Local vegan restaurant, Plant, is known far and wide for its rich and creamy coconut milk based ice cream. Plant guests rave about co-owner/ chef Jason Sellers’ unique flavors, such as salt and pepper chocolate fudge and strawberry with balsamic vinegar. Ever since Plant opened in the summer of 2011, Sellers and his team have had to work overtime to keep up with the demand for his masterful creations.
Then one day last
year, Anna (cousin to Amy of Amy’s Kitchen - the nation's top-selling brand of
natural and organic convenience food) visited Plant with her brand new husband.
They thoroughly enjoyed their meal but fell so in love with the ice cream that
they enlisted Amy’s to bring this sumptuous frozen creation to a wider
audience. The Amy’s team recognized a good thing when they tasted it and, soon
thereafter, introduced
four spectacular Plant-derived flavors – Chocolate, Vanilla, Mint Chocolate
Chip, and Mocha Chocolate Chip – which are currently being sold in limited
markets, including Asheville. Amy’s expects the products to go nationwide very
soon.
Plant and Amy’s
couldn’t be happier about their collaboration and this new product.
“We’re stoked
that our ice cream will reach a much wider audience and the fact that such an
amazing company is making that happen is the cherry on top,” says Sellers.
“We are so
excited to bring this vegan-certified treat to our customers that we can’t stop
smiling,” says company co-founder Rachel Berliner (Amy's mom).
This special ice
cream is just one of the reasons why Plant continues to garner praise and
accolades. Most recently, Food
& Wine Magazine, Travel
+ Leisure, Departures,
and Spry
Living all named Plant one of the top veg restaurants in the country while
Mountain Xpress readers picked Plant as “Best of WNC” in 7 categories.
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