Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams

Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams
Industry Food service
Founded 2002 in Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
Founder Jeni Britton Bauer
Headquarters Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
Number of locations
 26 storefronts, plus nationwide retail distribution
Area served
 Storefronts serve Columbus, Cleveland, Nashville, Chicago, Atlanta, Los Angeles, St. Louis, Charleston, Washington, Charlotte. Pints are sold nationwide.
Products Ice cream and novelties
Website jenis.com

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.

History

In 1996, the first prototype store opened in the North Market area of Columbus called Scream Ice Creams. Britton Bauer opened the store after quitting art studies at The Ohio State University to concentrate on developing artisan desserts. She later received an honorary doctorate in business administration from the university after serving as the commencement speaker at the summer 2016 graduation.[1] [2] Jeni Britton Bauer's interest formed while working at La Chatelaine, a local French bakery, where she experimented with scent combinations making homemade perfume.[3] Britton Bauer served one flavor a day at Scream, but realized, when a coffee shop was out of her favorite orange scone, that such a limited selection could be disappointing for customers.[3] In order to become a better ice cream maker, Britton Bauer decided to attend the ice cream short course at Penn State, and she closed Scream to do so.[3] 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.[4] In 2013, Jeni's won another sofi Gold Award in the "Outstanding Product Line" category.[5] Beginning with her early days at Scream and continuing to the present, Britton Bauer's ice cream has incorporated products local to Columbus and Ohio, including milk, fruit, and whiskey.[3][6]

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.[7] Jeni's initiated a second listeria-related recall in June 2015, connected to the first recall.[8] Since 2015, no other similar recalls have been enacted, and Jeni's is considered safe to consume.

Distribution

As of 2018, there are 11 "Scoop Shop" locations in Columbus, Ohio; one in Cleveland, Ohio; six in Nashville, Tennessee; four in Los Angeles, California; five in Chicago, Illinois; two in Atlanta, Georgia; two in the Atlanta-area cities of Decatur and Alpharetta; one in St. Louis, Missouri; one in Charlotte, North Carolina; two in Charleston, South Carolina; and one in Washington, DC. Jeni's Ice Cream is also distributed in high-end groceries and markets nationwide, as well as through mail order.[9]

Jeni’s Ice Cream is served in business class aboard SAS Scandinavian Airlines flights from Boston and San Francisco to Copenhagen.

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).[10] It was reviewed in The Washington Post (2011),[11] The Huffington Post (2012),[12] and US News & World Report who ranked it #1 in America in 2012.[13] 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."[14] Time magazine said it "has a large cult following among Ohio émigrés and ice cream geeks."[15] 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."[16] It has also been positively reviewed in The New York Times (2011),[17] and by Today (2012).[18] 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."[19]

Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams at Home was published in 2011 where it was positively reviewed in the Wall Street Journal among other places.[20] It earned Jeni Bauer a James Beard Award (2012) in the " Baking and Dessert" category.[21]

Select list of flavors

  • Almond Milk Cortado
  • Askinosie Dark Milk Chocolate
  • Bangkok Peanut
  • Brambleberry Crisp
  • Brown Butter Almond Brittle
  • Riesling Poached Pear Sorbet
  • Coffee With Cream and Sugar
  • Darkest Chocolate
  • Lemon and Blueberries Frozen Yogurt
  • Pistachio and Honey
  • Pickled Mango
  • Queen City Cayenne
  • Salty Caramel
  • Savannah Buttermint
  • Salted Peanut Butter with Chocolate Flecks
  • Supermoon
  • Sweet Corn & Blackberries
  • Milkiest Chocolate
  • Ndali Estate Vanilla Bean
  • Middlewest Whiskey and Pecans
  • Wildberry Lavender

References

  1. ↑ Knox, Tom (August 29, 2016). "Jeni's founder nominated for honorary degree from Ohio State". Columbus Business First. Retrieved March 9, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Ohio State honors three at summer 2016 commencement". Ohio State University. August 5, 2016. Retrieved March 9, 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Raz, Guy (February 28, 2018). "How I Built This: Jeni Britton Bauer". National Public Radio: How I Built This.
  4. ↑ "2012 sofi Gold Winner: Outstanding Dessert or Dessert Topping". Food Spring. 2012. Archived from the original on October 23, 2012. Retrieved November 23, 2013.
  5. ↑ "2013 sofi Awards: Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams Product Line". Specialty Food. May 28, 2012. Retrieved November 23, 2013.
  6. ↑ Malone, JD. "Jeni Britton Bauer overcomes setbacks on way to ice-cream success". The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
  7. ↑ https://jenis.com/recall/
  8. ↑ http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/business/2015/06/12/public-reacts-to-jenis-listeria.html
  9. ↑ https://jenis.com/scoop-shops/
  10. ↑ "Hot & Spicy". The Best Thing I Ever Ate. The Food Network. September 23, 2010. Retrieved November 23, 2013. See further:
  11. ↑ Jane Black (June 14, 2011). "An ice cream wizard brings the magic home". Washington Post. Retrieved November 23, 2013.
  12. ↑ "The Best Ice Cream Flavors For Summer: Our Editors' Picks, 2012". The Huffington Post. June 10, 2013. Retrieved November 23, 2013.
  13. ↑ Liz Weiss (May 29, 2012). "America's Best Ice Cream". US News & World Report. Retrieved November 23, 2013.
  14. ↑ Wendy Pramik (September 3, 2011). "Columbus shows Ohio's adventurous side". The Chicago Tribune. Retrieved November 23, 2013.
  15. ↑ Josh Ozersky (March 9, 2011). "Can the Best Ice Cream in America Be the Biggest?". Time. Retrieved November 23, 2013.
  16. ↑ Terrence Henry (August 31, 2009). "An Ice Cream Surprise in Columbus". The Atlantic. Retrieved November 23, 2013.
  17. ↑ Florence Fabricant (December 20, 2011). "Jeni's Ice Cream in Holiday Flavors". The New York Times. Retrieved November 23, 2013.
  18. ↑ Katie Quinn (February 8, 2012). "Is ice cream the ultimate aphrodisiac?". Today. Retrieved November 23, 2013.
  19. ↑ Marian Burros (November 28, 2007). "The Gift Is in the Mail, and on the Web". New York Times. Retrieved November 23, 2013.
  20. ↑ Aram Bakshian (August 6, 2011). "Cold Comfort". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved November 23, 2013.
  21. ↑ Shelley Mann (May 9, 2012). "Q&A: Jeni Britton Bauer on the James Beard awards". Columbus Crave. Retrieved November 23, 2013.
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