At The Time I Entered Chef School, I Had No Idea That There Were Such A Thing As Gourmet Chocolate Candies. When I Thought Of Gourmet, I Immediately Pictured Steaks And French Cuisine. Gourmet Candy Was Beyond The Scope Of My Limited World. After All, What Could Be Better Than A Hershey's Chocolate Bar? Quite A Bit, It Turns Out!During An Apprenticeship To A Chocolatier Following My Culinary Education, I Became Enamored Of Gourmet Chocolate Candy. Every Day, I Would Spend Morning Till Night Making Gourmet Candies. It Was A Lot Of Work, And It Would Have Burned Some People Out, But I Was Loving Every Moment Of It. Although The Hours Were Long And The Job Did Not Pay Very Well, I Didn't Mind. I Was Learning A Valuable Skill, And I Got To Eat All The Gourmet Candies I Could Possibly Want. It Wasn't Until Later, However, When I Discovered My True Love.Don't Get Me Wrong, Gourmet Chocolates Are Good. Gourmet Hard Candy, However, Is Even Better. I Was Hired By A Toffee Maker, And Was Exposed To Tastes That Completely Blew My Mind. The Gourmet Candies We Made Were Like Nothing I Had Ever Imagined. Soon, I Was Coming Up With My Own Recipe Ideas And They Were Selling Like Hotcakes. After A While, An Idea Occurred To Me. Although I Liked My Job, It Didn't Make Sense To Stay On And Work For The Candy Maker When I Could Use My Own Recipes In My Own Shop. I Quit As Soon As I Could Scrape Some Funds Together, And Started A Gourmet Candy Store Of My Own. It Has Done Very Well.
