Lorraine
Director

Lorraine set up Chocolart in 2009 and initially did everything by herself before taking on staff.  She also owns a Antique Auctioneers with her husband. They have one son who regularly benefits from mum owning a chocolate business. Lorraine is also interested in music and is part of Duskk blue. Listen here: http://soundcloud.com/duskk-blue and is rather proud that her nephews are disclosure: http://disclosureofficial.com/ . If good old rock and roll is your thing then her husband plays in Dark ages: http://www.darkagesrock.co.uk/.
Lorraine is often asked but will never tire of chocolate.

Joanna
Manager

Joanna joined Chocolart in September 2010 initially as a part time assistant as she has two teenage daughters that took up most of her spare time. Rianna, her eldest daughter now works at Chocolart and Joanna has taken on the role of Manager . Her youngest daughter Maddie is keen to join the ever increasing staff soon. Joanna is a qualified Chef and trained at Westminster College from there she worked in restaurants in London, for the RAF and then as Head Chef for Unilever. In 1995 Joanna changed career paths to work as a Legal Secretary for an established firm of Solicitors in Epsom. While her girls were growing up she also became a registered childminder and enjoys working with children of all ages. On the rare occasion of days off in the Spring and Summer months Joanna enjoys gardening and is a very competitive Bowls player and has been very successful each year for the past 25 years in winning trophies and club competitions

Trudy

Trudy joined Chocolart right at the beginning. Chocolate has been in her blood since her father had a sweet shop when she was a child so it has always been part of her  life!  She trained as a librarian and worked in various publishing houses. She has 2 children and while bringing them up, transcribed tapes at home. She has always enjoyed domestic things – sewing, knitting, cooking – and makes the Chocolart Birthday cakes!  She's also a keen gardener and and  plants the Chocolart window boxes. As well as these hobbies, her other passion is art and she will travel as far as Paris to see an exhibition she is interested in. To keep fit she cycles and has already cycled from Redhill to Paris. This summer she will be cycling from Redhill to Copenhagen to raise funds for the Redhill YMCA.

Sue

 

Sue has been at Chocolart since the start but has many other interests. She discovered patchwork quilting a few years ago and has made a patchwork quilt by hand and meets up regularly with a group of like minded people. She is keen on walking, card making and has painted on tiles. She also volunteers at Reigate Community Centre and helps with reading at a local school. Sue is also a member of East Surrey Operatic Society and The Opera Club of Reigate and Redhill where she performs in musicals at The Harlequin Theatre, Redhill. www.esos.org.uk . When not doing all the above she manages to find time to go to her holiday apartment in the Costa Calida, Spain.

Kate

I have been working at Chocolart since September 2011, the job has suited me perfectly as I love working with people, putting a smile on peoples faces and I find it hard to sit still so the fast pace we work suits me well. Outside of working and finishing my A levels, I am a keen athlete, I rarely leave the gym, and if not there, racing long distance on the track or cross country, representing Epsom and Ewell and Tadworth and newly representing southern England. Possibly the greatest highlight of my running career was the Reading Half Marathon, in which i was able to forget the competitive side of being an athlete and enjoy fundraising and the atmosphere. I hope to lead on to study International Hospitality Management, inspired purely from working at Chocolart.

Nakita

Nakita Swart has been working weekends and school holidays at Chocolart since November 2011. Her full time job is as a Teaching Assistant at a local secondary school where she is also managing to study for a GCSE in fashion .
Having worked as a nanny for three years and also currently working with teenagers, she is proving to be a very helpful Aunt to her niece and nephew.
When she is not a work, her passion is food – including baking , cake decorating and creating new dishes. Also travelling is high on her list, especially as her family live in Dubai – a place she regularly visits.

Kristine

Kristine joined Chocolart late 2011. In between the chores of running a household of 5, she also works as a nurse. Kristine and family relocated from Denmark in the summer of 2006. Kristine has always loved chocolate (as most nurses do) and will vouch for the excellent medicinal properties of the precious cocoa bean, whilst awaiting the world’s first solely chocolate-based diet to be announced!
Kristine who has 3 chickens roaming freely in her Reigate garden, also co-owns 5 acres of land in West Sussex where she and her husband grows organic hazelnuts, willow and various other plants for the organic industry.
Kristine also assists at the Reigate Squash Club by organising matches for one of the junior teams, and she is a member of the local Women’s Institute. Reading is also one of Kristine's interests, and she is a member of a local book club.

Aaron

Aaron has been working at Chocolart since the end of 2011 and is currently studying Biomedical Sciences at St.George’s University of London. Aaron is a keen Rugby player and currently plays for both the University team and Chipstead RFC and also supports London Irish http://www.london-irish.com/ . He also enjoys football, having played previously for Horley Town for 8 years and supports Manchester United. Aaron has also undertaken some charity work and visited the Masaai in Tanzania in 2011 in order to construct a school, as well as raising money during both his school and university RAG week events. After his degree, he hopes to further his education by studying Medicine in the hope of becoming a doctor

Marcel

"I am one of the newest employees at Chocolart, and loving it! Being a people's person it is the perfect place for me! I am currently studying the IB at Box Hill School and will hopefully move on to university to study Events Management - I hope to use these skills to open up my own business.
In my spare time I adore singing, and perform at many different events, particularly at fundraisers as I am the first ever Nelson Mandela Children's Trust UK Student Ambassador which is such an honor! I love being productive and creative... this is why I like working at Chocolart, seeing the finished products that are made makes it all worth it, and they are made of Chocolate... what could be better!?" http://www.mandela-children.org.uk/

Riz

Rianna is currently studying for her A Levels at Reigate College. She is a creative person and achieved 100% in Art and Textiles at GCSE. When she's not working at Chocolart she enjoys catching up with friends and doing a range of different sports. Rianna attends a Epsom Hockey Club every Sunday and also enjoys skiing and rock climbing. Rianna thinks that Chocolart is a great place to work as it's fun (despite the hard work) and thinks that Chocolart always smells heavenly with the sweet aroma of chocolate.

Becky

Becky is one of the newest members of the team having joined Chocolart in February 2013. She is currently in year 13 and is studying for her A levels at Reigate College. She is hoping to go Brunel University in September to study Sociology. In her spare time she loves singing and she is currently working towards her grade 7 exam in June, having achieved a Distinction in her grade 6 last year. Becky also works at an afterschool club at Holmesdale Infant School in Reigate, working with children aged 4-7.

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