User:Renachoc

Hello, my background is in chocolate manufacturing for specialty gourmet products and chocolate decorations for food service and retail bakeries and industrial manufacturers for cakes, cookies and individual desserts. I was the Founder and President of Chocolates à la Carte for 25 years.

The key to Chocolates à la Carte’s success over the years was an eye for developing new trends that helped maintain the company’s reputation as a “think tank” for chocolate. As an industry “insider” I have developed relationships with the key buyers in many major nationally recognized retail and foodservice accounts. The products that Chocolates à la Carte developed are served on a daily basis in five star hotel properties throughout the United States.

Additionally I was instrumental in the development of a number of high-visibility private label chocolate programs which can be found in national retailers in their candy and in-store bakery departments. Under her guidance, the company continued to gain a wide and far reaching hold on its specialty chocolate niche.

In my off-time, I have champion Field Spaniels. One of them CC, Calico’s Undercover Agent is the first Field Spaniel to achieve Master Agility Champion (MACh). She has over 15 grand puppies, being the DAM of one litter that produced 4 Bitches and 2 Dogs. I have been an active sponsor of many homeless and food bank projects and have taken an active role in bringing pastry chefs to charity functions. These include Wolfgang Puck’s Wine and Food Festival for Meals on Wheels in Los Angeles, Five Star Sensation for Ireland Cancer Center in Cleveland, Ohio, Share our Strength events and for many years co-chaired the Foundation Gala for Holy Cross Hospital. I am also active in professional organizations and on the Advisory Board of Careers through Culinary Arts Program (C-CAP) which provides scholarships to Culinary Schools to disadvantaged high school students.