Alessia Bellusci is stepping into her own with Dolce & Veloce, a line of Italian cookies and confections shaped by family tradition and a love of design.
The Calgary maker’s treats are landing on shelves at Holt Renfrew nationwide this year.
Dolce & Veloce
Alessia Bellusci’s family is behind the beloved Mercato restaurants and delis, as well as the Italian restaurant Sorella.
But Bellusci is making her own mark these days with Dolce & Veloce. She started the business in 2023, making treats that combine style with classic Italian recipes, many of which come from her nonna (grandma) and her nonna’s sisters.
Flavours include lemon-ricotta cookies, chocolate-Chianti cookies and rainbow sprinkle pizzelle. “My passion is fashion and design, but food is what I have grown up around,” she says. “I have an obsession with sweets, sugar cookies, cakes, all of that.”
This year, she’ll launch Dolce & Veloce at Holt Renfrew across Canada, “a bucket list dream,” she says.
Well, that and bringing people together over food.
“None of us are in the business because we want to make tons of money,” she says. “We’re in it because we love it.”
Dolce & Veloce cookies and pizzelle | $6 and up | Online at dolceandveloce.com and at Mercato West and Mission, Italian Centre Shop, Lukes Drug Mart, Holt Renfrew and more.
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