Authentic Dairy Free Gelato and Sorbet!

Layne makes her own oat milk as the base for her gelato because it has the most neutral flavor and it produces the best results. Plant based ingredients are substituted to make gelato that is as smooth, creamy and delicious as dairy gelato. Balancing the sugar, fat and solids ratios are the key to the perfect gelato every time.
Sorbets are creamy and never icy. They have the same consistency as oat milk based gelato.
Both products are extremely flavorful, containing less fat, sugar and air than ice cream. Her gelato and sorbets have a creamy dense texture with a more pronounced flavor. A smaller amount of gelato is more filling than ice cream because it contains less air.
Davvero’s gelato and sorbets are always vegan and made from scratch with the freshest and best quality ingredients available.

To inquire about private event bookings email:
Davverogelato.rva@gmail.com

If it wasn’t for wanderlust there would be no Davvero Gelato. I wanted to bring the flavors I encountered in my travels to my hometown of Richmond, Va,

Layne Montgomery

Owner/ Gelato Maker

Layne Montgomery grew up in Glen Allen, VA and graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University with a degree in Painting and Printmaking.

After graduating from VCU she spent her first summer in Perugia, Italy where she fell in love with the creamy perfection of gelato. She spent a couple more summers traveling around Italy, teaching at English language immersion Art Camps. She eventually landed in Istanbul Turkey where she taught kindergarten for seven years, often travelling to Italy during her breaks. For ten years she kept notebooks of flavors she wanted to create.She dreamt of making her own gelato one day.

In the summer of 2018, she quit her teaching job and attended Carpigiani Gelato University in Bologna, Italy. She took the advanced three week course and only had one day of making non-dairy gelatos. She moved back to the United States and worked on her business plan and recipes while establishing a life back in the states after seven years away.

In 2020 she launched Davvero Gelato during the Covid-19 Pandemic, by delivering pints of gelato to customers within Richmond City limits. She chose to make vegan gelato out of a desire to provide gelato that anyone could enjoy, even people with dairy allergies like her mother. The word davvero translates to “really!” or “the real”.

Layne wanted to make the most authentic, best-tasting vegan gelato she could make, one that a native Italian would be proud to call “Gelato Davvero”!.