Townie Frozen Desserts
Townie Frozen Desserts is a micro manufacturer of vegan, non-dairy, allergy friendly ice creams, sorbets, and toppings.
Hi! We are Robin Flint and Stephen Gore, and we live in the beautiful seaside town of Hull, Massachusetts, 6 miles from Boston by water, 22 by car. We’ve both had several careers in our lives from retail to working in group homes with special needs adults (where we met), to most recently for Stephen, computer technical support, and piano tuner/technician for Robin. As we approached our 31st wedding anniversary in 2015, we decided that our dream would be to work together. We love spending as much time together as we possibly can, and since we’re not getting any younger, we thought about what we could do to make our dream happen.
We get asked all the time “how did you come up with the idea for frozen desserts?” Honestly, neither one of us really remembers! We’re guessing it must have been something we saw on a television cooking show. Anyway, it struck a chord with us. We purchased a good quality kitchen counter top model and started experimenting. It was a blast! We had tastings with our friends, and everyone seemed to really enjoy what we came up with. We figured we were on to something, so we researched professional batch freezer machines. The very first company we came across was the Emery Thompson Company. Reading through their website and watching a couple of their instructional videos, we decided to jump in.
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We sold all our toys, including Stephen’s 2014 red Mustang GT and my 1967 VW Beetle, and purchased an Emery Thompson CB-350. Emery Thompson is the company who supplies batch freezers to all the biggest names in the industry like Ben and Jerry’s, Hagan Daz, etc. But while their machines produce 44 quarts at a time, our CB-350 makes 6! Hey, you’ve got to start somewhere!
Our start was a little rocky – finding kitchen space that soon disappeared, coronary bypass surgery for Stephen – but starting in 2017 we were ready to rock and roll. We found a home for our machine in the nearby town of Kingston, MA at a shared commercial kitchen space where we concoct our recipes and spin them in the Townie batch freezer.
We started off manufacturing just fruit sorbets and they were wonderfully delicious and well received. Flavors like Strawberry, Spiced Pear, and Lemon Basil Mint were some of our best sellers. Then we figured out we could make non-dairy ice cream. Our first two flavors were Key Lime and Chocolate. They sold out wicked fast! People loved them. That was that – we were now in the vegan ice cream business. Now, we’re up to over 75 different flavors and still adding more!
NOW THAT THE FARMERS MARKET SEASON IS OVER, HOW DO YOU GET YOUR TOWNIE FROZEN DESSERTS?
WE’RE GLAD YOU ASKED!
Order direct from us for delivery direct to your home or office. $30 minimum order for free delivery anywhere within 1 hour from Hull, Massachusetts.
Order via our friends at Market2dayapp.com for delivery of Townie along with other items from your favorite farmers market vendors.
Order for pick up at the Saturday drive thru Marshfield Farmers Market.
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