Today we’d like to introduce you to Jessica Wood.
Alright, so thank you so much for sharing your story and insight with our readers. To kick things off, can you tell us a bit about how you got started?
My husband and I moved back to Kansas City from NYC in March of 2020. During that time, we were gifted a vintage ice cream machine and what started as a COVID hobby became an obsession. We immediately decided to start popping up around town to sell our scratch made French ice cream and eventually opened a brick and mortar in 2023.
Alright, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
The road has been far from smooth but as we gain more experience, the path has gotten easier. Our early struggles began with our A/C unit breaking during in the first month of opening, store break-ins, machines breaking – the works! Now that we’ve been in business for three years, we’re able to predict some of these large costs and be more prepared.
Great, so let’s talk business. Can you tell our readers more about what you do and what you think sets you apart from others?
French Custard is a specialty ice cream store that specializes in unique dessert offerings from waffle cone puppy chow to French style ice cream. We dedicate ourselves to bringing cutting edge flavors and approaches to the KC market with our house made mix-ins, unique flavor offerings and our most exciting addition – New Zealand, or Real Fruit ice cream launching August 1st.
Real Fruit Ice Cream is something we recently discovered while traveling and immediately fell in love. You add one scoop of sweet cream custard and your choice of frozen fruit to a specialized blender that turns the ice cream and fruit into soft serve. Our favorite part of New Zealand style ice cream is that you can have infinite dairy free, gluten free, and nut free offerings in addition to the traditional dairy based scoop.
Pricing:
- Scoop 4.75
- Pint 10.50
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.frenchcustard.com
- Instagram: thefrenchcustard
