Hearing about an event called the Ice Cream Takedown, Untapped’s editors scrambled to get an invitation and indeed it was as exciting as one could imagine. Organized by Matt Timms, the Ice Cream Takedown is a huge competition between 26 local amateur chefs who sought to win the most votes by 200 taste testers with their original (and sometimes quite unusual) ice cream flavors. Additionally, there were three professional judges representing Il Laboratorio del Gelato, Dreamscoops and Bluemarble who voted separately and awarded titles to their top picks. Almost the full array of ice cream flavors available! I arrived early to interview chef Patricia Clark and organizer Matt Timms, but in the flurry of dry ice, little cups and ice cream scoops I waited until things had calmed down to get the scoop (pun intended). The furious process of setting up before the hoards arrived! Following the tense, manic set… Read More
Hearing about an event called the Ice Cream Takedown, Untapped’s editors scrambled to get an invitation and indeed it was as exciting as one could imagine. Organized by Matt Timms, the Ice Cream Takedown is a huge competition between 26 local amateur chefs who sought to win the most votes by 200 taste testers with their original (and sometimes quite unusual) ice cream flavors. Additionally, there were three professional judges representing Il Laboratorio del Gelato, Dreamscoops and Bluemarble who voted separately and awarded titles to their top picks. Almost the full array of ice cream flavors available! I arrived early to interview chef Patricia Clark and organizer Matt Timms, but in the flurry of dry ice, little cups and ice cream scoops I waited until things had calmed down to get the scoop (pun intended). The furious process of setting up before the hoards arrived! Following the tense, manic set… Read More