Best Female Chocolatier?
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Rich,Hands down the winner is Maria Valente, Chocolations LLC, Mamaroneck NY.Check out www.chocolations.com ThanksJohn.Rossini@travelchocolate.com
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Rich,Hands down the winner is Maria Valente, Chocolations LLC, Mamaroneck NY.Check out www.chocolations.com ThanksJohn.Rossini@travelchocolate.com
updated by @John M Rossini2: 09/09/15 22:55:23
Best Female Chocolatier?
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Melt ( http://www.meltchocolates.com/v2/Video.aspx ) makes the most delicious rasbury truffles.rococo http://rococochocolates.com/ makes best 'Long Ting' tea truffle.
Best Female Chocolatier?
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It did not meet her personally but I tasted her chocolate more than once. I thing that Cecilia Tessieri from Amedei Tuscany Chocolate is a great chocolate maker and a great chocolatiers!
Best Female Chocolatier?
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Or said a slightly less depressing way: its a male dominated industry that has been run in a particular way -- pathways via established training schools, I would guess for pastries because a lot of famous chocolatiers seem to have pastry background, and corporations and old boy networks -- for a long time, but is now being opened up to amateurs of both genders thus removing some of the gender, socio-economic, and regional barriers to entry. No doubt due to greater ease of acquiring materials & training (thank you internets). The new and growing number of known female chocolatiers indicates there may be a shift coming in the gender balance as well as the big-box to artisan focus. The more women in the industry, the more there will be. Plant a flag at the mountaintop and more will come!
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I take you seriously linda...even if you are a chick... ; )
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the reason why there are so few is because it's still a man's world. Guys help one another. Women either give up or let their husbands take over...... and they don't take women seriously either.
Best Female Chocolatier?
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Linda Grishman of Sweet on Vermont Artisan Confections. Has been making hand made chocolates since 1984.
Best Female Chocolatier?
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Gayle's in DetroitPenny Chocolates in DC 'burbs.To name a couple!b
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Well the last time I was over in Spain, I couldn't get in because the place was packed. I hear it is always packed in season. Had to make my own Sangria. So, unfortuanately, I am not an El Bulli alum.
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Found her: She is the long-time owner of Frans Chocolates Ltd., located in Seattle and Bellevue, Washington, which also operates a large mail-order business at www.franschocolates.com From what I've read, Fran is considered one of the finest chocolatiers in the country and makes makes European-style chocolates.
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I could be missing it here, but isn't Oriel Bal aguer a guy? Trying to restrict the conversation to the best FEMALES. But, then good chocolate is good chocolate.
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Good to see that a few of you recognize brilliance when you taste and see it. I for one will be happy to check out the individuals you've mentioned.rk
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Elizabeth Montes of Sahagun Handmade Chocolates (Portland, OR).
Best Female Chocolatier?
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Mark,Do you mean Kee from Kee's Chocolates?Kee's amazing.
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April Heaton !!Branson Missouri, beautiful new shop, excellent chocolates. Pure artistry. http://www.handcraftedchocolat.com/chocolatier.html
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Fran Bigelow has done well for herself and her patrons :)
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Who do you think is the best female chocolatier you've met. Most seem to be men and I am curious who you would count amoung the top ten females out there!As I understand it, a chocolatier is someone who makes confectionery from chocolate. Chocolatiers are distinct from chocolate makers, who create chocolate from cacao beans and other ingredients.Rick
updated by @Richard Spangenberg: 04/11/15 09:01:22
The connections between Scandinavia and chocolate - what reference do people have?
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Many thanks for this interested discussion, I just found this.I do sell the wonderfull chocolate of Bertil Akesson's, just tuesday we had a second (one's a mond) chocolate tasting in our shop and number one out of ten? Yes the Akesson's "Wild" pepper!Sweden is the greatest country for the chocolate but they sure now how to impress, thanks a lot Bertil.GreetingsGeertPS thanks for the tips about Sweden chocolatiers
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My "shortlist" should also include two other chocolatiers: En liten smula (Pastry shop) RC Chocolat Anna-Sofia Wallstrm founder of Gefle Chocolaterie is another cocoafarmer and a female chocolatier. Together with UK Academy of Chocolate Awards jury member Maja Berthas (Swedish female chocolate expert) she will start a new bean to bar chocolate maker.
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In december a new Pralus single estate chocolate bar will be available in Stockholm (Small Island Coffee & Chocolate) and Pralus shop in Paris.Beanes are sourced from Tobago Cocoa Estate owned by Duane Dove.A few other chocolatiers worth mentioning, none of them is available in the United States: Chokladfabriken (first Swedish chocolatier sold in Japan) Fickorna Kanold (founded by female chocolatier Jeanna Kanold) Hovbyn no 9 (founded by female chocolatier Inger Persson-Clerc) Les Trois Roses (Hedh & Escalante Chocolatier) Lux Dessert & Choklad Xoco (Swedens first dessert bistro)Website links to the chocolatiers mentioned by Bertil kesson: Emanuel Andren MLARCHOCOLATERIE Robert E's Choklad
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Sonja, you are right, Sweden should not be forgotten on the map of chocolate! After all, the cacao plant was first given its botanical name by Swedish natural scientist Carl von Linn (*1707-1778), who called it "Theobroma cacao ("cocoa, food of the gods"). This was the first contribution of Sweden to the world of chocolateSweden has an old traditional chocolate company in the style of Lindt: MALM CHOKLADFABRIK. There is also CLOETTA. But for most of people in America Swedish chocolate means MARABOU or DAIM, two large mass market brands now owned by Kraft Foods. MARABOU was founded in Sweden in 1916 by a Norwegian who had great success with FREIA in Norway (Norway was part of Sweden until 1905). DAIM was created by the same company in the 50's. DAIM is by the way Pierre Herm's favorite chocolate "sin".Besides these well known companies, one should mention the Swedish chocolate balls (chokladbollar), a classic chocolate recipe in Sweden that you can find everywhere.But nowadays, Sweden developed a new craze about chocolate - this time darker & more refined - and stores are opening all over the place. Here I would like to mention great chocolatiers like ROBERT E's Choklad, Emanuel ANDREN and specially MLARCHOCOLATERIE. Unfortunately, none of them is available in the United States.Sweden has also cocoa farmers like Duane Dove, who owns a plantation in Tobago, and us, with our plantations in Madagascar and Brazil. This year we launched our small and exclusive brand of organic single plantations chocolates, KESSON'S Chocolate ( www.akessons-organic.com ). It should be available soon at the Food Emporium and Chantal Coady already made pictures for her next book soon to be published.As you see, the Swedes do not only make "chocolate moose"...
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Swedish confectionary and commercial chocolate brand Marabou (owned by Kraft) is sold in USA: http://swedensbest.com/chocolate1.html
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Emanuel Andrn from Sweden provided the goodie bag at The 50th GRAMMY Awards, 2008. Regrettably not available in the States. A few US microbatchers are curently available in Sweden: Amano, Askinosie and Patric Chocolate.A PDF-file about Cullinary Olympics. The Swedish team is mentioned: http://www.welshculinaryassociation.com/news/080214.pdf
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This is tricky - I'm sure there are Swedish chocolatiers, but I can only think of American, French, Belgium or Italians. I generally assume there are brands because everybody has some. I just doubt any brands are sold in the States and I can't think of any specific chocolatiers either. Sweden would have a lot more exposure all the Euro chocs than those of us in North America so it stands to reason they have similar market demands.Now that you mentioned the Swedish chef I will have have his ongoing culinary battles going through my head all day.
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Thanks for the book tip, you're right too, I don't think many people know of her books. I checked it out on Amazon, lots of copies available. Again,thanks for the tip.
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Four Swedish chocolatiers are listed in the second edition of "Chocolate Companion: A Connoisseur's Guide to the World's Finest Chocolates" written by Chantal Coady. Probably most people never heard of this book.
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Just interested to know what the referece point is for most people (in North America) regarding Sweden and it's chocolate. Are there any major brands that people recognize or level of quality that people might expect? Or is there just the ol' 'Swedish Chef' from the muppets kind of reference point. I just thought it was interesting after seeing a television news comedy that compares Sweden and the USA.
updated by @Sonja: 04/10/15 19:32:13
Chocolate shop in Tbilisi
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Thanks all, just now I'm downloading the book "Candy making for dummies". Thanks for advice:)
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The best book I have found is "Candy making for dummies" as it is clearly written for those us NOT in the know, myself included. Has a wealth of recipes and tips and tricks, although so far I have gotten great information/links & ideas from people on this site. I don't think you can beat anything other than just doing it. Good luck, I'm looking to go the same route eventually.
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Thanks a lot Duffy and llana for this useful information
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Hello. Well there are a few options. One is ecolechocolat.com which is a beginners online course. It gets you into chocolate. Then after a bit of practice you can take hands on either through ecolechocolat or Callebaut-check their site. I have links to schools on my site on my "links" page. Scroll down to where it says "chocolate studies" I wish you lots of luck on your sweet adventure!Keep us updated!
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Hi Salome,Good luck with your venture - it will be challenging and exciting. Ecole Chocolat do web-based courses that get good reviews. I am doing one at the moment and find it very helpful and it wasn't expensive. Apart from that I'd start by reading through a lot of the old posts on this forum and any others you can find - lots of good advice all over the place (techniques, equipment, recipes etc as well as business help) and lots of fine people to ask questions.Keep us posted!Duffy
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Hello dear members...I'm Salome from Georgia. I'm newbie here, as in chocolate world. Me and my friends are group of young entrepreneurs, who have just graduated and are looking froward to start their own business. We were interested in chocolate field from very beginning, so decided to take the opportunity and launch chocolate shop, that would produce handmade chocolate, as there's a huge gap in this market in Tbilisi (Capital of Georgia). There's not a single shop like this here and we are pretty sure that it's gonna work.The reason we joined this forum is that we practically have no knowledge, as we don't have any past experience in this field. And it's impossible to find a professional chocolatier here in Tbilisi, who could help us.It would be very helpful if you could give us some advice about starting this shop. or maybe tips where to find appropriate chocolate school. Any information would be helpful.Thank you in advance...Salome
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Need Ideas for an Advanced Chocolate Course - what would people want to learn?
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I got that without explanation -- guess we bakers are a pretty sorry lot, too
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Due to scheduling issues this class got cancelled in Feb - but we are set to go again on October 17 and 18. We've had one dropout and have room for one more participant if anyone is interested. E-mail me at kerry-at-thechocolatedoctor-dot-ca if interested for the details.
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Looks like we've got dates picked out - Feb 28 and Mar 1. Brian is going to firm up the outline and I'll post more later - but the topics to be covered will be shelf life, decorating techniques, 3d molding, dipping and getting a perfectly smooth bottom. Of course we'll make a bunch of centers and provide new recipes for them.
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We so gotta do this!
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I'll let you know when the party going to happen! I've got the unit up north here with me (it's a Gaggia Alambiccus) for cleaning and polishing - it's all brass and copper and had about an inch of burned on floral crud in the boiling vessel - getting that out was about a week of alternating acid, heat and elbow grease.It's wired 220 so when I get it back home, hubby will put a dedicated plug in my chocolate room and I can fire it up.The plan is to make my own essential oils to flavour the chocolate stuff.I wonder if you take existing alcohol, run it through the still with spices and stuff in the basket to flavour it, is it still illegal?