WE DIDN’T START MAKING GELATO YESTERDAY, WE’VE BEEN DOING IT FOR NEARLY A 100 YEARS! IT’S OUR PASSION AND WE ARE EXTREMELY PROUD OF OUR HISTORY.
1900
IN 1900 JACK NUGENT IS BORN IN THE SEA SIDE TOWN OF NEWCASTLE, CO. DOWN. JACK SAILS TO AMERICA SEEKING WORK OPPORTUNITIES. IN 1928, THE ICE-CREAM DREAM ALL STARTED WHEN HE RECEIVES A LETTER FROM HIS MOTHER ASKING HIM TO COME HOME AND START A BUSINESS. JACK HAD A DREAM OF MAKING ICE-CREAM AND SPENT A YEAR PERFECTING HIS RECIPE.
1930
JACK AND HIS FAMILY OPEN THE STRAND ICE CREAM PARLOUR AND HOME BAKERY. AT THAT TIME JACK WAS THE FIRST NON-ITALIAN TO PERFECT THE ART OF MAKING ICE-CREAM IN IRELAND AND THE TRADITION OF ICE-CREAM MAKING PASSED THROUGH THE FAMILY TO MICHAEL SENIOR.
1937
WE RECEIVED OUR FIRST AWARD IN 1937 FROM THE UK ICE CREAM ALLIANCE.
1984
MICHAEL NUGENT JUNIOR IS BORN IN NEWCASTLE, CO. DOWN. AT A YOUNG AGE, MICHAEL IS INTRODUCED TO THE ICE-CREAM INDUSTRY BY HIS FATHER WHEN HE MAKES ICE-CREAM AT THE WEEKENDS AND DURING UNIVERSITY. MICHAEL HAD A DREAM TO START A DIFFERENT TYPE OF ICE-CREAM EXPERIENCE INSPIRED BY HIS TRAVELS TO ITALY AND AROUND THE WORLD. MICHAEL ADDED TO THE FAMILY RECIPES AND WROTE THE RECIPES THAT MAKE NUGELATO® FAMOUS.
2015
NUGELATO® OPENED ITS FIRST ICE CREAM BOUTIQUE IN NEWCASTLE CO. DOWN IN MAY, 2015 AND THE NOW FAMOUS NUGGY POT® WAS BORN. NUGELATO® WAS CREATED TO BE THE BEST ICE CREAM EXPERIENCE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND IRELAND.
2016
THE NUGGYPOT WAS BECOMING A SOUGHT AFTER PRODUCT. NUGELATO® ICECREAM BOUTIQUE OPENED A SECOND STORE IN NEWRY, CO. DOWN.
2017
WE INTRODUCED THE NUGGY BURRITO OR BRRR-ITO! OUR DELICIOUS ICECREAM AND GOODIES ALL WRAPPED UP IN A FRESHLY MADE CREPE. WE ALSO INCREASED OUR PRODUCTION CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE US TO OPEN MORE NUGELATO® ICECREAM BOUTIQUES.
