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Comment by Rajarajeshwari Kainthaje on December 21, 2008 at 8:31am

Hello, I am a professional chocolatier. I am a Cacoa grower too, and aspire to be a bean to bar chocolate maker from my own Cacoa.

I sell my truffles in Bangalore city. i have wholesale accounts in malls.

Comment by Irma Wiese on December 21, 2008 at 2:31am

Hello, I have been making chocolates as a hobby for 20 + years but it is only in the past couple of years that I've switched doing it as a business. i have not been aggressively marketing my business but I am slowly easing into it. So far i get my business by word of mouth and through shows and fundraisers. I do not have a retail store but am renting a commercial kitchen. I showcase my products through my website- xocofinechoc.weebly.com.

Comment by Langdon Stevenson on December 20, 2008 at 9:27pm

Greetings to all of the newly joined members, nice to see you all, looking forward to your input.

Comment by Koa Kahili on December 20, 2008 at 4:36pm

Aloha, I am Koa Kahili owner of Garden Island Chocolate, where we grow cacao and make finished bars. We are looking go expand our cacao farms and production but need capital. Anyone want to invest in a cacao company on Kauai? please visit us at www.gardenislandchocolate.com

Comment by Ilana on December 20, 2008 at 2:31pm

Hi Jo!! Yes we will be in touch. Got the email just been busy. Sorry!

Comment by holycacao on December 20, 2008 at 1:40pm

Shalom y'all,
My name is Jo Zander and my startup company is called Holy Cacao Chocolate located in Israel. We are a very small artisan chocolate manufacture producing chocolate in my kitchen pantry currently. We are in the process of closing on a site and also building a lot of our own equipment. It's a slow process since to the best of my knowledge there are no other bean to bar maunfacturers in Israel and I am neck deep in applying for many licenses that seem to only exist for me. Currently I'm applying for an importer's license for cocoa (a lot of fun) and in the process I need to have a manufacturers license (which necessitates a health dept approved facility and warehouse).
In short, there are many hurdles besides financial, logistics, and actually selling the product. It would be nice if the gov't would help/encourage small businesses cut through the red tape instead of placing more up-just a rant though-I love the actual process of making chocolate and selling it (hopefully soon to Ilana!)

Comment by Tracey Downey on December 20, 2008 at 1:27pm

Ha, Ha, Ha!! Experience with Chocolate yes, Social Networking no!! Sorry everyone, I just sent a message instead of posting for everyone. Here is the email:


I have owned a popular Chocolate Cafe in Southern California for the past three years. The economy has taken its toll and I will officially shut my doors tomorrow, Dec. 21, 2008.

Life is good and I have new opportunities that will allow my creative side to thrive and my team to remain employed.

I believe there are no accidents in life and great things are on my horizon!!

I have gained so much knowledge from owning this business and becoming a Chocolatier, I would be happy to share my experiences and lessons.

I look forward to helping!

Comment by Debby on December 20, 2008 at 1:01pm

Hi everyone. I came to chocolate confections in a round about way. It began by becoming a beekeeper. I wanted to have a spot at the local farmer's market to sell the honey. Unfortunately, the bees did not cooperate this year and I had a spot with nothing to sell. I started making honey lollipops with bought honey and selling herbs out of my garden. Then one fateful Saturday, a woman stopped by and said, "Now, if you were selling chocolate, I'd be buying from you." I went home and did some research into making chocolate confections. Oh my, it was soooo much fun! I can't get enough. The flavors, the options, it boggles the mind. Anyway, as the market closed for the season, I brought my first truffle experiment out for a taste test. People loved what they were tasting. I made more truffles for the holiday craft fair circuit. They sold very well. And I was still having fun. Anyway, the end of this saga is that I want to bootstrap this into a full time business. I was searching for help making a business plan when I found this site. So, here I am. Hopefully, I can contribute as well as learn.

Comment by Ilana on December 20, 2008 at 12:35pm

Hello everyone. I have a very small home run business called "Ganache Chocolate" The URL is on my homepage if anyone is interested. I have a chocolate laboratory/kitchen. I don'tknow if Ican produce 1,000 chocolates in the blink of an eye, but I wouldn't be able to sell them all anyway!! I need to get a breakthrough order with a company/hotel etc as right now I only get individual orders and a few small monthly orders.

Comment by Andy Ciordia on December 17, 2008 at 11:20am

Forgot to introduce. Andy Ciordia, fellow choc-o-phile. One of my many hats is an owner in a family chocolate business, The Secret Chocolatier. If it has chocolate in it, we can do it. We serve the Charlotte, NC and surrounding area with great aspirations based off of natural traction and good numbers. Help in our growth is greatly appreciated. :D

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