Sustainable craft chocolate distribution, talks, and tastings by chocolate expert Valerie Beck.
Uplift Through Chocolate!
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In the news, on video, on podcasts, more!
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(Old media from the "1.0" days pre-rebranding, coming soon, or check our old youtube to start!)
Culinary Historians podcast, where I spoke on "From Cacao to Craft Chocolate: Stories from the Past, Sustainability for the Future." Upbeat!
What a thrill to be "uplifted" by photographer Kentaro Yamada of The Uplifted, who highlights joy, accomplishment, and success through his photographs of entrepreneurs and visionaries levitating what we love!
VoyageChicago interview, on how I started, obstacles overcome, how to find success within!
Talking health benefits of chocolate, and how to select the good stuff, in the Chicago Sun-Times!
Video for the Haitian Chocolate Project: How to Taste Chocolate
Listed in Women in Tech, under Chocolate Uplift!
Delighted to be quoted in the Daily Herald about delicious and gorgeous Geneva, IL, where I have a chocolate tour route!
Thank you to dear Fashionista Chicago for the awesome blog interview, and for using my photos!
Loved chatting on the excellent Tiebreakers podcast as a former ("recovered") attorney!
I had a blast on the Lauren Ignited podcast, talking about chocolate, cacao, and culinary entrepreneurship! Plus: how to avoid child labor in your chocolate, relaunching the chocolate tours in 2016 that I originally founded in 2005 and ran until 2014, and how to eat chocolate for breakfast!
Our YouTube channel from the "1.0" days of Chicago Chocolate Tours, including our TV news video montage!