Amsterdam · gelato
Massimo Gelato
A named founder with a directly traceable family recipe from a specific region of Italy, grown from one De Pijp shop in 2017 to five Amsterdam locations, independently tested and ranked by local press.
What we know
- Founder Massimo Bertonasco's grandmother ran a latteria (dairy shop) in a small village on the Ligurian Riviera dei Fiori, where she sold ice cream; he learned her recipes directly from her and trained further under an Italian gelato master before opening in De Pijp (ciaotutti.nl, dated 2017-03-28, describing the shop as newly opened 'sinds dit voorjaar')
- Uses Ligurian-sourced ingredients specifically: Giovannacci Caffè for the coffee gelato (also from Liguria, like Massimo) and hazelnuts from Piemonte (ciaotutti.nl)
- Grown from one De Pijp shop (2017) to five Amsterdam locations by 2026: De Pijp, Marathon, Oost, West and Gelderlandplein 'open soon' (massimogelato.nl sitemap)
- Ranked #7 of 18 in Mokum Magazine's 2025 blind test at the West (Jan Hanzenstraat 15) location: strawberry "vol stukjes en smaakt levendig", chocolate "smelt perfect weg", but service marked down — "eervolle vermelding voor 'uitstekend ijs, verschrikkelijk humeur'" (Mokum Magazine, 2025-07-01)
- Status
- open
- Address
- Van Ostadestraat 147H, 1072 SW Amsterdam
- Also at
- Marathonweg 10, 1076 TG Amsterdam
- Pretoriusstraat 89, 1092 GD Amsterdam
- Jan Hanzenstraat 15, 1053 SJ Amsterdam
- Willem van Weldammelaan 9a, 1082 KT Amsterdam
- Maker
- Massimo Bertonasco, founder, learned recipes from his grandmother's latteria (dairy shop) on the Ligurian Riviera dei Fiori and trained under an Italian gelato master
- Opened
- 2017
- Website
- www.massimogelato.nl/
- Last checked
- 2026-08-22
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