Yorkshire's No.1 Ice Cream Tricycle Hire

A Taste of Italy

Handmade Italian-style ice cream served from lovingly restored
vintage tricycles — for weddings, events & celebrations across Yorkshire.

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Bespoke from start to finish

Every booking is completely tailored to you. Here's how it works:

01
Choose your tricycle

Pick from our fleet of lovingly maintained vintage-style tricycles, including our striking new black and white model.

02
Pick 5 flavours

Select any 5 flavours from our list of over 100 handmade Italian-style ice creams, sorbets and vegan options.

03
Choose your service time

All packages include a full 2-hour service window. We can operate indoors or outdoors, whatever the weather.

04
We decorate & serve

We dress the tricycle in ribbons, flowers and bows to match your theme. Unlimited ice cream served on waffle cones with Flakes, Love Hearts and juices.

Choose your package

All packages include unlimited handmade Italian-style ice cream, a uniformed attendant, full tricycle decoration, waffle cones, Cadbury's Flakes, Love Hearts, juices and serviettes — for the full 2-hour service.

Bronze
Rome
50–100 guests
  • Choice of 5 flavours
  • Unlimited Italian-style ice cream
  • Italian waffle cones & tubs
  • Cadbury's Flakes, Love Hearts, Juices
  • Uniformed trained attendant
  • Trike decoration in your colours
  • 2 hours service
£455
50–100 guests
Gold
Venice
151–200 guests
  • Choice of 5 flavours
  • Unlimited Italian-style ice cream
  • Italian waffle cones & tubs
  • Cadbury's Flakes, Love Hearts, Juices
  • Uniformed trained attendant
  • Trike decoration in your colours
  • 2 hours service
£635
151–200 guests

For 200+ guests, please contact us for a bespoke quote. A mileage charge of 95p per mile (return) applies beyond 15 miles of Wakefield. NHS discount available — ask for details.

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Over 100 flavours to choose from

Handmade by one of the North's leading award-winning producers using only the finest ingredients. Including vegan, dairy-free and sorbet options.

Amaretto
Vanilla rippled with Black Cherry Sauce and Amaretti biscuits
Apple Crumble
Chunks of Bramley Apple with Crumble Pieces
Apple Pie & Custard
Custard ice cream with Apple and Oat Crumble
Baked Alaska
Luxury Vanilla with Raspberry Marble & Meringue
Banana
Creamy Banana with Banana Swirl
Banoffi Fudge
Banana ice cream with Fudge pieces and Toffee Sauce
Biscoff
Luxury Lotus ice cream with Biscoff pieces, swirl & crumble
Bounty Coconut
Coconut ice cream with chocolate sauce and coconut chunks
Bubble Gum
Bright blue bubble gum flavour
Caramel Crunch
Creamy Caramel with Toffee Crunch Pieces
Cherry Bakewell
Almond ice cream with Black Cherry, Almond flakes & Oat Crumble
Cherry Italia
Vanilla with Amarena Cherries in Cherry syrup
Chocolate
Luxury Chocolate — for chocoholics everywhere
Cinder Toffee
Vanilla with chunks of Cinder Toffee
Cookies & Cream
Chocolate Cookies in Luxury Vanilla
Eaton Mess
Vanilla with Meringue & Strawberry Fruit Swirl
Forest Fruit
Strawberry, Raspberry, Bilberry and Blackberry
Game of Cones
Toffee, Cookie pieces and White Chocolate chips
Honeycomb
Vanilla with Chocolate Sauce and Chocolate-covered Honeycomb
Irn Bru
The legendary Scottish soft drink — as ice cream
Key Lime Pie
Lime fruit ice cream with Oat Pieces
Lemon Meringue
Tangy Lemon with Meringue Pieces
Mango
Mango fruit luxury with Mango Ripple
Mint Choc Chip
Award-winning Mint with Chocolate Pieces
Nutella
Vanilla with hazelnut marbling
Pistachio
Real Pistachio Nut flavoured luxury ice cream
Pralines & Cream
Vanilla with caramel sauce and praline nuts
Raspberry Ripple
Vanilla rippled with specially blended Raspberry Sauce
Rhubarb Crumble
Luxury Rhubarb with Oat Crumble
Rum & Raisin
Rum flavour with Juicy Californian Raisins
Salted Caramel
Salted Caramel flavoured luxury ice cream
Strawberry & Cream
Real Fruit Strawberry ice cream
Unicorn
Pink Bubble Gum with Bubble Gum Sauce, Unicorn Sugar Strands and Sherbet
Vanilla Luxury
The traditional classic — still the nation's No.1
Vanilla Pod
Soya-based vanilla ice cream
Vegan
Strawberry
Soya-based strawberry ice cream
Vegan
Oreo Cookie
Soya-based with Oreo cookie pieces
Vegan
Chocolate Ripple
Vegan vanilla with a chocolate swirl
Vegan
Honeycomb
Vegan toffee with cinder toffee pieces
Vegan
Biscoff
Vegan Lotus Biscoff with Biscoff paste and swirl
Vegan
Mint Choc Chip
Vegan mint with dark chocolate pieces
Vegan
Raspberry Ripple
Vegan vanilla with a vein of raspberry
Vegan
Forest Fruit
Mixed berry sorbet
Sorbet
Orange
Refreshing orange sorbet
Sorbet
Lemon
Zingy lemon sorbet
Sorbet
Mango
Tropical mango sorbet
Sorbet
Raspberry
Classic raspberry sorbet
Sorbet
Crème Egg
Crème Egg fondant and chocolate chunks
Mini Egg
Vanilla with Mini Eggs and Crème Egg sauce
Toffee Apple
Apple ice cream with Toffee pieces
Treacle Toffee
Treacle Toffee luxury ice cream

All flavours may contain traces of nuts. Please inform us of any allergies on your booking form.

We're there for every celebration

From intimate weddings to large-scale corporate events, our tricycles can be inside or outside — so whatever the weather, the ice cream flows.

💍Weddings
🎂Birthdays
👶Christenings
🏢Corporate Days
🎓School Events
🎪Festivals
🏆Staff Reward Days
📸TV / Film Work
Sports Days
🎉Proms
🌸Charity Events
🎄Christmas Parties

Loved by hundreds of couples & clients

What can I say apart from thank you so very much. You went down a storm. Really appreciated you being there as part of our special day.

Wedding Guest

Honestly cannot thank you enough. It was an absolute highlight and every guest loved it. One of the best wedding decisions we made — and such good value for money.

Wedding Couple

Our family and friends loved the ice creams and our children couldn't get enough of them. Your friendliness throughout the process and on the day was exceptional.

Darren & Family

Fabulous ice cream, the best I've tasted. Amazing people and service. I personally would recommend the Baileys ice cream — just delicious.

Jo & Ian

The students absolutely loved it. Plenty for everyone, dietary requirements catered for and a great range of flavours. Highly recommend!

York St John University

Don't wait — book now. We highly recommend their products and they're a lovely couple who were an absolute pleasure to deal with.

The Cook Family
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100+ Flavours

Passion for real Italian ice cream

A Taste of Italy has been bringing the charm and delight of authentic Italian-style ice cream to Yorkshire events for 17 years. Run by Shirley, with the wonderful help of Graham and Lisa, our lovingly maintained tricycles — dressed in the style of 1930s street vendors — create an instant feeling of nostalgia for adults and enchanting delight for children.

  • 17 years of experience — a name Yorkshire events trust
  • Italian-style ice cream made by one of the North's leading award-winning producers
  • Professionally uniformed, trained attendants at every event
  • Tricycles can operate indoors or outdoors — no electricity needed
  • Fully flexible decoration to match your event theme and colours
  • Based in Wakefield — serving all of Yorkshire and beyond
  • Dog-friendly option available (Doggie Ice Cream!) for pet-inclusive weddings
Get in Touch

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Phone / WhatsApp Shirley: 07970 474399
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Based in Wakefield, West Yorkshire
Service Area All of Yorkshire & beyond. First 15 miles from Wakefield included. 95p/mile (return) thereafter.

Dates filling fast for 2026–2028. We recommend enquiring as early as possible — especially for summer weekends and bank holidays. Reach out by phone or WhatsApp if you need a quick response.