimi and his team (his head of production and general manager trained at the prestigious Paul Bocuse Institute in Lyons) perfected his art – or “science”, as he terms it – and began exporting his ice cream-making expertise overseas, serving Michelin-starred chefs. Describing himself as a “sculptor of tastes”, Geronimi has now brought his skills to Monaco, where a new store has opened its doors.

If you’re visiting the Principality, don’t miss the sorbet infused with Davidoff cigars and Diplomatico rum flavours, made by special order in the shop’s hi-tech “laboratory”. I wonder if my friend Hans-Kristian Hoejsgaard, Davidoff’s CEO, has tried it?

You can find other Pierre Geronimi shops in Sagone, Corsica and Grenoble, France.

A luxury experience awaits.