Chocolate historian Sophia Rea, former chef to entertainers and Atlas Obscura course instructor, hosts deliciously fun, interactive, and informative chocolate tastings & talks. With an extensive background in chocolate art history and over thirty five years working in hospitality, she brings enthusaism to audiences with palate pleasing chocolate delights and cultivates curiosity with each bite.

Featured in Chocolate Connoisseur Magazine, WSMV, and The Wall Street Journal, you can attend her talk at The French Embassy in Washington DC for The DC Chocolate Festival. She’s a supporting member of The World Taste & Smell Association and the first person to create an olfactory training tool that is used by The World Cocoa Research Center, Shawn Askinosie’s Chocolate University, and patisserie chefs, chocolate makers, and chocolatiers world wide. Sophia is also a guest lecturer at museums and leading Universities.

Sophia is the founder of The Women in Chocolate Retreat in Santa Fe, New Mexico, a community that supports women working in the chocolate industry. Passionate about her own ancestors, Sophia is also on the planning committee for IndigeNash, Nashville’s Indigenous Arts Festival, breaking down walls and building bridges. She also hosts The Nashville Chocolate Salon, where she currently lives.

Sophia eats chocolate every day.