Meet the Team: Chantelle Whyte
Chantelle Whyte is Human Resources Manager here at The Creamery. She is also constantly smiling, energetic and the perfect balance between maternal and sassy. We sat down to chat (and…
Meet the Ice Cream Makers: Progress
Progress (one name, like Beyoncé) is Head of Production at The Creamery and has been a part of our team since we started scooping in 2011. Aside from being an actual…
Meet Your Barista: Beaven Jengwa
If you want your coffee served with a smile, then Beaven is your guy. Not only does he beam from ear to ear, but his knowledge of coffee and the care…
Meet Your Barista: Thabo Siyepu
Thabo is a Creamery café supervisor and an experienced barista. He has a wonderfully calming presence at both our Salt River and Newlands Cafés. He answered some of our questions…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
Happy First Birthday
Two weeks ago, we celebrated our first birthday at The Creamery. It's been a long time since I celebrated a Big Deal Birthday of my own, and this one really…
We’re Hiring: Full Time Scoop Sales Staff
SEEKING: FULL TIME SERVING STAFF FOR ICE CREAM COMPANY We are seeking serving staff for our new ice cream company starting in Cape Town in November, at our market stall…
Your Correspondent From Abroad
I am writing this blog post from the comfort of an Amtrak express train, hurtling from Washington DC to New York. For those of you who have not run…
First Strawberries
We've been waiting for strawberry season to start since, well, last summer's strawberry season ended in February this year. We've been irritatedly eying the super-early strawberries for sale at the…
Meet Our Team: Abigail
Name: Abigail Nicknames: Abi Job Title: Junior Assistant Manager What She Actually Does: Abi does three very important things for us. She scoops ice cream at our markets and special…
Meet Our Team: Marianne
Name: Marianne Nicknames: Mari Job Title: Manager What that actually means: Marianne does a bit of everything: admin, PR, customer service, research, errands, deliveries & collections, scooping at markets and…
Meet Our Team: Kate
Name: Kate Nicknames: Ma'am, The Ice Cream Lady, The Boss Job Title: Owner and Founder of The Creamery Ice Cream What That Actually Means: As with all small business owners,…
Meet Our Team
In our blog posts and emails we often mention members of our staff in passing, and you've probably met a couple of them at our market stalls or HQ. And…