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Camera IconRaspberry gelato is on the menu. Credit: Carwyn Monck\/The West Australian<\/p>\nA beloved gelato store is planning to unveil new flavours as part of a grand opening this weekend in the southern suburbs \u2014 as well as free gelato for a day.<\/p>\n
Gusto Gelato left its Leederville location last month to open shop in Willetton, joining its East Victoria Park and Elizabeth Quay locations.<\/p>\n
Owner Sean Lee has since been busy transforming a former supermarket at Southlands shopping centre into a warm and welcoming place where people can enjoy their \u201chandcrafted happiness\u201d.<\/p>\n
It will offer 26 flavours, two of which will rotate for weekly specials and another two rotating seasonally.<\/p>\n
\u201cSalted Caramel is always a crowd favourite, along with Cookie Monster and Choc Fudge Brownie for the kids,\u201d Mr Lee said.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy fave is Mascarpone & Cocoa as it is rich, creamy and you can eat a lot of it without feeling full.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe do have a couple of new flavours planned for Willetton, including Black Sesame and possibly Durian or Red Bean.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gusto Gelato also plans to have gelato cakes, \u201csexy singles\u201d \u2014 gelato sandwiches, mason jars filled with individual gelato desserts, mini cakes and mini gelato bars \u2014 and milkshakes flavoured with two scoops of a gelato of the customer\u2019s choosing.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will also be offering all local school students a gelato Happy Hour between 3pm-4pm, where if they come in store in their uniform they will pay whatever time it is for their scoop,\u201d Mr Lee said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf it\u2019s 3.15pm, they will be charged $3.15 for their scoop, which is more than 50 per cent off.\u201d<\/p>\n
As well as its cool treats, the store will have an art installation on one of its walls that is planned to be changed on a regular basis.<\/p>\n
Camera IconRaspberry gelato is on the menu. Credit: Carwyn Monck\/The West Australian<\/p>\n
\u201cIt will be loosely based around gelato, with the visuals focusing more on striking imagery that makes people smile,\u201d Mr Lee said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will be opening it up to local artists and would also like to work with local schools to have their art students submit pieces for consideration.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s about creating a space that is always evolving but also engaging the local community.\u201d<\/p>\n
The community already appears to have embraced Gusto Gelato, with Mr Lee saying locals had been popping in to say how happy they were that they don\u2019t have to drive as far now.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve received about twice as many CVs from people than we ever received at any of our stores prior,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe level of excitement in their applications has been heartwarming too.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said the recent cold weather had not deterred people from sampling their wares.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe biggest factor affecting seasonality is not the cold, but the rain. In Perth, people don\u2019t like going out when it rains,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Mr Lee said he had always loved gelato and but had found it difficult to find good artisanal gelato in Perth.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo I made the decision to travel to Gelato University in Italy to learn the art of gelato making and opened our first store In Leederville back in 2014.\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat I love about this business is I get to play Willy Wonka every day, coming up with new and exciting flavours.<\/p>\n
\u201cA big added bonus is seeing the happiness on people\u2019s faces when they eat gelato, especially kids. How can you not love that.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Willetton grand opening is scheduled for Saturday, August 23, with free gelato all day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A beloved gelato store is planning to unveil new flavours as part of a grand opening this weekend…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":83566,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[64,63,134,1295,46,45],"class_list":{"0":"post-83565","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-food","12":"tag-perth","13":"tag-wa-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83565\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}