The Massarella story

Massarella Catering Group Ltd is based near Sheffield, South Yorkshire. This long established family business has grown with a highly professional management team who successfully combine the ‘personal touch’ with the very best in current catering practice.

In 1860, on their way from Setterfratte in Italy to build new lives in America, Giovanni Massarella and his three brothers arrived in England. They were so taken by South Yorkshire they decided to abandon their journey and settle there instead. Over the next 100 years the family established a substantial ice cream business and distributed its products throughout the Midlands and the North of England.

The enterprise became one of the largest ice cream manufacturers in Europe and was sold in the 1950's. In 1963, Ronnie Massarella, the current Chairman, bought back part of the retail business and built it up to become one of the country’s market leaders in ice cream retail.

The same entrepreneurial flair and energy that characterised the growth of the original family business has seen Massarella Catering Group develop into a multi-million pound market leader in retail catering.

Our mission is 'to simply exceed expectation'