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Cross Atlantic Chocolate Collective

How can farmers and chocolate makers in origin countries help each other, what are the challenges in making chocolate in producer nations and what if there was a model to enable this?The Cross Atla...

Meet Chef Y.B. Mathur

Chef Y.B. Mathur retired from the services of ITC Limited as Senior Executive Chef. ITC Limited owns ITC Hotels, the premier hospitality company in India. Chef Mathur has impeccable records of his ...

Standardizing Recipes Presented by Chef Y.B. Mathur

Join us Saturday February 12th for our next Empowering Chocopreneurs webinar Standardizing Recipes presented by Chef Y.B. Mathur. Chef Mathur is one of India’s most respected bakery and patisserie ...

Meet Chocolate Maker Rayed Al Ajlan

In his own words: "I'm Rayed, the Saudi who decided to make his chocolate from bean to bar by his taste and sensory in Saudi Arabia, where there are many local ingredients that can be used. I spent...

Opening the Bean to Bar Door in Saudi Arabia

Join CocoaTown and Rayed AL Ajlan, Founder of Rayco, to explore the craft chocolate movement in Saudi Arabia. Rayed will share his chocolate making journey highlighting his struggles and strengths ...

An Empowering Chocopreneurs© Networking Event

Whether you are a seasoned professional, start up, or dream of starting your own business, networking is an important exercise that can help springboard you to new heights. It is an essential proce...

Meet Reyna Flores

Reyna Flores was born in Mexico City and moved to southern Mexico, where she has worked as a dentist for more than 3 decades in the heart of cocoa tree plantations. There she got to know many cocoa...

The Diversity of Theobroma Cacao and Theobroma Bicolor

Join CocoaTown and Renya Flores for our next Empowering Chocopreneurs Webinar. Date: Saturday November 20th 2021Time: 10:00 am - 12 noon Atlanta timeTopic:The Diversity of Theobroma Cacao and Theo...

Meet Lyn Bishop

I'm Lyn Bishop, and I left a life in Silicon Valley in order to create a more simple way of showing up in the world - both inside and out. I live in a rural community in Panama where I've designed...

Cacao Ceremony

Have you heard the term ‘cacao ceremony’ and wondered what it’s all about? What is the purpose of the ceremony?As makers, producers and manufactures we are working with chocolate but do we really g...