Ruby Scoops

Located in Northside Richmond, Va. , our scoop shop opened in November 2020.  Ruby Scoops is a local  creator of premium small batch ice creams, sorbets, sherbets, and desserts, all handcrafted and scratch made by Chef & Owner, Rabia Kamara and the Scoops Squad.

Ruby Scoops came to fruition October 2014, when Rabia noticed the increasing rarity of consistent high quality local desserts. She decided it was time to help change that, all the while beginning to take steps to work for herself. Ruby Scoops uses ingredients from local farms to bring you the finest, richest ice creams, sorbets, sherbets and baked goods.

ABOUT RABIA KAMARA

Rabia Kamara has spent most of her years on this Earth in the kitchen. It all started when she was a toddler, and realized that by helping her parents in the kitchen, she could get fed first. Her passion for food quickly turned into a passion for baking the minute her mother placed a rolling pin in her hand at age five. By eight, she was reading cookbooks cover to cover. Growing up in the melting pot of Silver Spring encouraged her love for cuisines of many cultures.

Taking inspiration from greats like Dorie Greenspan and the famous Mrs. Fields-baking cookies, cupcakes, making ganaches, and tempering chocolates.  She continued to be affected by the baking and cooking bug through high school. Her passion saw a resurgence in college when she started feeding her friends, and realized just how much joy feeding others brought her. Rabia is a graduate of L’ Academie de Cuisine and has been cooking professionally for over a decade. She has been featured in multiple publications, appeared on local and national television, and is a member of Les Dames des Escoffier. Rabia hopes to spend years to come contributing to the Richmond, Va hospitality scene for many years to come 🙂 In 2021, Rabia won Food Network’s Ben & Jerry’s Clash of  the Cones.