Scoops That Speak Italian Gelato

From Sorrento to Your Scoop
Third-generation gelato maker and restaurateur Nino Cioffi carries forward a family legacy rooted in Italian tradition and craftsmanship.

At Dolce Sorrento, every gelato, sorbet, and dessert is handcrafted with passion and the finest ingredients, delivering authentic Italian flavor that’s is scooped to be loved everywhere.

Who We Are

Located in Markham, Toronto, Dolce Sorrento offers premium Gelato Cart Entertainment for gatherings, family celebrations, and corporate events across Toronto and throughout Canada.

Owner of Costa Sorrento and Dolce Sorrento, Nino Cioffi is a third-generation gelato maker and restaurateur from Sorrento, in southwestern Italy. Nino embraces tradition while remaining inventive, maintaining the highest standards of quality and crafting mouthwatering, authentic Italian cuisine and gelato.

In the early 1950s, Nino’s grandfather, Augusto Davide, opened one of the very first gelato parlours in Sorrento: Davide il Gelato.

In the 1980s, Nino’s parents, Rosa and Vincenzo Cioffi, continued the family tradition by opening their own shop: Bougainvillea. As a family business, Nino worked with his parents, his brother, Gianluca, and his sister, Teresa. With management eventually passing to Nino, Bougainvillea was transformed into a sit down restaurant accommodating more than 300 guests.

Nearly 60 years after the opening of Davide il Gelato, with a dream to continue his family’s legacy of restaurateurs , entrepreneurs & gelato makers, Nino came to Canada in June 2008.

After successfully managing two Italian restaurants in Maple and Toronto, while maintaining the authenticity, passion & ingenuity that brought his family success in Sorrento, Italy, in October 2018, Nino opened Costa Sorrento in Downtown Markham, where he offers homemade pasta, pizza & desserts.

With the success of Costa Sorrento, inspired by his family’s history, Nino looked onwards, opening an expansion of the restaurant, exclusively offering a wide range of homemade gelato, sorbet, desserts & pastries.

From Nino Cioffi, this is Dolce Sorrento.

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