Owner: Chris­tine Doerr

While won­der­ing what she’d be when she grew up, Chris­tine Doerr found her­self watch­ing a lot of Julia Child. It was the late 1980s, and cook­ing shows were becom­ing pop­u­lar. One day, Chris­tine announced, “I think I’ll be a chef!” and promptly moved to San Fran­cisco to attend the Cal­i­for­nia Culi­nary Acad­emy; After being turned off by a butch­ery class, she decided she liked sugar and flour more than raw meat, and her career as a pas­try chef began!

Chris­tine per­fected her craft as a pas­try chef dur­ing her more than 10 years of work­ing in mul­ti­ple estab­lish­ments in the San Fran­cisco Bay Area such as Palo Alto Bak­ing Com­pany, Draeger’s Mar­ket and Flea St. Café. She wanted to open her own busi­ness. “Wouldn’t choco­late truf­fles be yummy?” she asked her­self. Rather, she stuffed her back pock­ets full of culi­nary knowl­edge and expe­ri­ence, and went back to school to study graphic design. But soon, her long-held dream of cre­at­ing choco­late truf­fles using fresh, local, organic ingre­di­ents once again came knock­ing at the door. This time, Chris­tine answered, and Neo Cocoa was born.

Email: Email: christine@neococoa.com

Web­site: www.neococoa.com