Industry Food service Founded 2002 | Website [2] Founder Jeni Britton Bauer | |
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Number of locations 15 storefronts, plus nationwide retail distribution Area served Storefronts serve Columbus, Cleveland, Nashville, Chicago, Atlanta, Los Angeles, St. Louis, Charleston. Pints are sold nationwide. Products Ice Cream and novelties Profiles | ||
Jeni s splendid ice creams at home
Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams is an artisan ice-cream company centered in Columbus, Ohio, with national distribution. It is known for its creative flavors and its high-quality ingredients. It has been featured nationally in the press as an artisan ice cream maker, and won two sofi Awards.
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- Jeni s splendid ice creams at home
- Jeni s splendid ice creams has gone google
- History
- Distribution
- Reviews
- Related publications
- References
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History
In 1996, the first prototype store opened in the North Market area of Columbus called Scream Ice Creams. Jeni Britton Bauer opened the store after quitting art studies at The Ohio State University to concentrate on developing artisan desserts. Her passion formed after working in La Chatelaine, a local French bakery. The first Jeni's opened in 2002, also in the North Market.
In 2012, Jeni's Ice Cream received a sofi Gold Award in the "Dessert or Dessert Topping" category for Lemon Frozen Yogurt. In 2013, Jeni's won another sofi Gold Award in the "Outstanding Product Line" category.
On April 23, 2015, Jeni's initiated a recall of all products due to food safety concerns, due to a possible presence of Listeria in their products.
Distribution
As of 2013, there are 11 "Scoop Shop" locations in Central Ohio, two in Nashville, Tennessee, three in Chicago, Illinois, two in Atlanta, Georgia, one in the Atlanta-area city of Decatur and one in St. Louis, Missouri. Jeni's Ice Cream is also distributed in high-end groceries and markets nationwide. The company also distributes a large amount through mail order.
Reviews
Jeni's Ice Cream received a positive review on the "Hot and Spicy" episode of Food Network's show The Best Thing I Ever Ate (2010). It was reviewed in The Washington Post (2011), The Huffington Post (2012), and US News & World Report who ranked it #1 in America in 2012. The Chicago Tribune (2011) said "Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams is gaining a national reputation for producing superior desserts made of milk sourced from a family farm in Ohio's Appalachian region." Time magazine said it "has a large cult following among Ohio émigrés and ice cream geeks." The Atlantic positively reviewed it saying "Jeni's flavors are not successful simply because they are irreverent and ground-breaking. They work because a great deal of effort has gone into their crafting--what at first glance seems whimsical, upon first bite is proven artisanal." It has also been positively reviewed in The New York Times (2011), and by Today (2012). In 2007, the New York Times said Jeni's had "surpassed the creativity of all other ice cream makers with its versions like goat cheese and Cognac fig sauce."
Related publications
Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams at Home was published in 2011 where it was positively reviewed in the Wall Street Journal among other places. It earned Jeni Bauer a James Beard Award (2012) in the " Baking and Dessert" category.