Hi there! (And happy 1.23.24 if you’re reading this the day I’m writing it! : )
Fun news: the Chicago candy history documentary I’m in is out, produced by Chicago’s awesome PBS affiliate, WTTW, and you can see it here online:
https://interactive.wttw.com/chicago-stories/candy-capital/video?v=full-ep
The official premiere took place in fall —
Chicago Stories: Candy Capital premieres on Friday, October 27 at 8:00 pm on WTTW and streaming on the PBS app and wttw.com/chicagostories.
Taping was last winter, and if I can figure out how to get the behind-the-scenes photos I took from my old phone, I shall share!
In the meantime, an oldie but goodie for you: here is a sizzle reel of clips from some of my TV appearances during the Chicago Chocolate Tours days — the first company I founded, and the first chocolate tour company in the world, based on an idea I developed when I was 19, though I didn’t found the business officially until some time later! I founded the original, official, business in 2005, and opened in additional cities starting in 2009. I still have media from our Philadelphia Chocolate Tours, Boston, etc., too
Do you know that my fabulous team of Tourguides, Managers, and other amazing indiviuals — collectively, the Choc Stars! — grew to 50 people, in multiple cities, and that we operated around 22 tours in Chicago per week, 15 tours a week in Philadelphia, and 5 in Boston, with seasonal or special-event tours in New York, DC, and Beverly Hills? I remain proud of the team, honored to work with our vendors, and grateful for our customers — the Tourguests.
Oh the fun we had! And the chocolate!
Thank you to the WTTW team for additional fun, and history, in the form of the new documentary!
Your friend in chocolate,
Valerie
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