Meet the GelatoLove Magic Van!
Meet the GelatoLove Van, our trusty Nissan RV200 that has been bringing joy to the community since 2016! The GelatoLove Van spends its days making deliveries, catering and bringing guilt-free sweetness to endless events…
The GelatoLove Magic Van.
Meet the GelatoLove Magic Van, our trusty Nissan RV200 that has been bringing joy to the community since 2016! The GelatoLove Van spends its days making deliveries, catering and bringing guilt-free sweetness to endless events. Ever since its first day on the job 5 years ago, our van has done the best job at bring smiles to your homes! In March of 2020 our van did not let a pandemic stop him from spreading the love, as it began to make home pint deliveries to neighborhoods all the way from Chula Vista to Orange County and Temecula! And guess what? Our van loves when its fans say hello on the road, so if you ever catch it making deliveries make sure to snap a picture, tag us on instagram at @gelatolovecalifornia, and you will earn a free gelato cup! Just make sure that the van is making deliveries and not parked by one of our locations. And as an extra bonus, if you can tell us how many scoops of gelato can be found on the van we’ll gift you a pint of your favorite gelato flavor!
Do you want to meet the GelatoLove Van in person? Invite us to your event! There is no event too big or too small for our van, we will plan accordingly to your needs and can offer everything from single serve gelato containers to an Authentic Italian Gelato Bar with expert baristas who serve your guests for the duration of the party. Set up, clean up, and transportation? Our team and van have got it all covered! Contact us for more information on events, catering, and deliveries!
The GelatoLove Magic Van in Carlsbad Village.
The GelatoLove Van in the desert.
The GelatoLove Van
Meet Julian, our GelatoLove Driver!
Julian is a math and coding genius. He is currently making GelatoLove a better place as a relentless driver. He has never failed a delivery and, honestly, we don’t know how he does it. Julian is just a magnificent problem solver!
Julian Trupe, GelatoLove Driver.
Julian is a math and coding genius. He is currently making GelatoLove a better place as a relentless driver. He has never failed a delivery and, honestly, we don’t know how he does it. Julian is just a magnificent problem solver!
He is a first generation German-American, born and raised in San Diego (Cardiff). Julian grew up playing soccer and is a lifelong supporter of Liverpool Football Club.
His passion is Alpine Sky: since he was little, once a year or so, he would travel to his family cabin in Tahoe, which nurtured his love for the mountains, snow, and especially skiing. He has now been skiing for 25 years.
Julian graduated from UC Santa Cruz in 2018 with a degree in Mathematics. Shortly after graduating he completed a coding bootcamp at UC Davis before returning home at the beginning of the pandemic. Julian is absolutely passionate about science and technology, and currently spends most of his free time programming in pursuit of a career in technology.
He’s had several jobs in food service, including grill cook at Chipotle, cuisine/deli at Cardiff Seaside Market, and catering events which served 1,000 people. Julian has been a math tutor at MiraCosta Community College, and a mentor staff at a sober home for young men struggling with addiction.
Julian loves to cook and has had a lot of fun learning how to prepare various ethnic foods including Thai and Indian curries, mastering new techniques, and becoming familiar with ingredients which were once foreign.
Julian Trupe, GelatoLove Driver
Meet Piero, GelatoLove maker and Assistant Manager
Piero Richard was born and raised in Rome, Italy. He knows everything about gelato and Italian Food in general. During his 5 years of work, he has covered every role at GelatoLove. He knows how to make gelato and balance a new recipe, he runs the store and trains new team members.
Piero Richard, Gelato maker and Assistant Manager at GelatoLove.
Piero Richard was born and raised in Rome, Italy. He started his California adventure in 2014 when he first visited for a Summer Holiday. He then moved in 2016 as a student to attend University. He will graduate this summer at San Diego State with a major in Nutrition.
Piero knows everything about gelato and Italian Food in general. During his 5 years of work, he has covered every role at GelatoLove. Everybody loves him!
He knows how to make gelato and balance a new recipe, he runs the store and trains new team members.
Piero was an American Football Junior National Champion in Italy, but now he mostly enjoys Surfing, spending time with his wife Katarina and their lovely Corgi “Lucignolo”.
He can bake outstanding bread and focaccia and makes fresh pasta from scratch. Please ask him about every single ingredient at GelatoLove. He’s super knowledgeable and enjoys talking about food.
Meet Ray, our Gelato Maker and GelatoLove Server
Raymond Whight. Gelato maker and server at GelatoLove, Carlsbad, California.
While Ray is a California native, his is family originally from Tonga. As a kid he used to go back and forth between the beautiful Pacific Island and Oceanside, where he currently lives. At GelatoLove we feel like the Ocean and Nature itself shaped Ray’s positive attitude and unique way of thinking. We also discovered that he’s passionate about Marine Biology and that’s what he studies at Mira Costa College.
Ray is young, but he has already had many different job experiences: from laborer for construction projects during the pandemic, to young caterer for restaurants, as well as offering customer service at GameStop. Ray shares his time between school, work and his favorite activities: football, surfing, video games and making music.
At GelatoLove Ray immediately absorbed the art of scaling and mixing our fresh ingredients to make all the countless flavors we offer at GelatoLove. Ray’s eclectic personality can also be enjoyed at the store, where anybody can meet him serving the homemade gelato he previously prepared.
Meet Adi, GelatoLove Server and Espresso Barista
Adi Nimrodi. Gelato Server and Espresso Barista at GelatoLove.
Adi Nimrodi is a passionate student in Communication Design at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. Her creative drive is expressed in different fields from Costume Design to Graphic Design, Illustration and Rendering. Her website is an astounding collection of surprising beauty.
As a Social Media Coordinator at San Marcos School, Adi created advertisement and managed the account platforms school-wide including Instagram, Snapchat and Facebook. She also thought the Associated Student Body advertising skills and design communication tactics.
Adi was also Costume design and Crew Lead for the San Marcos High School Drama Department. She led a team of students to design and create a full set of costumes for Chicago the musical and The Little Mermaid.
Adi’s visual art talent and skills permeate her world. We are so grateful at GelatoLove for the magnificent vision she brings to desserts and coffee art. Adi is personally developing a Cappuccino stencil art project that we will soon enjoy at the store.
Meet Cheyenne, our Gelato Server and Espresso Barista
Cheyenne Hancock, Gelato Server and Espresso Barista at GelatoLove.
Born and raised in Oceanside, Cheyenne Hancock does not hide her big passion for animals. She personally trained for 4 years a macaw named Emerald at the Discovery Center in Carlsbad, but she also takes care at home of Deshi, a pet Bearded Dragon, and Pooh, an adorable Arctic Albino Western Hognose snake.
Cheyenne also enjoys riding horses and she has a desire to start training in show jumping.
Cheyenne Hancock, horse riding.
As much as she loves working at GelatoLove, Cheyenne plans to attend Stanbridge University to become a veterinarian technician.
Cheyenne is a very talented, artistic and crafty person. She has a big passion for design: she can realize amazing outgoing makeup looks, as well as decorate your cappuccino with self thought beautiful Latte Art.
Her gelato cups and cones are always beautifully composed. She’s truly a natural master in artistic design.
Her many talents also crossed path with Deaf Culture, as she’s is perfectly fluent in American Sign Language (ASL). She welcomes anyone at the store with a warm heart and her magnetic painted eyes. We love seeing her expressing every day her many talents, both at work and outside. Thank you Cheyenne!
Cheyenne Hancock, creative make-up artist.
Cheyenne Hancock with her Bearded Dragon.
Meet Hanna, GelatoLove Store Assistant Manager
Holding a Dual citizenship for the United States and Switzerland, artist Hanna Seemann appreciates different languages and cultures. While pursing her fine art degree, she found herself in Florence Italy, learning in the heart of the Renaissance. Here she fell in love not only the Italian art, but the language and cuisine.
Hanna Seeman, Assistant Manager at GelatoLove.
Holding a Dual citizenship for the United States and Switzerland, artist Hanna Seemann appreciates different languages and cultures.
While pursing her fine art degree, she found herself in Florence Italy, learning in the heart of the Renaissance. Here she fell in love not only the Italian art, but the language and cuisine. She loves cooking (and eating!) anything Italian: from Risotto alla Milanese to Bomboloni alla Crema.
At GelatoLove she is enthusiastic about the variety flavors to share, as well as the variety of people she gets to meet. We never heard anyone describing Gelato Flavors as well as she does. Her words can re-design the exact tasting pattern of food in your palate. You definitely want to listen to her gelato flavors recommendations!
If she doesn’t know how to say ‘Hi’ in a language, you can always teach her. Hanna is fluent in English, Swiss German and Italian. When she’s not at the store, she’s probably up in the air practicing her favorite sport: Aerial Gymnastics.
Meet Oxana, our Production Manager
Oxana holds a Master’s Degree in Human Resources and Document Archivists. You can bet that everything’s in place and lined up when she runs the kitchen as GelatoLove Production Manager.
Oxana Bentley, GelatoLove Production Manager.
Oxana holds a Master’s Degree in Human Resources and Document Archivists. You can bet that everything’s in place and lined up when she runs the kitchen as GelatoLove Production Manager.
Oxana’s field of expertise is Hospitality Management, including scheduling, hiring, training, inventory management, POS operations, event planning and Food and Beverage.
She completed her education in Moscow, Russia, where she also launched and managed an 89 seat, American Diner, as well as trained and mentored all the staff in a 196-seat European-cuisine restaurant. Oxana brought from Russia to California her knowledge and exuberant energy when she moved 8 years ago. She now makes the GelatoLove Kitchen Lab a lovely, energetic and pleasant place to work for everyone. Her commitment is impeccable and the gelato presentation always outstanding. We are so grateful for her contribution.
Meet Luca, our Director of Operations.
Passionate Surfer and Certified Nutritionist Consultant (CNC), Luca Guerzoni is originally from Milan, Italy. Expert in food industry management, Luca is now Director of Operations and Manager at GelatoLove.
Luca Guerzoni, Director of Operations at GelatoLove.
Passionate Surfer and Certified Nutritionist Consultant (CNC), Luca Guerzoni is originally from Milan, Italy. After moving to California in 2014, he deepened his knowledge in wellness arts with the Natural Healing Institute of Naturopathy in Encinitas and he also holds a three-year course diploma as Naturopathic Practitioner in Italy.
Expert in food industry management, Luca is now Director of Operations and Manager at GelatoLove. Yes, he’s the one that makes the ‘magic’ happen inside and outside the kitchen.
He claims he has learned his barista’s skills from the Italian Cappuccino World Champion Rubens Gardelli… we just know his cappuccino and latte are to die for.
When COVID emergency hit California, Luca resumed his Italian experience as a moped postman. Thanks to his organizing talent GelatoLove was able to quickly set up our current and much-loved Gelato Delivery System.
If you see our GelatoLove magic van in your neighborhood, wave at Luca as he’s probably driving…
GelatoLove Delivery Magic Van.
Meet Nicole, our new Pastry Chef.
Nicole Hovan is a certified culinary arts professional with ten years plus of experience in the hospitality industry. She joined the GelatoLove Family in August and she became the artist behind our latest sweet creations.
GelatoLove Team Spotlight
Nicole Hovan Pastry Chef.
Nicole Hovan is a certified culinary arts professional with ten years plus of experience in the hospitality industry. She joined the GelatoLove Family in August and she became the artist behind our latest sweet creations.
Passionate about Italian Food and Desserts, Nicole learned to love Artisan Gelato throughout her extended travel in Italy. She got her University Degree in Hospitality Management at Cal Poly Pomona, Class of 2017. Continually looking to expand her knowledge and skill sets, Nicole loves challenging herself to learn and grow in areas she has yet to conquer.
As a new Dessert Creative Director Nicole is magnifying our Homemade Gelato and Dessert offerings through the First Independent Online Dessert Platform available in Southern California. You can now find Custom Made Cakes, Italian Desserts, Cookies, Homemade Gelato and other specialties by clicking on GelatoLove Online Store or visiting our Carlsbad Village Location.