show Andrew the hard work that goes into running a business.”
Through her dedication to the farmers markets, Cathy succeeded in
increasing her clientele. Customers frequented the Williamsburg farmers market
with insulated bags “to get their fix,” she says. This July she turned a former
dog groomer’s shop into her own commercial kitchen. The family would come
back from the farmers markets on the weekends to renovate the future shop.
“After being in business for three years I went back to the first step by investing
the money in a commercial kitchen of my own,” she observed, “but it has been
a really great decision.”
Currently the chocolatier does three farmers markets a week: Williamsburg
and Lakeside (in season) and the Byrd House. She also sells to the Lewis Ginter
Botanical Garden, and makes a port truffle and bark exclusive to Emerson’s
wine and cheese. She is planning one of her frequent tastings, this time of
passion fruit truffles, and a busy, yet prosperous, Valentine’s season of truffles
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To Satisfy Your Chocolate Cravings
Cathy Churcher, Chocolate Cravings LLC
6929 Lakeside Avenue
Richmond, VA 23228
804-363-6873
(Call for hours)
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden
1800 Lakeside Avenue
Richmond, VA 23228
804-262-9887
Ellwood Thompson’s
4 North Thompson Street
Richmond, VA 23221-2718
804-359-7525
Emerson’s Wine and Cheese
5716 Grove Avenue
Richmond, VA 23226
804-285-8011
Williamsburg Farmers Market
402 W. Duke of Gloucester
Williamsburg, VA 23185
757-259-3768
Lakeside Farmers Market
6110 Lakeside Ave.
Richmond, VA 23228
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Byrd House Farmers Market
V intern Leah Small was very much inspired by Cathy’s
224 South Cherry
lifestyle. She vows never to stop herself from doing the things
Richmond, VA 23220
that she really wants to do. She hopes her own life will be
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as rich as Cathy’s barks.
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