But recently there\u2019s been a new wave of indie and small batch ice cream makers shaking up the scene, with cool aesthetics, unusual flavours and hot pop-ups<\/a>. These are the ones you need to know\u2026<\/p>\n Marcelo\u2019s Ice Cream<\/p>\n Run by chef James and nurse Lindsay, Marcelo\u2019s is a luxury small-batch ice cream biz based in SE London. Their ice cream is churned gelato-style but is made from creamy oat milk, meaning its actually plant-based<\/a>. The pair do weekly flavour drops \u2013 previous tubs have included elderflower kombucha, gooseberry cardamom fool, affogato caramel, and flat peach & oolong \u2013 and if you can\u2019t get it on order, you can find them at popping up at different markets.<\/p>\n Chunk Provisions<\/p>\n Leyton-based Chunk Provisions describes its gelato as \u201cfor the purists and the curious\u201d. That means you can get both classic flavours, your chocolates, your pistachios, your rum raisins, and more unusual scoops, including mushroom brown butter, plum rice pudding and black sesame soy. The Lamington gelato sandwiches look pretty mega too.<\/p>\n &chill<\/p>\n After starting out as a pop-up in Peckham Arches, Larissa Stange moved &chill to a permanent location in Netil Market. Her \u201ctrippy dippy\u201d flavours include umami stout caramel, ube, picante, and masala chai, and she also does killer ice cream sarnies too.<\/p>\n Big Kid<\/p>\n Like dipping your Maccies fries in your milkshake? Prefer your ice cream in weird and wacky flavours? Big Kid is the one for you. Harry is the man behind the brand and he\u2019s churning out experimental flavours like McDonald\u2019s fries, wasabi peanut butter, Marmite on toast, olive oil baklava, chocolate cereal milk, and ube blueberry muffin \u2013 get them at his Carnaby Street shop or order online.<\/p>\n Tano Gelato<\/p>\n If you\u2019ve not had Argentine gelato before, head down to Tano Gelato in Dalston<\/a>. There Tomas Rizzo is making ice cream with ethically sourced ingredients and Argentine passion. Obvs there\u2019s dulce de leche on the menu but don\u2019t sleep on the banana split, pistachio and gianduja flavours. And grab an alfajor for the road too.<\/p>\n Chilly Vanilli<\/p>\n She\u2019s already nailed cakes and afternoon tea<\/a> and now baker Lily Vanilli has got into the ice cream game. Her excellently-named Chilly Vanilli concept is doing amaretto, Sicilian lemon and clotted cream scoops at Dalston bar 392 Kingsland Road, which you can also make boozy.<\/p>\n Araw<\/p>\n Missing the food and flavours of her native Philippines during the pandemic, Keziah Manluctao decided to bring them to London through her artisanal ice cream brand Araw. Now she\u2019s stocked in a range of stores and is available on delivery, so you can stock up on tubs of ube halaya, pandan onde onde, Basque cheesecake, roasted banana with tahini fudge, mango sticky rice, and dirty horchata ice cream.<\/p>\n Charms<\/p>\n Fashion buying to ice cream maker isn\u2019t the most obvious career journey but it\u2019s the one that Calvin Holmes has undertaken. With Charms, he\u2019s creating flavours inspired by his travels, such as milk tea with cinnamon crunch, corn & blackberry ripple, and honey baklava. Holmes hasn\u2019t forgotten fashion though, whipping up custom flavours for the likes of Chopova Lowena and Celine.<\/p>\n Clingy Wrap<\/p>\n If you\u2019ve been down to new Vietnamese spot Lai Rai<\/a> in Peckham<\/a>, you\u2019ll have come across SE London ice cream brand Clingy Wrap, who\u2019s responsible for the Laughing Cow cheese & sweetcorn and fish sauce & caramel scoops on the menu. And that\u2019s just a small taste of what Hilary Yip is making \u2013 she\u2019s also selling tubs of Okinawan salted milk, Yakult shiso sherbet, and white chocolate nori ice cream.<\/p>\n baobae<\/p>\n Lawyer by day, ice cream by night (and also day), Lex Shu Chan is doing it all. With baobae, they\u2019re doing playful flavours, like banana & miso and olive oil & tomato jam, that reflect their experiences growing up as a third culture kid between Hong Kong, Canada and the UK.\u00a0<\/p>\n Stay in the loop\u2026<\/p>\n Sign up to our drops & get us in your inbox.
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