SKYLIGHT BOOKS, Los Angeles - Book signing & chocolate tasting for CHOCOLATE BLISS
Photos from CHOCOLATE BLISS shoot....photographer: Jennifer Martine
CHOCOLATIERS & PASTRY CHEFS
Jacques Torres of Chocolate Haven & Food Network fame
Assortment from Chocolate Haven
ARTISAN CHOCOLATES BY KRISTY CHOO @ JIN PATISSERIE
CHOCOLATE SCULPTURE FROM CHEF LAURENT PAGES FROM BARRY-CALLEBAUT CHOCOLATE ACADEMY, CANADA
CHEF JOSHUA ORLANDO - LE CORDON BLEU COLLEGE OF CULINARY ARTS, LOS ANGELES
SWEET SLOOPS from HARBOR SWEETS in Massachusetts
CHEF EWALD NOTTER'S CHOCOLATE SCULPTURE @ THE WORLD PASTRY FORUM 2007
Susie Norris
Owner/Executive Pastry Chef
HAPPY CHOCOLATES CHOCOLATE BLISS VANILLA BLISS
Publicity:
Food Network's "Roker on the Road" - 2003; More Magazine - 2004; New York Times Magazine - 2003; Shoplift Magazine - 2004; The Berkshire Record - 2004, Pasadena Weekly - 2008, Blogs & NASFT & Star Chefs Book Review - 2010. Profile:
Chef Susie Norris specializes in chocolate, European cakes and confections. She teaches English Literature and Baking at Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts, Los Angeles. She has a certificate in Professional Baking from The Epicurean School of Culinary Arts and a B.A. in English Literature from Boston College. Prior to her work as a pastry chef, Susie spent 15 years as a television executive in Los Angeles. Her first book CHOCOLATE BLISS, was published by Celestial Arts/Random House in October 2009. Her next book is about vanilla.
Sweets for the Street - Ms. Shell's Bakery provides cakes, desserts and support to homeless and mentally impaired women through The Downtown Women's Center of Los Angeles.
Save Africa's Children - Ms. Shell's Bakery provides financial support to the children of impoverished African countries which supply 70% of the world's chocolate. This program is affiliated with the West Angeles Church of Los Angeles.