Please come out to Atlanta and support Yountville Chef Emma Kate Veader. Chef Veader will be competing in The Chocolatier of Year at Pastry Live on Sunday-August 25th.
After a few years studying sculpture and design abroad in Italy, Emma Kate Veader returned to the states to attend the Culinary Institute of America at Greystone. During her education; with passion and precision, she interned under the Sweet Genius (Ron Ben-Israel) in New York where she deepened her interest and appreciation for artistic baking. Upon returning to the west coast, she graduated with honors with an Associates in Pastry and Baking and quickly turned her attention to broadening her craft to everything cacao.
A trip to the San Francisco based company TCHO inspired her to elevate Napa Valley's “wine and chocolate” trend to an echelon only The Hess Collection Winery and TCHO chocolates could define. Using Hess and its sister wines as the backbone for the pairing program, she utilizes TCHO Single-origin chocolate along with local ingredients to generate a new perspective and experience to all that come to enjoy the region . A year later, Emma continues to build onto the pastry program, developing new seasonal chocolates with each new wine releases. In addition, she hosts weekly yoga instruction for Hess employees. What could be better than chocolate, wine and yoga!"
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The Chocolatier of the Year competition is designed with small chocolatier business owners in mind, offering national recognition for their skills and the opportunity for these artisans to display their talents in a competitor friendly environment. In order to give the audience a voice in the judging process, attendees will have the chance to taste test the competitor’s chocolates and vote for their favorite chocolatier for the People’s Choice Award.
