With 17 competitors taking part this year, the audience tasting for the Chocolatier of the Year is sure to be full of some of the best chocolates in the country! One such competitor is Andrea Smith, owner of Chocolate F/X and one of our competitors who has been with us since year two. Come cheer her on and sample some of her delicious work! Andrea Smith attended the Art Institute of Pittsburgh not for pastry but for special effects make up. She decided to move her focus to chocolate while apprenticing with a studio in Atlanta. Smith has a very unconventional education in chocolate, being self-taught, and worked as head Chocolatier for diAmano Chocolate for 3 1/2 years, and is now moving her own company Chocolate F/X to Nashville, TN. and opening her first brick and mortar. Always eager to use fresh, local ingredients, Smith works with local suppliers to craft her recipes, keeping her creations vibrant and innovative. Smith utilizes her special effects background to make chocolate molds and design transfer sheets. 2011 AJC Best of the Big A Chocolate winner
Posted on: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 18:06:29 +0000
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