Masterchef SA
So.... Masterchef. We got a call the week after New Year's, from Masterchef SA's culinary producer. He explained that they were looking for the nation's best artisanal ice cream producer…
Quince
They dined on mince And slices of quince Which they ate with a runcible spoon And hand in hand On the edge of the sand They danced by the light…
Big News
In ten weeks' time, we will be opening our first ever, bricks-and-mortar shop. The Creamery Cafe will be in Newlands Quarter, overlooking Dean Street. We will be scooping ice cream…
Cream Team Picks: Top 5 Flavours
Most of our staff have been with us now for three or more seasons, so we thought we'd take a quick census on their top 5 favourite flavours, and their…
Summer, Reviewed
Soooo.... summerrrrr. I feel like we can talk about summer in the past tense now, since a) all our weddings/festivals ended last week, and b) even as a winter-denialist,…
Rebrand: Who is The Creamery?
So. I spoke a little bit about the motivations behind our rebranding project, here. To kickstart the rebrand, the ridiculously talented and creative people we have hired to assist us…
Bon Rouge Pears
*I will be sharing and demonstrating our recipe for Bon Rouge Pear Ice Cream on SABC 3's Expresso Show tomorrow morning (Tues 16 april 2013), at 8.12am* Yours truly, holding…
Katawba Grapes
We really like collaborating with other businesses and organisations, so I'm really happy to be making Katawba grape ice cream with grapes grown by Soil for Life. They offer courses…
Sweet Melon Sherbet
It's really hard to grow decent sweet melons. Bugs and mould love them, they're hungry feeders, and it's very easy to end up with tasteless, watery melons for all your…
A Little Help From Our Friends
I'm sorry we've been so quiet on the blog. We're coming off an epic Design Indaba, a relaxed Maynardville Open Air run, and a lovely Argus Cycle Tour (in…
Fruit
We get more publicity from far-out flavours like Darling Brew Weisbeer, banana & candied bacon (we did this one for Frankie Fenner Meat Merchants) and sweet corn & peach, but…
Tea Time
A while ago, I bought a box of green tea at Woolworths, and promptly forgot about it at the back of a kitchen cupboard. Well, many months later I…
Inked
Some people assume kids are our biggest, and most enthusiastic, customers. We think they'd be surprised at how often adults lose their control at the sight of ice cream. Even…
Six Weeks in Photos
Here are some of my favourite snaps of the action, taken in the past six weeks. FRUIT: this is such a fabulous time of year, fruit-wise. We're getting in 40-odd…
A Real Job
Last week at our stall at Earthfair St George's Market, a customer told one of our scoopers, "You should get a real job". He was busy tasting a bunch of…
Plastic Fantastic
We love sharing the stories behind our ingredients here on the blog, which usually involve a trip out to a farm and fabulous photos of berries and pastoral landscapes dotted…
Last Minute Berry Festival!
While Cape Town is crazy busy at the moment, it seems berries don't care about human timing, and it's the height of their season. So we're having a mini berry…
Season’s Eatings
Last Christmas was actually a pretty quiet time for us at Creamery HQ. We were only one month old, no one knew who we really were (or what ice cream…
V&A Food Market: First Days
This was supposed to be a blog posted entitled "Final Touches", but to be honest, we're still working on those (signboard or visible logo, anybody??). The first five days ended…
Berry Nice
This Saturday I went to meet with our new berry supplier and pick up our first batch of berries. Each summer we get blueberries and blackberries from Bloublommetjieskloof Farm (in…
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