Emily of Cacao Review, a former professional singer, weaves her appreciation for exceptional art into her love of cacao and fine chocolate.

Arcelia Gallardo’s impact on the chocolate community has no boundaries. Former chocolatier in Berkeley, then chocolate maker at Dandelion Chocolate in San Francisco. She now lives and runs Mission Chocolate in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Where she is president of Bean to Bar Brasil.

Get to know Juliana of Baianí Chocolates tree-to-bar and the Brazilian cacao farm Vale Potumuju. Together she and Tuta her business and life partner have been integral members of the Bean To Bar Brasil organization and Chocolate Week.

Katie Gilmer Pon has worked in both sectors - specialty coffee and fine chocolate. While varied species, coffee and cocoa have a lot more in common than not. This episode explores those similarities.

Podcast interview with author and journalist Megan Giller; she specializes in the stories of the craft chocolate movement and is an important voice in the industry.

Erin Andrews is a prominent figure in the NW Chocolate scene, having built a chocolate factory and cafe at Pike Place MarketFront in Seattle. She is also responsible for launching numerous small-batch chocolate makers careers with her sales of Premier chocolate refiners.

Vanessa Chang is an expert in charcuterie, chocolate, and a Certified Cheese Professional®. She lends her talents on this episode to create a perfect template for pairing specialty cheese and craft chocolate.

Chloe Stemler is the head chocolate maker at Marou Chocolate, a Vietnamese tree-to-bar operation showing the great variety of terroir in Vietnamese cacao in their single origin chocolates.

Hazel Lee, food scientist, is a craft chocolate judge for international competitions and creator of the ‘Taste With Colour®’ chocolate tasting map. A simple and approachable tool to identify more flavours in chocolate.

In this interview style podcast focusing on fine cacao and chocolate, Lauren speaks with the Founder of Ecole Chocolat, an online learning platform and community built especially for chocolate professionals.