Solis Quiroga is a 45 years old confectioner from Portugal Sandra with more than 8 years experience, currently living and working in Oporto, Portugal.

After working in some pastry shops, Sandra decides to go to Belgium to the one of the best chocolate Academies of the World Callebaut Academy, where she completed successfully numerous courses in confectionery under the guidance of famous chefs like Leornardo di Carlo ,Known by The Alchemist, experienced chef from Italy and Joseph Maria Rib, from Barcelona, spain.

After returning home she started to work as a trainer in a Professional school food, as the same time she started to develope some esquesite and delicious chocolate recipes.

In 2019 she won the first prize 2 Stars with the ?crunchy Lemon and honey bonbon? in the chocolate category at the concourse Great Taste. She is allways searching for new design ideas and flavours. She travel arround the world teaching and training those who wants to enter in the chocolate world.

Hi, my name is Suleica, I’m a Dominican chocolatier with a great passion for cacao and chocolate.
I am the creator of the Vanilla & Cardamom brand. I have worked in consultancies in the chocolate industry with important Dominican brands, such as Kahkow, Definite Chocolate and The Chocolate Experience.

SKILLS

Chocolate Maker
Recipe Development
Corporate Consulting
Chocolate Teacher.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Chef
VARGAS Catering | 2014-2017

Recipe Development
KAHKOW SRL | 2017-2019

Intern Chocolatier
Bean to Bar
Museu de la Xocolata.
Barcelona | 2019-2020

EDUCATION

Politécnico Victor Estrella Liz
Gastronomy and Culinary Arts. – 2014

Escola de Pastisseria del Gremi de Barcelona
Chocolate Master 2018.

Escola de Pastisseria del Gremi de Barcelona
Chocolate Master 2020

Escola de Pastisseria del Gremi de Barcelona Pastry
Currently studying