No denying destiny: Couple buys Van's Chocolates after two bids fall through
Will and Celeste Ralston buy North Carolina Chocolate shop from Vanderlois family
They say good things come to those who wait. Sometimes yes, and sometimes no. For Will Ralston, the opportunity to purchase a second-generation chocolate business seemed to have come and gone twice.
Ralston, who was vacationing with his wife Celeste in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina near Ashville, opted to visit a couple of chocolate shops in the area. Both were interested in running a chocolate shop, but it was Celeste’s idea to see if one of the two shops, Downtown Chocolates in Brevard and Van’s Chocolates in Hendersonville, was for sale. Turned out Van’s was.