Sydney · gelato
Cow and the Moon
The one Sydney candidate with an independent, juried world title decided outside Australia, won against Italian competitors on their own ground in Rimini - a direct, checkable answer to whether Sydney's gelato culture is only imitative.
What to order
Mandorla Affogato - the Gelato World Tour-winning flavour: Kenyan espresso, salted caramel, Italian caramelised almonds, Madagascan vanilla bean gelato (Broadsheet, 8 Sep 2014)
What we know
- Won the Gelato World Tour's world title in Rimini, Italy in September 2014, beating Italian gelato makers Francesco Mastroianni of Il Cantagalli and Alessandro Lancierini of Gelateria Fiore into second and third (Broadsheet, 8 Sep 2014)
- The winning entry - 300 litres of Mandorla Affogato - combined Kenyan single-origin espresso, salted caramel, Italian-sourced caramelised almonds and Madagascan vanilla bean gelato (Broadsheet, 8 Sep 2014)
- Founder John Crowl learned gelato-making in a Milanese gelateria and has returned to Italy every year since (Gourmet Traveller, 9 Feb 2017)
- 25 flavours made on site by a team of three gelato-makers led by John and his wife Wendy; the family previously ran a bakery in Oak Flats, which shows in the cake and pastry offerings (Gourmet Traveller, 9 Feb 2017)
- Crowl imports fresh ingredients himself and changes the single-origin coffee supply monthly, saying this lets the business "stay true to the flavours rather than expanding into franchises" (Gourmet Traveller, 9 Feb 2017)
- Status
- open
- Address
- 181 Enmore Road, Enmore NSW 2042
- Maker
- John Crowl, gelato maker and co-owner, with his wife Wendy and son Sam
- Opened
- 2011
- Website
- www.cowandthemoon.com.au/
- Last checked
- 2026-08-21
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