Inspired by Joao Tavares’s fine-flavored cocoa beans, gourmet chef/ psychoanalyst Samantha Aquim turns her talents toward chocolate, creating an amazing line of Brazilian premium chocolates.
It’s not often one comes across a chocolate maker who’s had two previous careers. Sure, it’s not unusual to find someone who’s been a pastry chef or hi-tech entrepreneur in his/her former life. But a psychoanalyst and a gourmet chef combined?
What’s even more surprising is that Samantha Aquim, from Aquim Gastronomia, continues to help run the family catering business in Rio de Janeiro as a gourmet chef. In addition, she also continues to draw upon her education reading and researching therapy.