{"id":1733,"date":"2012-05-17T17:15:31","date_gmt":"2012-05-17T17:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salvationarmy.ca\/britishcolumbia\/how-sweet-it-is\/"},"modified":"2025-05-26T11:25:35","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T11:25:35","slug":"how-sweet-it-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salvationarmy.ca\/britishcolumbia\/2012\/05\/17\/how-sweet-it-is\/","title":{"rendered":"How sweet it is."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Salvation Army was pleased to welcome Head Chocolatier<em> <\/em>from Purdy&#8217;s Chocolates, Gary Mitchell,<strong> <\/strong>to Belkin House to host a morning of chocolate education and tasting for residents and clients.<\/p>\n<p>The Salvation Army is extremely appreciative for this opportunity as residents learnt about chocolate making and were even able to create their own chocolate bark to enjoy!\u00a0 Not to mention, this was a fantastic opportunity to learn from someone with as much experience and skill as Gary brings to the table.<\/p>\n<p>Gary shared, &#8220;it was our pleasure to do the presentation today, it is always fun to play with Chocolate and the group today was great I really had fun sharing my passion with them and hope we can do it again in the future.\u00a0 There is nothing better than Chocolate and good company and today was a joy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>At Purdy\u2019s, Gary leads the Product Development Team as they create new chocolates. He is credited with creating and designing Purdy\u2019s \u201cSmoothies\u201d line of chocolates. His award winning creation, \u201cCaramel Carnival\u201d was honored as the Best New Piece at Retail Confectioners\u2019 International Conference in Atlanta, Georgia in 2004. The newest collection Gary created is the very popular \u201cMayans\u201d selection. The inspiration for these pieces came while driving through Mexico and visiting many of the Mayan ruins.<\/p>\n<p>Many of Gary\u2019s Chocolate bar creations have found their place in the \u201cCraving Stations\u201d in Purdy\u2019s chocolate shops across Canada. 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