Ice-cream

• The new Badiani in Balham will do pasta as well as gelato

  

  If you're into your gelato you'll probably have encountered Badiani, a Florentine gelato chain that's been slowly expanding across London, serving up flavours like cobnut, green tea, pear sorbet and more.

  The next part of London they've scoped out for an opening is Balham, where they're going to be setting up shop next door to the popular cafe Milk. But Badiani are planning something very different for their spot in Balham.

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• Soft & Swirly are now selling their amazing soft serve at Netil Market

  

  Last summer they teamed up with Rambutan for a successful popup in Borough Market.  And this summer soft serve purveyors Soft & Swirly have hit up another market - Netil Market.

  Over the intervening months, Sam Lowry (ex-Leilas) and Farah Kezouh have been busy working on tubbed ice cream with various folk including those at Postcard Teas and that series is now on sale at their stall in Netil consisting

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• Happy Endings are popping up in Shoreditch with ice cream sandwiches and soft serve

   

  We've been big fans of Happy Endings' ice cream sandwiches for a while now. They've cornered the market in delivering London's very best ice cream sandwiches and there's a good chance you'll have come across them on some restaurant menus, or at shops like Nourished Communities.

  But now - and for three months - you can find them in Shoreditch. They're

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• Anya Hindmarch's is making ice cream from HP Sauce, Lea & Perrins, Heinz baked beans and more...

  

  It really is ice cream weather right now and if you're looking for a fix, then we have the guide for you. 

  However, if you're looking for ice cream with a difference, then the new Anya Hindmarch Ice Cream Project definitely fits that bill.

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• The Magnum ice cream pop-up is back with Magnum Studios in Shoreditch

  

  A good sign that summer has properly arrived is the launch of the Magnum shop in London - and it's about to return once more. This time they're bringing ice cream to Shoreditch with the opening of Magnum Studios. 

  Put together with the help of - ahem - "content creators" Cat Burns, Charlotte Roberts, Lara Adkins, and Sophie Seddon, this time they'll be showcasing

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• Chin Chin are launching a spring treat for lemon lovers

  

  They say a picture paints a thousand words and if that's true, what this picture of CHIN CHIN Dessert Club's latest creation is telling us, is that our life would be immeasurably better having tried it.

  The dessert folk, who are probably best known for their nitro ice-cream treats, have come up with a spring special that we very much need to order. The Lemon Meringue Baked Alaska features Amalfi

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• Creams Cafe are launching a dessert poke bowl

   

  There's no getting past the fact that poke bowls have become a thing in London of late. Creams Cafe have clearly noted that as well - however, they seem to have (deliberately) misread the brief. So where on one side you have a generally healthy bowl of seafood and vegetables, Creams have gone in another direction. 

  Yes indeed - their poke dessert bowl is a warm waffle wedge base, topped

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• Reenie's ice-cream parlour opens in Primrose Hill

  

  What's a thespian to do, when all the theatres are shut? According to London actress Sirine Saba, it's the perfect time to make a sideways step into hospitality. Sirine has just opened Reenies, an ice-cream parlour in Primrose Hill, next to longstanding veggie spot Manna.

  "Reenie’s is our Covid baby," explains Sirine, "conceived and born out of a desire to connect with, uplift and delight our community at a time when

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• Bears go very Christmassy with their ice cream (including Christmas Tree flavour)

  

  Now we're past November 5th (although you may have only watched the fireworks from the comfort of your sofa) it's safe to get a little bit more excited about Christmas - and that's what Bears ice cream is doing. Phil Harrison and Vera Thordardottir's independent London-based ice cream company has a brand new ice cream range that goes all-in on Christmas (and can be delivered, of

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• Bakery deliveries - the best places delivering bread and pastries in London

  

  Searching for sourdough? On a quest for cakes? Or desperately seeking scones? We've rounded up bakers and bread makers all doing delivery across the city. 

• Bubblewrap waffles are coming to Covent Garden, all ready for Instagram

  

  Instagram fave Bubblewrap are unveiling a new store, this time in the heart of Covent Garden. Expect all the popular flavours and some special exclusives for the new store too. 

• Crosstown Doughnuts turn their hand to ice cream

  

  They already have some of the best doughnuts in town, now Crosstown is getting into the ice cream business. Three of their shops (Shoreditch, Canary Wharf, Greenwich) will be launching ice cream scoop bars, either in cones. cups or tubs to take home. Many of the other stores will have mini tubs ready to grab and go (and there will be delivery too, of course). 

  The flavours sound pretty great:

  • Salted Treacle – Rich, slightly
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• Chin Chin puts their nitro to use with ice cream by post

  

  We've seen plenty of ice cream sent by Deliveroo or UberEats, knowing that a tub can take a 20-minute trip without melting. But we definitely didn't think it was possible to put a tub of ice cream in the post. But now Chin Chin are here to prove us wrong. 

  They'll be using their liquid nitrogen to freeze the ice cream, which means that it can stay cold for up to 32 hours, more than enough time to make it the

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• Bears at the Pavilion will be dishing out Icelandic soft serve on Brook Green

  

  Popular West London ice-cream sellers Bears Parlour is opening its second outlet this weekend - a kiosk on Brook Green.

  Run by Phil Harrison, former head chef at the much-respected Anglesea Arms gastropub, and his partner Vera Thordadottir, they've made quite the name for themselves with their Icelandic soft serve.

  Seasonal ice-cream flavours include things like Salted Pumpkin Seed Nougat or Blueberry, Lavender Jam

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• A free make-your-own Magnum kit is here

  

  London may not be seeing the return of the Magnum Pleasure Store this year - for fairly obvious reasons - but that isn't stopping them. If you can't come to the Pleasure Store - it's coming to you. 

  Magnum are teaming up with Deliveroo for a new Make My Magnum kit. Which is essentially a kit for pimping your Magnum. 

  The kit contains a pack of Ruby Magnums (which we've become rather addicted to in lockdown) packed

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