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SAVANNAH’S ONLY CHOCOLATIER NAMED TOP TEN CHOCOLATIER IN NORTH AMERICA
Pastry Chef/Chocolatier: Adam Turoni, founder of Chocolat by Adam Turoni, maker of artisan chocolate truffles named Top Ten chocolatier by leading dessert magazine: Dessert Professional.
SAVANNAH’S ONLY CHOCOLATIER NAMED TOP TEN CHOCOLATIER IN NORTH AMERICA
Pastry Chef/Chocolatier: Adam Turoni, founder of Chocolat by Adam Turoni, maker of artisan chocolate truffles named Top Ten chocolatier by leading dessert magazine: Dessert Professional.
Savannah, GA (Januray 13, 2016) – Savannah’s only artisan chocolatier, named Top Ten Chocolatier of North America by Dessert Professional Magazine in the January 2016 issue.
Chocolat by Adam Turoni, was founded in Savannah, GA in 2010 by CIA (Culinary Institute of America, New York) graduate, Adam Turoni. Turoni moved to Savannah, GA in 2009 and started his eponymous Chocolate business in 2010, as a wholesale operation only, in the hip Starland District (Desoto Avenue). In October 2012, he opened his first retail location in the popular business corridor of Broughton St (323 W Broughton St, Savannah, GA 31401) and a second location in August 2015 off the “Forest Gump” square: Chippewa Square (236 Bull Street, Savannah, GA 31401).
Dessert Professional Magazine, the nation’s leading food service publication for the chocolate, pastry, cake, artisan bread and frozen desserts industries, is proud to announce their 2015 Top Ten Chocolatiers in North America. Dessert Professional magazine Top Ten Awards are given out annually in a ceremony held in New York, NY. The Award acknowledges that the fine chocolate industry continues to evolve, and recipients of the award represent the chocolatiers in North America, who are among the finest in the world. The selection of the Top Ten Chocolatiers honors North American-based chocolatiers whose craft is distinctive and has elevated the chocolate industry.
The list includes chocolate artists with diverse backgrounds. Some are former pastry chefs, while others began as chocolatiers. Some are self-taught, while others have been classically trained.
The first-ever Top Ten Chocolatiers in North America industry and media event will be held on Wednesday, January 27, 2016 at The Institute of Culinary Education (ICE) in New York City. The event is presented by Cacao Barry and Kerekes.
This recognized is the culmination of many years of perfecting a craft and continuously pushing to create new flavor combinations with a whimsical approach that stays true to the brand.
Chocolat by Adam Turoni is a whimsical luxurious place that exists in its own world, where Marie Antoinette meets Alice Wonderland. It beckons our guests to get immersed in the story we are telling with the flavors & look of each truffle. The stores are located in the beautiful southern city of: Savannah, GA. It is full of hundred year old Oak trees, laden in moss, surrounded by marsh lands, with a euro-southern architecture that draws crowds of people year after year to visit. It is a city of tours. Cemetery tours, Square tours, house tours and more. Known and cherished for its hospitality and eccentricity that makes it unique.
With this in mind, the interior of our stores (designed by: HRH The Duchess of State, decorator: Alexandra Trujillo de Taylor) are an invitation to tour our House of Chocolat by Adam Turoni. Our first store (323 W Broughton St, Savannah, GA 31401, opened Oct 2012) is designed as a chocolate dining room. Guest arrive to find themselves in the midst of an Alice in Wonderland chocolate tea party. Our banquet french table is laden with our packaged items, inviting you to join the revelry. The individual truffle chocolates are on display in a floor to ceiling, grand breakfront among bone china and Limoges teapots and a buffet table, awaiting the discovery in its drawers, not of sterling silver flatware, but our gold leafed lion head almond bark medallions & our golden baileys truffles. We invite our guests to take a silver tray & explore the china cabinet and discover all the chocolate truffles within.
The second store (236 Bull St, Savannah, GA 31401, opened Aug 2015) is designed as a chocolate library. The chocolate truffles are catalogued in bookcases among encyclopedias, novels & art walls. Each section is organized in alphabetical order, marked at the beginning of each book shelf row with antique brass plates. As in the dining room, our guests use custom made index card drawer wooden trays to place their selections as they explore the catalogue of offering around the library.
Each store has its own kitchen, open to view to our guests, so that they make watch me (and my chocolatier assistants) as we make everything in each store.
Over 20 truffle varieties make up our signature collection in addition to 4/5 seasonal truffles. They range from the traditional milk & dark peanut butter cups topped with sea salt to our airbrushed habanero caramels, handpiped Red Velvet Cake truffle & our bruleed to order crème brulee truffle. Our package line consist of over 30 items plus seasonal offerings, including our Honeycomb chocolate bar, our custom made keyhole chocolate bar, our Florentine cookies with candied orange or lemon peels, our bacon butter pecan toffee, hazelnut dragees & chinoiserie jasmine coconut moon pies.
Our signature chocolate, by far, is our Savannah Bee chocolate bar. A 72% dark chocolate bar filled with a liquid wildflower honey center locally sourced from Savannah Bee Company and finished in a gold luster. Arguably, our most unique piece, would be The Midnight Cherry Eclipse: 88% maraciabo single origin dark chocolate shell, finished with George Melies 1890’s quintessential moon, printed on a smoked wafer paper, topped with locally grown hand crystalized flowered tarragon, and a luxardo cherry on a 88% dark chocolate melt away center.
Since starting founding the company, Chocolat by Adam Turoni has been featured on The Paula Deen Show in February 5th, 2011 episode of “Paula’s Best Dishes – Always room for Chocolate”, in the 2nd Season of the Travel Channel’s show: The Booze Traveler (Dec 2015) and winning a food award for the Honey Comb Chocolate Bar in June 2015 by Southern Living Magazine.
For additional information/interviews contact: Alexandra Trujillo de Taylor, VP – Chocolat by Adam Turoni (912-660-4445) chocolatat@ymail.com www.chocolatat.com