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Ice cream and sorbet churned in Observatory, sold until the cold room is empty

Dairy ice cream and dairy-free sorbet · Observatory and Kalk Bay

See what is churning

Behind the counter in Observatory

Skep is Nadia Fourie and two people who get here at five in the morning. Everything is made in one Italian batch freezer standing behind the glass in Obs, about sixty litres on a good day, which is why the list is short and why it moves when the fruit moves. We churn on Tuesday and Friday and the tubs go into the cold room the same afternoon. Nothing sits there longer than four days. Observatory — Monday to Friday 10h00 to 20h00, Saturday and Sunday 10h00 to 22h00 Kalk Bay — Tuesday to Sunday 11h00 to 21h00, closed Monday

What the week looks like here

Tubs
Tubs
Churn room
Churn room
Fruit day
Fruit day
Cooler runs
Cooler runs

On the shelf this week

The cold room holds four days of stock and not a day more

We churn Tuesday and Friday mornings and whatever is still standing on Sunday night goes home with the staff. If a flavour is on the list this week, it is because it is in the cold room right now.

Choose a tub

Two shops, one churn room

42 Lower Main Road, Observatory The churn room, the counter and the cold room all in one long room behind the glass, so you can watch the batch freezer while you decide. Parking on Trill Road is easier than on Lower Main after six. Monday to Friday 10h00 to 20h00. Saturday and Sunday 10h00 to 22h00. Shop 3, Main Road, Kalk Bay A counter and a freezer, no churning. Everything comes down in the cooler boxes on Tuesday and Friday afternoons, which is why Friday evening is when that shelf is fullest and Monday is when it is thinnest. Tuesday to Sunday 11h00 to 21h00. Closed Monday. One number for both: 021 447 6612. It rings in Obs first.

Order a cake, or ask what is churning

Bombe cakes need three days. Cooler boxes go out across the city on Thursdays and Saturdays.