At the New Fire Festival in Trinidad and Tobago in 2019, agro processor Andrew Campbell, 32, who was already involved in dehydrating local fruits for snacks, was encouraged to get involved in chocolate making by a Trinidadian social activist and chocolatier and so began his sojourn into the chocolate making cottage industry.
“I took my dried fruit products over there. During my time in Trinidad I met with Gillian Goddard, social activist and chocolatier, who gave me that push to see the value in the cocoa trees we have here. She not only encouraged but assisted in procuring a concher and a juicer for me and that was how I started with chocolate making in 2019.”
