18/02/2023
Called to the bar: Having started her working life as a lawyer, Shobitha Ramadasan is a now certified chocolate sommelier who educates people about the delights and complexities of chocolate. She believes chocolate should be appreciated and savoured, just like fine wine.
'I had fallen into a depression and mindfulness wasn't working for me. When I was looking for a way to self-soothe, chocolate came into my life. I think now that it was divine intervention! Chocolate was a good medium for me... My therapist said 'Whatever it is, keep it up — it’s working!''
Her family were initially horrified when she took voluntary redundancy to go to chocolate school - but she knew it was what she wanted to do with her life. And when her husband's job relocated to Ireland, she started her business here, finding that Irish people love chocolate as much as she does. 'The Irish palate has become more refined and appreciative of good food, wine, whiskeys and coffee in the past few decades... and I believe chocolate will be next'
