Alyssa And Simone Chesson

The founding chefs and owners of Bono boutique ice cream – the maximum city’s favoured boutique dessert destination – join hello! To share a delicious tale of family and traditions.

How do you play off each other as both sisters and business partners?

Alyssa Chesson: “We are extremely close as sisters and understand one another very well, almost to a point of being telepathic. We carry forth this similar understanding when it comes to working together in the kitchen... and in making business decisions.”

Simone Chesson: “We have been the closest of sisters, since our childhood. There are times we think very similarly, sometimes even the exact same thing! When it comes to working and making business decisions, we try to weigh our pros and cons.”

Would you say, the journey so far has been triumphant yet challenging?

A: “We started Bono a few years ago when I returned to India after completing a course at Le Cordon Bleu in London. We wanted to disrupt and challenge the way one perceives ice cream. I wanted to get people to experiment with unique flavour combinations (Blue Cheese Honey, Dark Chocolate Italian Truffle Oil) and, hence, we came up with our USP – which is ‘cheeky’ flavours. Of course, it was a bit of a challenge to get people to try these cheeky flavours, but once they did, there was no looking back and we can confidently say we have quite a few loyal Bono patrons!”

S: “Bono’s journey so far has, definitely, been a bit of a roller coaster ride. I never thought that after majoring in psychology in the USA, I would come back and join my sister in a business venture. Since our USP is ‘cheeky’ flavours, I believe our brand is all about experimenting with new flavours to keep our customers coming back for more!”

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