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How to Open a Frozen Pastry Store
Gelato cakes, semifreddo, frozen mousses and filled pastries need precise heating, mixing and fast freezing. We supply the machines, blast freezers, display cabinets, moulds and ingredients to make them, with training and service across New Zealand.
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What you need to open a frozen pastry store
Frozen pastry is all about temperature control: cook and cool creams accurately, freeze them quickly, then display them at their best.
How to open a frozen pastry store, step by step
Define your range
Gelato cakes, semifreddo, single-serve desserts or wholesale to cafés: your range sets your equipment.
Set up production
A pastry machine for creams and fillings, a blast freezer and storage freezers sized to your output.
Choose your display
Pastry and combi cabinets that hold frozen desserts at serving temperature.
Develop recipes
Build and cost recipes with Rubicone ingredients and Silikomart moulds.
Launch and package
Branded take-home packaging for cakes and desserts helps you sell to go and wholesale.
Technology other brands don't offer
The brands we represent engineer their own control systems and refrigeration, giving you features, functionality and efficiency you won't get from everyday equipment. Features vary by model, so ask us which machines include them.
Hard-O-Tronic®
Detects when gelato reaches the ideal texture and holds it there until the batch is extracted, so every batch is consistent.
Teorema remote diagnosis
Monitor the machine over the internet. Our technicians can see what the machine sees, for faster service and less downtime.
Crystal program
Semi-dense Crystal gelato for gelato cakes and take-away tubs, filled straight from the batch freezer with the Crystal dispensing door.
Self-pasteurisation
Soft serve machines that pasteurise their own mix, so full wash-downs can be spaced out to as long as 42 days.
Black-out protection
After a power or water outage the machine checks time and temperature, then resumes or re-pasteurises to keep the mix safe.
Scheduled start
Production, pasteurisation and storage programs run automatically, for example overnight, so you open ready to serve.
Direct expansion cylinders
Optimised refrigeration for quicker freeze-down, less product waste, higher quality and lower energy use.
Techfrost blast freezing
Gelato hardening from −10 °C to −18 °C in 15 minutes, and blast chilling from +90 °C to +3 °C in 90 minutes.
Backed by Majors Group from day one
With showrooms in Auckland and Christchurch, we deliver, install and service equipment across New Zealand, and support businesses of every size with equipment finance up to 100%.
Training
Hands-on training for you and your staff, including Carpigiani Gelato University courses.
Training →Marketing support
Help to launch and promote your business, from flavour ideas to custom-branded cups, spoons and packaging.
Branding & packaging →Experienced team & service
Backed by our highly experienced team: more than 100 people across the business, including our national service team. Genuine parts and qualified technicians across New Zealand. Service: 0508 625 677.
Book a service →Frequently asked questions
What equipment do I need for frozen pastry?
Usually a pastry machine to cook and cool creams, a blast freezer, storage freezers and a pastry display cabinet, plus moulds.
Why do I need a blast freezer for frozen desserts?
Fast freezing forms small ice crystals, so cakes and semifreddo keep a smooth texture and hold their shape. A standard freezer is too slow.
Can one machine make gelato and pastry creams?
Some Carpigiani machines, such as the Maestro HE, make gelato as well as creams and fillings. Ask us which suits your menu.
Can I finance my pastry equipment?
Yes. Equipment finance up to 100% is available. See finance options or call 0508 625 677.
Who services pastry machines and blast freezers?
Our highly experienced service team, with genuine parts and qualified technicians across New Zealand. Call 0508 625 677 or visit the service department.
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