Description: Episode 5 of the Well Tempered podcast - a show about the crafty, smart, and creative women in the chocolate industry - hosted by Lauren of WKND Chocolate features Sophia Rea of Projet Chocolat. Based in Nashville, Tennessee, she is a chocolate sommelier, business owner, chocolate history buff & antiquities collector.  The aim of her company Projet Chocolat is to 'educate and elevate the culture and history of chocolate' through their line of services and fine chocolate accoutrements. 

Themes discussed in this episode:

• Sophia's culinary and musical background that led her to represent chocolate as art

• The essentialness of esthetics within the fine chocolate market

• Europe's reference to chocolate throughout their cultural history

• Finding your strengths and building your team around them

• Historial drinking chocolate recipes

• Utilizing sensorial memories as gateways to further comprehension within chocolate tasting