Brent Smith is Newfoundland's Chief Chocolate Officer

In This Episode

• Greg introduces Brent Smith who is a Newfoundland chocolate retailer calling in from Las Vegas, Nevada.
• We hear our guest’s personal story of how he and his wife decided to go into the chocolate business.
• Brent explains how part of the inspiration for the company was to afford to get their two sons to Disney World.
• Our hosts hear the story of the Newfoundland Chocolate Company's breakthrough, and how they became a chocolate retail company.
• Brent shares how having no paycheque one Christmas morning inspired him and his wife to grow their own business full-time.
• Listen in to this installment of the Boiling Point to hear the full story!

• Brent Smith is the CCO or Chief Chocolate Officer of the Newfoundland Chocolate Company.
• The Newfoundland Chocolate Company has won a number of awards including the St. John’s Board of Trade’s highest honour, the 2015 overall Business Excellence Award.
• In addition, Newfoundland Chocolates were named the Atlantic Food Product of the Year in 2012. They were named one of Canada’s top chocolates in 2013.
• Prior to his leap into the world of chocolate, Brent worked with and ran several non-profits. This included seven years at Easter Seals Society and five years in tobacco control policy.

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