FOOD & DRINK
CHANGING THE CHOCOLATE INDUSTRY FOR GOOD ,
ONE BITE AT A TIME
Leading female pastry chef , and her celebrity chef partner , launch premium chocolate brand with ethics at the core
Cartografie launches its first independent East London chocolate studio and online shop
Cartografie is a brand-new chocolate company with a conscience ; not only does it produce Michelin-star quality handmade single origin chocolates , it also cares deeply about sustainability , biodiversity , and ethics .
Amidst the 2020 summer of Lockdown 1.0 , Kae Shibata , ex-Pastry Chef at The Ritz , and Sven-Hanson Britt , Winner of Masterchef The Professionals – The Rematch 2019 , found that the restaurant industry came to a grinding halt and they were both left without jobs .
With a passion for premium chocolate and a desire to change the industry for the better , they began sourcing the very best cocoa beans and produced boxes of beautifully handcrafted pralines and bon-bons and sold them through their social media platforms . Knowing too well the disastrous effects the chocolate industry has had on the environment and the people of the cocoa origin countries , they made it their mission to only source from ethicallyminded suppliers who could guarantee a level of provenance and traceability that matched their ethos . They sold out every single batch and the positive feedback kept rolling in .
Daniela Nunzi-Mihranian , Founder and Executive Creative Director of the award-winning design agency Studio Minerva , tasted the products and spotted an opportunity to create a powerful brand with meaning . Daniela ’ s unrivalled talent for creating ‘ purposeful and beautiful ’ design combined with Sven and Kae ’ s world-class products , resulted in the co-creation of Cartografie – an ethical and premium chocolate brand .
As cartographers of taste , the team are producing exquisite chocolate stories for a truly transportive experience . They believe that ‘ what grows together , goes together ’ and are venturing to uncharted territories of taste , sourcing the finest ingredients from the 20 degrees either side of the equator where cocoa beans ripen .
96 The Art of Luxury Issue 46 2021