“After working for 6 years in research companies, I created Esprit Chocolat, thus turning my passion into a career.
After a tour in cocoa plantations in Mexico followed by a fact-finding visit in the San Francisco Bay Area to research new chocolatiers, I created Esprit Chocolat, a company specialized in the organization of chocolate tastings and chocolate tours.”
Lauranie Nonotte, founder of Esprit Chocolat

2003 -2007
Formal training at the Université du Chocolat, Paris (IESA).
2007 and 2010
Training in Sensory Evaluation at the Center for internationale cooperation
in agronomical research
for development (CIRAD), Montpellier.
Since 2009
Vice-President of the Club Chocolatez-Vous.