The Chocolate Connoisseur

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About The Chocolate Connoisseur

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The Chocolate Connoisseur: For Everyone with a Passion for Chocolate

Do you love chocolate? Most of us do! In Britain we eat an estimated 660,900 tonnes of chocolate a year - an average of 11kg each. But much of what we eat isn’t good chocolate. The ‘chocolate angel’ Chloe Doutre-Roussel is a woman with a mission - to teach the world about chocolate. Even if you’ve spent a lifetime eating the worst milk chocolate, there is still time to harness your tastebuds and become a connoisseur. More than just a book about chocolate, this is the story of one woman’s personal journey through chocolate. Chloe loved chocolate as a child growing up in Mexico, and now devotes her working life to researching, tasting and sourcing the finest chocolate from all over the world. In The Chocolate Connoisseur, she reveals the secrets of what chocolate to eat, when to eat it, how to eat it, and most importantly, how to overcome the idea that chocolate is an indulgence. She debunks the myths and explores the fascinating psychology of chocolate. For Chloe, chocolate is a passion, a focus that enables you to structure your life positively. ‘You need to know what brings you happiness - and how to invite the ingredients for happiness into your life.’

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About Chloé Doutre-Roussel

Author Web Link: http://www.academyofchocolate.org.uk/

CHLOE DOUTRE-ROUSSEL is a former chocolate buyer at Fortnum & Mason, and author of the book The Chocolate Connoisseur. Before that she spent 12 years working in different fields, in many different countries, film and advertising, United Nations, Ladurée, l’Oréal. During this time she led a double life. All her spare time was devoted to chocolate. As a child, the only sweet food she enjoyed was chocolate. When she moved aged 14 from South America to France, she discovered the enormous range of chocolate bars available in the supermarket and decided to taste all of them, comparing them and taking notes. All her life she has been eager to learn more, and to open more chocolate horizons. She has visited plantations, factories and tasted everything from bean to bar, from bar to filled chocolates.

Her unique cocktail of dedication and energy, her uncompromising attitude to quality and her almost religious devotion to chocolate allowed her to become a self-taught ‘choco’-expert. Her biggest joy has been to share the rich dimension that chocolate has brought into her life. In Paris, she organised monthly chocolate-evenings for a wide public. In 1999, she founded the Association Carrement Chocolat, allowing her to formalise her various professional activities: consultancy, seminars, conferences, tasting courses, and training of sales teams from different chocolate brands.

Joining the AOC is a natural extension of her choco-mission. Along with other members, she is delighted to widen the scope at a time of a real global revolution. (http://www.academyofchocolate.org.uk/)

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