Innovation is integral to his operation, as Gearhart’s line extends beyond traditional truffles to also encompass signature items like the Ommegang Rosetta Cherry Ale Chocolates. Those international influences still inform his blends of chocolate, which Gearhart creates by combining local sweet cream and butter with cacao beans sourced from around the world. His former cooking career enabled him to gain both culinary experience and plenty of ideas for his chocolate shop. Available in both milk chocolate and dark chocolate varieties, these jewel-toned creations come stuffed with an assortment of ganache fillings in flavors like mint, lime, green tea and even absinthe.Ĭharlottesville native Tim Gearhart brings a world of inspiration to his Virginia shop.
The confections are assembled and adorned in the cafe by Head Chocolatier Anette Righi DeFendi, who is particularly fond of the entrancingly green chocolates known as Emeralds. Created in 2007, these candies were the start of the chocolate line now offered at the Craverie Chocolatier Café located in The Shops at Woodlake Kohler. His vision for a craveworthy version of a beloved chocolate resulted in the terrapin, which pulls in smoky caramel and hand-picked pecans.
Kohler, Jr.’s enterprising spirit that led him to become the third generation to helm the Kohler Co., but it was his sweet tooth that prompted him to propel the business into the world of chocolate-making.
The origin story of the chocolates served at this resort cafe starts with a quest to perfect a classic pecan confection.
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