Jael Skeffington: French Broad Chocolates (Asheville, NC)
Video from The Southern Fork. Watch on YouTube.
What you'll get
Jael Skeffington, co-founder and CEO of French Broad Chocolates in Asheville, tells host Stephanie Burt how a chocolate passion and a Costa Rica cafe in 2006 grew into a bean-to-bar company with a downtown shop and a factory where visitors watch chocolate being made. She covers buying cacao through a sharp price rise, making joint products with other WNC food founders, and building community among fellow chocolate makers, which helps if you are weighing ingredient costs or local collaborations.
Do this week
Pick one WNC maker whose product pairs with yours and email them a short proposal for a limited-run product you would sell together.