Whip Up A Cool Summer Bargain With Mulberry Hall

Mulberry Hall, York’s most beautiful shop and renowned for its online store selling everything from fine china and crystal to cutlery and cookware, has lined up the cream of kitchen gadgets for its much-anticipated summer promotion.

Containing nothing more than a lusciously smooth concoction of cream, eggs, sugar and whatever fresh fruit comes to hand, homemade ice cream is the ultimate in summer food (and a foolproof way of spooning goodness into picky children).

This is the kind of summer loving that the Mulberry Hall team believes in spreading around – which is why they’ve selected a mouth-watering range of ice cream gadgets and accessories as the centrepiece of this year’s summer promotion (Thursday 28th June to Sunday 22nd July).

From the KitchenAid mixer in appropriately retro ‘ice cream’ shades, to a Cuisinart ice cream machine in which to freeze your beloved recipe, Mulberry Hall has thought of everything.

There’s even a Rosle designer scoop with which to delve in for a generous portion and an Alessi dish and ‘Big Love’ spoon with which to gobble the whole thing up, and with money to be saved throughout the whole therapeutic process, when temperatures finally rise there’ll be no need for you to get hot under the collar…

Kitchen Aid Mixers - £309, down from £359 (colours include caviar black, blue, cream, lavender, pearlescent metallic, and red.)

The sleekly retro lines of the KitchenAid Artisan food mixer house a motor that will see you smoothly through years of summers, Christmasses and birthdays. Nigella says just the presence of her “red beauty” comforts, and who would argue with the goddess herself?

Cuisinart Ice Cream Machines – Professional Ice Cream Maker - £239, down from £279

With a capacity big enough for the most greedy among us, this is the ‘chuck it all in and press the button’ solution. And its stainless steel styling looks the business on the worktop.

Cuisipro accessories from £8.95

From ergonomically designed spatulas to fabulously coloured whisks to make sure your ice cream mix is tip top, Cuisipro accessories will ensure your kitchen is the latest in summer cool.

They even make lolly molds in cute sailboat shapes – so you can keep the kids quiet while you’re catching some rays outside. Ice Moulds priced at £11.95

Cuisinart Ice Cream Bucket - £39, down from £49

The Observer’s strict ‘In the know’ section just did a test of ice cream makers and this one came out on top. You have to pre-freeze it, but chef Arthur Potts described it as ‘as cool as an ice cream maker could be. Blatantly the best’.

Rosle Ice Cream Scoop - £9.95, down from £14.95

If you want the genuine ice cream ‘curl’, this is the piece of kit you need. No, your old spoon just won’t do!

Alessi Miriam Mirri Ice Cream Set (blue or fuschia) – one ice cream dish and Big Love Spoon – buy 5 and get one free. Priced £22 each

One for the style-conscious ice cream purist. The tough plastic outer houses a stainless steel bowl, designed to keep the ice cream at the perfect serving temperature. Then express your love for the contents by eating it with the heart-shaped spoon. Buy an extra one and share!

Emma Bridgewater seconds – 40% off, plus 50% off PVC bag range

Whether its Ice cream, crispy green salads or barbecues…summer eating gets even prettier with the queen of quirky crockery. Or simply pack up your sarnies in one of her half-price bags and take off for an impromptu picnic.

All items are available online at Mulberryhall.co.uk, alternatively call into the store located at Mulberry Hall, Stonegate, York, YO1 8ZW, open Monday – Saturday, from 9.00am to 5.30pm.