Well Tempered

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.

Podcast episode with Carol Morse, Founder of Acalli Chocolate in New Orleans. Since launching her craft chocolate business in 2015, she has offered her community and domestic chocolate lovers handmade high-percentage cacao forward bars mixed with local sugar cane.

Pashmina Lalchandani is the CEO and co-founder of Bar & Cocoa an online marketplace and physical retail store for award winning craft chocolate, as well as a curated monthly subscription service.

Designer and food blogger Jasmine Lukuku shares tips to level-up a brand’s social media and blogging presence while speaking authentically to its audience and values.

Interview with Sarah Hartman, co-founder of Harper Macaw Chocolate in Washington, DC. Importing Brazilian cocoa beans from the Amazon to craft unique and bold chocolates that honor agroforestry and maintain animal habitats.

Exclusive interview with founder and creative chocolate inclusions genius Mackenzie Rivers of Map Chocolate. Shop owner and teacher of bean-to-bar craft workshops and camps.

Madeline Weeks a PhD candidate at University of California Davis, chats in this chocolate podcast about her research work in determining quantitative and qualitative of fine cacao and craft chocolate.

Podcast interview with Sophia Rea, chocolate sommelier and founder of Projet Chocolat. She specializes in building experiences that evoke memories of cacao’s historical past combined with craft chocolate made by modern manufacturers. She has opened various dedicated chocolate museums throughout the United States.

PhD candidate Karine Guillemette, known affectionately as Miss Choco, is a Montreal based chocolate researcher and educator. On this podcast we discuss cacao from Madagascar, running an e-commerce chocolate site, and the state of fine chocolate in Canada.

On this episode of the Well Tempered chocolate podcast, Lauren interviews Amy Burns, the co-creator of the film ‘Setting The Bar’, alongside Elaine Read, co-founder of Atlanta based chocolate company Xocolatl.

Well Tempered chocolate podcast interview with fine chocolate educator Estelle Tracy, advocate for bean-to-bar chocolate makers who focuses on her local market to make the greatest impact.