Jim Capannari & Chef Duff Goldman
Discovery Museum Benefit

Jim's custom flavor: "Duff's Discovery" Rich chocolate ice cream with peanut butter cups and ripples of creamy peanut butter

Jim Capannari

"The Best Ice Cream In Chicago"
Chicago Magazine

Food Network's Giada DeLaurentis & Jim Capannari

Common Threads Foundation Benefit
Jim's custom flavor: Merlot Sorbet

Food Network's Paula Deen & Jim Capannari

Common Threads Foundation Benefit
Jim's custom flavor:
Chocolate Hazlenut Ganache

Art Smith, Oprah's personal chef, & Katie Dolan Dix

2005 Recipe for Relief
Hurricane Katrina Benefit
McCormick Place

WGN's Dave Kaplan & John Williams with Jim and Katie

2007 Hometown Days
Jim's custom flavor:
King John's Royal Mocha Java

Awards & Distinctions

Super-rich, super-delicious Capannari Ice Cream has been recognized on local, state, and national levels.

Capannari Ice Cream has also been recognized as a company for their innovation & creativity and for their dedication & commitment to the community, to their employees, and to their customers.

Ice Cream Awards & Distinctions

Top 10 "Best Scoops in America"

Good Morning America, June, 2008

Award of Excellence for Vanilla Ice Cream
Blue Ribbon Honors

Clemson University
National Ice Cream Retailers Assoc., November, 2007

“Best Classic Ice Cream in Chicago”

TimeOut Chicago, 2007
Featured on Channel 2 News

“Top Sundae Places in America”

More Than a Month of Sundaes
by Michael Turback
Red Rock Press, June 2006

Top Pick in the Country

Midwest Scoops
by Michael McGarry, July, 2005

Award of Excellence for Vanilla Ice Cream

National Ice Cream Retailers Assoc., November, 2004

Cream of the Crop Ice Cream Shops in the Country

Everyone Loves Ice Cream
by Shannon Jackson Arnold, July, 2004

“Top 20 Treasures to Visit in Illinois Before You Die”

The Daily Herald, October 23, 2003

Business Awards & Distinctions

Business Leader of the Year Award

Katie Dolan Dix
Mount Prospect Chamber of Commerce, December, 2005

2005 Influential Women in Business Award

Katie Dolan Dix
Business Ledger Newspaper, October, 2005

Bryce Thomson Scholarship Award

Recipient Natalie Ehorn, Capannari Ice Cream employee
National Ice Cream Retailers Assoc., November, 2005

Business of the Year Award

Mount Prospect Chamber of Commerce, December, 2004

2004 Award for Business Excellence - Emerging Entrepreneurial Companies

Business Ledger Newspaper, March 22, 2004

2004 Award for Business Excellence - Leading Workplace

"Where You Want to Work"
Business Ledger Newspaper, March 22, 2004

Mount Prospect's Shining Star Award

for exemplifying village motto, "Where Friendliness is a Way of Life"
February, 2004