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Chocolate sauce poured from a bottle over a swirl of soft serve in a branded cup, standing on a steel turntableFrom Chin Chin Ice Cream

London · ice cream

Chin Chin Ice Cream

A distinctive, single-technique specialist (liquid nitrogen, hand-churned to order) that pioneered the method in Europe and is still run by its founders fifteen-plus years on, with small-batch, named-kitchen production.

What we know

  • Founded 2010 as 'Europe's first liquid nitrogen ice-cream parlour', starting in 'a small, crumbling shop in Camden', per the business's own site
  • No investors, crowdfunding or business plan — described by the founders as a passion project, per the business's own site
  • Now made 'in our Soho kitchen in small batches using expensive and usually organic ingredients', per the business's own site
  • Self-described as 'the best ice cream parlour in England' according to The Times — a claim carried on their own site
Status
open
Address
54 Greek Street, London, W1D 3DS
Maker
Founded by Ahrash Akbari-Kalhur and Nyisha Weber (Akbari-Kalhur)
Opened
2010
Website
chinchinicecream.com/
Last checked
2026-08-22

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