Nanou’s Story
Nanou learnt to bake with her Alsacian(from Alsace) grandma and has kept fond memories of that time. Lots of butter and cream for most of these delicious cakes from Alsace. She always enjoyed sharing her creations with friends and families and wondered how she could expand her audience and turn it into a small business.
Videogame
Videogame
Robot
Videogame
After many years in tech, from working on the creation of video games to experimenting with robots, neural network, and even semantic, Nanou spent a few years giving back to the Oakland community through Running for A Better Oakland, a non-profit that she led from 2016 to 2019. It was a tough decision to move on from this latest amazing experience but the call to be more available for her grandchildren was stronger. This led Nanou to explore more flexible activities and led her back to her forever passion to spend rime in the kitchen: a chemist at heart! Combine that with an artistic call which is half of the work in the creation of decorated chocolates and a new vocation was born…
RBO
RBO
Nanou loves her piece of chocolate after a meal. In 2020, she got frustrated when her source of crunchy praline chocolates ran out of stock. Nanou had always been intrigued by the art of making chocolate confections so she looked for a recipe, landed on the Full of Plants website, bought a mold and with no other experience made her first batch of 21 vegan praline chocolates. These were tasty but did not look as good as Nanou wished and after a few more attempts, it was decided that a class would help. In 2021, she finally enrolled in the Ecole Chocolat Chocolatier Class and graduated with honor. Since then Nanou has been experimenting on her own, improving her techniques through more classes and getting more inspiration on Instagram.
Chocolate Lab
Chocolate Lab
Chocolate Molds
background photo : Nanou is experimenting with brushes & stencils
Chocolate Training Timeline
December 2021
Completed with Honor the Professional Chocolatier Program from Ecole Chocolat
March 2022
Completed the Chocolate Quality & Shelf Life Program from Ecole Chocolat
2022 -2023
Turned our dining room into my chocolate lab, got more molds, more chocolates, colored cocoa butter and flooded my friends and family with chocolates and more chocolates….
January 2023
Completed the UServe Food Handler Training Program
March 2023
Completed the Color on Chocolate Masterclass from Ecole Chocolat
May 2023
Received a Cottage Food Operation Permit from the County of Alameda
June 2023
ItCanBeVegan.com Grand Opening
Thanks to the support of my family and friends, I now feel ready to share my best recipes with you and can’t wait to hear your comments and get your feedback.
