


Ruby introduced her first chocolate creation in the Fall of 2021, Bergamot, a dark chocolate infused with a strong Earl Grey. A recent Portland High School graduate, she is an accomplished baker who honed her skills while spending most of her childhood and teen years sailing around the world with her family. Ruby Bradford, Chocolatier: Ruby joined the team in June 2021 as an apprentice. Her outstanding contributions led to her promotion to Lead Chocolatier in January 2022. Sarah soon proved herself a full-fledged chocolatier when she earned a silver medal with her first confection, just six months into her tenure with us! Sarah's broad talents include a special skill for creating spicy chocolates, and the ability to maximize our production runs while staying faithful to our sky-high quality standards. Sarah Levine, Lead Chocolatier:Sarah is a Culinary Institute of America graduate (Hyde Park, NY) and pastry chef, who joined our team in March 2020. She makes periodic study trips to the Cacao Barry Chocolate Academy in Montreal, and once enjoyed studying with world-renowned chocolatier Ramon Morato.
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Catherine's passion for chocolate making began while growing up in France: at the age of 10 she created her first confection, a hard-as-a-rock hazelnut caramel! Mostly self-taught, she completed the 2013 Professional Chocolatier program at Ecole Chocolat. In the fall of 2017 came a move to Portland, and setting up production at the Fork Food Lab. Catherine started Chocolats Passion in 2014 in her Belmont, MA kitchen. Valentine week, '207', News Center Maine, February 2019Ĭatherine Wiersema, Founder. Our Story, as told on 'Plate the State', News Center Maine, March 2022 Catherine Wiersema, Sarah Levine, Ruby Bradford
