The Soft Serve Ice Cream Competition at Conecon

In this episode, we chat with Steve and Beth from Klempire about all things merch. Stickers, T shirts mugs, the whole box and dice.Some great information here to add sales to your ice cream and frozen dessert business.Find out more about klempire at https://theklempire.com/For information about the North American Ice Cream Assoc, and how you can open and grow your ice cream business with a community that will support you, go to https://icecreamassociation.org/

In this episode we talk to Chad Hartley of Stella's Ice Cream. Chad and his crew won many awards at last years Conecon event and Chad shares his thoughts about how many elements make up a successful ice cream businessFor more information on Stella's Ice Cream, go to https://www.stellasicecream.com/For information about the North American Ice Cream Assoc, and how you can open and grow your ice cream business with a community that will support you, go to https://icecreamassociation.org/

In this episode we talk to Crys Ruiz and Stephanie Garcia from Ice Cream Equipment Specialists with some amazing insights to exhibiting at Conecon that our attendees don't get to see.Our supplier members are the best in the industry, so hearing of all the work that goes into preparation, execution and pack up of an exhibitor at our trade event is quite interesting.You can find out more about Ice Cream Equipment Specialists by going to https://ices.coolFor information about the North American Ice Cream Assoc, and how you can open and grow your ice cream business with a community that will support you, go to https://icecreamassociation.org/

In this episode we talk to David Lopresti of Florentia out of Australia.David demonstrated some great flavor profiles at the recent Conecon event, and even featured a Vegemite variegate. Learn more about the secrets of flavor development and how to create signature styles.You can find our more about Florentia at https://florentia.com.au/For information about the North American Ice Cream Assoc, and how you can open and grow your ice cream business with a community that will support you, go to https://icecreamassociation.org/

In this episode we chat to Tim Ruff who, with his family, won the Non Dairy Flavor of the Year in 2024. The flavor is Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal.Tim's origin story is one to remember. Through the example of his grandmother and some grit and determination mixed in, Austin's Homemade is a successful business that now owns a monster trophy.Austin's Homemade details are below:https://www.austinsicecream.com/https://www.instagram.com/austins_homemade_icecream/For information about the North American Ice Cream Assoc, and how you can open and grow your ice cream business with a community that will support you, go to https://icecreamassociation.org/

In this episode we chat with Dr Sam Alcaine, head of testing at Cornell University.Dr Sam gives us great insight into making clean and award ribbon ice cream, and breaks down the testing procedure at Cornell. Some great information here for competition contestants, or even those wanting to make higher quality Ice Creams.Some links referred to:https://www.idfa.org/safeicecreamhttps://www.idfa.org/news/whats-the-scoop-idfa-releases-new-ice-cream-trends-survey-with-americas-top-flavors-toppings-and-ways-to-eat-ice-creamFor information about the North American Ice Cream Assoc, and how you can open and grow your ice cream business with a community that will support you, go to https://icecreamassociation.org/

In this episode, we speak to Takeshi Nishikawa of Snow Crane, a frozen dessert concept utilizing flavors and techniques from Japan.Takeshi shares his culinary journey and how flavors from his native country inspire his passion for ice cream flavor and menu items.For more info on Snow Crame go to https://www.snow-crane.com/For information about the North American Ice Cream Assoc, and how you can open and grow your ice cream business with a community that will support you, go to https://icecreamassociation.org/

In this episode, we chat with Rick Pizzi and David Draper, both Board Members and both organizing the Soft Serve competition this year at Conecon.Get the inside swirl on how you could be standing on the podium at this year's tallest cone comp at Conecon 2024 For information about the North American Ice Cream Assoc, and how you can open and grow your ice cream business with a community that will support you, go to https://icecreamassociation.org/

In this episode, we speak to Robert and Kristen of Millican Pecan and chat about the mother tree, harvesting, and whether it is pronounced Peekan, or peckaarn.For more information about Millican go to https://millicanpecan.com/For information about the North American Ice Cream Assoc, and how you can open and grow your ice cream business with a community that will support you, go to https://icecreamassociation.org/

In this episode we chat with our favorite scholarship committee Chairperson, Sue Kloter. Sue shares some exciting news about updates to the scholarship program and pointers as to how to get the most out of your application.For more information on the scholarship, go to https://icecreamassociation.org/page/ScholarshipFor information about the North American Ice Cream Assoc, and how you can open and grow your ice cream business with a community that will support you, go to https://icecreamassociation.org/