A Day in the Life of a Chocolatier

Meet Diana Haibel. She's one of our customer's and a participant in our training "A Day in the Life of a Chocolatier". This is a one on one day with Chocolatier Mona Newbauer and her staff preparing different recipes, dipping, and enrobing chocolates.

The day started at 10 am and finished up around 4 pm. I offered Diana a lunch break but she opted to work straight through right along with me. What a chocolate trooper! Throughout the day we made truffles, dipped truffles, decorated truffles, coconut bark, dipped macaroons, chocolate covered grahams, sea foam, toffee, and of course, we chatted all day about chocolate. In the picture Diana is piping the Definitely Dark Dessert Truffle ganache into a flexipan mold. This is only one of the ways that truffles are created.

If you'd like to see pictures of Diana playing throughout the day at the chocolate shop, please click on this link: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/album.php?aid=129983&id=179177009416&ref=mf and it will direct you to our FaceBook Fans Photo Albums. A Day in the Life of a Chocolatier is offered per request at a cost of $75. I truly like playing one one one and because of this, it gives the participant the opportunity to plan the day according to what they want to learn. It's a wonderful experience.

This is what Diana says about her experience at the chocolate shop: "WONDERFUL day spent with you....my eyes have been opened and I'm very appreciative of what a day looks like on the other side of the counter. WOW ! I won't take anything for granted again.....lots of work, talent, special touch goes into every bite ! Thanks for the time, shirt, hat, truffles, PATIENCE, fine job teaching. I truly had a great, great day !"

For more information about this or any other event at Mona's Island Angel Chocolates, please contact Chocolatier Mona Newbauer at 360-221-2728.