No. 100
John Scharffenberger:
Winemaker to Chocolatier
The Conversation
The Restaurant Guys talk with John Scharffenberger about his premium line of chocolate which is the first “bean to bar” chocolate made in the United States. John talks about the history, sourcing, and the crucial details in creating some of the finest chocolate in the world!
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John Scharffenberger
John Scharffenberger started Scharffenberger Cellars known for their world-class California sparkling wine. He left the winery and started Scharffen Berger Chocolates in 1997 with Robert Steinberg.
If you want John’s Hot Chocolate recipe, email TheGuys@restaurantguyspodcast.com
THE INSIDE TRACK
The Guys were fans of John’s sparkling wine and are fans of his chocolate. This is how John describes his on-the-job training after his career shift.
“ I think we were just stupid when we started and the only way we knew how to do things were the way I had done things in the wine business [which] was just to be really careful about flavor. So we treated the beans like we used to treat grapes. We did blind tastings, we did lots of blind tastings, and only accepted beans that had flavors that we liked,”
John Scharffenberger on The Restaurant Guys Podcast 2007
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