#29 - Carolina Quijano of Exquisito Chocolates - a podcast by Ray Chmielecki

On this episode of the Spoon Mob Podcast, Ray talks with founder/owner/head chocolatier Carolina Quijano of Exquisito Chocolates in Miami, Florida about growing up in Colombia, moving back to Miami Florida for college at the University of Miami, getting a job in New York City during the recession, how she first discovered good chocolate while traveling to Paris, quitting her job and moving back to Miami to start a chocolate business, where the name Exquisito comes from, building a cacao sourcing network from scratch, how she vets cacao farms, how covid affected cacao harvesting, pitching her business to investors and entrepreneurs, finding and growing into the space for Exquisito, the process of making all their chocolate goodies, being recognized by the Academy of Chocolate, how covid affected Exquisito as a business, what’s next, answers the question left behind from F.L.X. Table sommelier Chris Dillman, and more before taking on the "burning grill" questions! For more on chocolatier Carolina Quijano and Exquisito Chocolates, visit spoonmob.com/carolinaquijano and follow her on Instagram @exquisitochocolates. Visit exquisitochocolates.com for online ordering and tour reservations. For all things Spoon Mob, visit spoonmob.com and make sure to follow us on Instagram (@spoonmob), Twitter (@spoonmob1), and Facebook (@spoonmob1). Audio Editing by @TrackEditPrint. Intro music by @kabbalisticvillage.

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