Question 1

How do you make Suffolk Meadow Ice Cream?

Accepted Answer

We collect or have the milk delivered from Beccles to our purpose built ice creamery in Walpole. There it is carefully heat treated and pasteurised along with double cream, sugar and a few other important ingredients. Once it has reached the desired temperature we chill it and just let it develop.  The ice cream mix or 'base mix' as we call it, remains chilled throughout the remainder of the ice cream making process.  The next morning our ice cream development team get to work on creating those delicious flavours, using the mixture in small batches and adding the flavours and inclusions depending on that days production schedule.  The ice cream is churned and frozen slightly before being potted and placed into our walk in blast chiller.  It is a long but very worthwhile process.

Question 2

Can I buy direct from you at Walpole?

Accepted Answer

Yes!  We have a click and collect form that we are continually updating with available flavours.  You can find it here: Suffolk Meadow Click & Collect    Please always call before visiting us though as there are certain days and times that we can not accept visitors.

Question 3

Do you handle allergens on site?

Accepted Answer

Yes we work with Milk, Peanuts, Nuts small amounts of Soya (generally as part of our chocolate ingredients), Sulphur Dioxide (as part of dried fruits) and egg for baking or in curds.   We do not have any Gluten on site.

Question 4

Do you supply wholesale/catering/trade/retail?

Accepted Answer

Yes, we supply all types of customers from very small to much larger.  We deliver direct within a small radius of the ice creamery at Walpole, and for anything further afield Roberto Ices, at Martlesham, carries a wide range of our flavours.   There is more information on our wholesale page

Question 5

Can we hire you for events?

Accepted Answer

We absolutely love making ice cream and so we leave the events side of things to the professionals!  You will see us with our own stand at Aldeburgh Food & Drink Festival and Strutt Your Mutt , but for the regular events side of things we love to recommend the following companies, and they all use our ice cream:  Sundae Cycle   Hog & Ale Experience   Suffolk Gourmet

Question 6

What is an Ice Cream Cake and how do I get one?

Accepted Answer

So you may have seen some of our pictures of ice cream cakes.  An ice cream cake is literally ice cream in the shape of a cake - well maybe a little more than that!  So we create our bespoke, made to order, ice cream cakes by layering 2 separate flavours of ice cream.  Between the 2 layers we add a layer of homemade meringue and a sauce or inclusion to compliment the choices of ice cream flavour.  Once frozen we turn out onto a cake board and apply a luscious layer of Semifreddo.  We can then decorate to suit your theme or wishes.  Please bear in mind that working with an ice cream cake in the decorating stages is not like working with a baked cake and so we are a little more limited on the design stage.  I think our favourites to date have been the Unicorn and our Grandmother's 100th birthday cake.  We need at least 2 weeks notice for cakes.  These cakes have to be delivered by us, therefore you must be within 30 miles of our creamery at Walpole.  So if you are interested please let us know by Contacting Us.

Question 7

Do you have any jobs available at Suffolk Meadow Ice Cream?

Accepted Answer

Currently we have 2 part-time job openings:  1. Self Employed Ice Cream Assistant: Up to 21 hours per week.  (mid June - end August) We are currently looking for a reliable and motivated part time Ice Cream Assistant to work in our ice creamery to assist the small team during the busiest months of the year. The ideal candidate should be a good team worker and have good communication skills The work is within a high hygiene environment with strict hygiene requirements. The job will involve assisting the Suffolk Meadow team in the ice creamery. Main responsibilities will be: - Preparing packaging and labelling - Set up and stet down procedures - Putting ice cream away The hours of work are 8.45 am - 1pm Job Types: Part-time, Temporary
Contract length: 2.5 months  2. Self Employed Part-time delivery driver: 1 day per week (Thursday) (June/July - end August) We are currently looking for a reliable, motivated, hardworking, polite and presentable person to deliver our luxury ice cream products 1 day per week through our busiest season.  We also know of at least 1 other company looking for a part time driver, so there is potential for more hours for the right candidate.  We will provide the van for making the deliveries.  The right candidate will be representing our small business to our customers and therefore it is a very important job within our company.

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