> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://thechocolatelife.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Interview &Tasting: Tandy Peterson, Embers Chocolate | #PodSaveChocolate Ep 156 - URL: https://thechocolatelife.com/interview-tasting-tandy-peterson-embers-chocolate-podsavechocolate-ep-156/ - Published: 2025-10-20T15:32:00.000Z - Updated: 2025-10-21T18:50:36.000Z - Description: Interview/Tasting episodes are my favorite - so note the later start time, because you won’t want to miss one! (If you’d like to be featured in a Q4 2025 tasting/interview episode, send me an email, DM, or comment below or on YouTube, LinkedIn, Facebook, or Instagram.) - Author: Clay Gordon - Tags: PodSaveChocolate, Live Stream **When and Where to Watch** 🗓️ This stream begins at 12:00 NOON ****PDT/MST** (1:00 MDT; 2:00 CDT, 3:00 pm EDT), on Tuesday, October 21st, 2025. Links below to watch LIVE and to view the archived episode. [Interview & Tasting: Tandy Peterson, Embers Chocolate | #PodSaveChocolate Ep 156Interview/Tasting episodes are my favorite - so note the one-hour later start time, because you won’t want to miss one! I first learned of Embers…![](https://thechocolatelife.com/content/images/icon/favicon_144x144-43.png)YouTube![](https://thechocolatelife.com/content/images/thumbnail/maxresdefault-33.jpg)](https://youtube.com/live/7H5XguTolrg?ref=thechocolatelife.com) Click on this (shareable) link to watch on YouTube. Please subscribe (free!) to the [@PodSaveChocolate YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/@podsavechocolate/featured?ref=thechocolatelife.com), like this video, comment, and ****share** this episode to help grow the #PSC community. This ****LINKEDIN** link is shareable. 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Woman-owned. Chef-driven. Unforgettable flavor.![](https://thechocolatelife.com/content/images/icon/Asset_6.png)Embers Chocolate![](https://thechocolatelife.com/content/images/thumbnail/Untitled_1080_x_720_px_1250_x_600_px_4_165579f6-cf6a-4a62-a837-7b6b4a8faccb.png)](https://emberschocolate.com/?ref=thechocolatelife.com) Embers Chocolate: Telling Stories Through Unique Flavors Forged in Fire. A winner in [Season 1 of the Craft Chocolat Challenge](https://www.craftchocolatchallenge.com/season-one?ref=thechocolatelife.com) (2022, Bronze in the Inclusions category), Tandy earned a Silver in 2023 ([Season 2](https://www.craftchocolatchallenge.com/season-two?ref=thechocolatelife.com)) in the Plain and Flavored White Chocolate category for her *Dreaming of Thailand* bar. More than two years later, even though I am less than 100 miles away from Phoenix, I have yet to visit the workshop. Nonetheless, I have stayed in touch with Tandy and her work. 1. Embers won Gold in the Plain and Flavored Dark Chocolate category for their 70% Wild Bolivia bar in the Craft Chocolat Challenge in [Season 3](https://www.craftchocolatchallenge.com/season-three?ref=thechocolatelife.com) (also garnering Top Overall Gold). 2. For [Season 4](https://www.craftchocolatchallenge.com/season-four?ref=thechocolatelife.com), Embers had attained MASTER status in the Craft Chocolat Challenge (they had won awards in three consecutive years) – the first to be so recognized. This means they could not enter into the 2025 Challenge. However, we ended up meeting in person (for the first time) in Rushville, IN, for the inaugural Midwest Craft Chocolate Festival. Embers and Tandy have been featured in several episodes of PodSaveChocolate because of their connection with the Challenge and the Festival, and about nine months ago we did an interview/tasting episode: [Tandy Peterson – Embers Chocolate, Interview & Tasting | #PodSaveChocolate Ep96Episode 96 of #PodSaveChocolate is an interview and tasting – my favorite episodes! – of Embers Chocolate with founder/chef Tandy Peterson.![](https://thechocolatelife.com/content/images/icon/JR_Pods60x60FavIconCutoutButtons-303.png)The Chocolate LifeClay Gordon![](https://thechocolatelife.com/content/images/thumbnail/Ep-096-Embers---Featured1920x1080-1-1.jpg)](https://thechocolatelife.com/tandy-peterson-embers-chocolate-interview-tasting-podsavechocolate-ep96/) In this episode the interview will cover: - Some big changes going on at Embers – new packaging and major expansion in the midst of uncertain and volatile economic indicators; and - A Live tasting of three chocolates – two single-origin bars and one seasonal flavored bar. (TBA during the episode.) - Inspirations, mentors, and other topics that come up and questions asked by the live participants. ![](https://thechocolatelife.com/content/images/2025/10/Embera-arch-Large.jpeg) ![](https://thechocolatelife.com/content/images/2025/10/Embers-cookie-Large.jpeg) ****Tandy’s** will be opening soon in Midtown Phoenix (at 24th ST and N Osborn). **Tandy’s** will be a 3-meal a day restaurant with more casual breakfast and lunch counter service and table service in the evening. Chocolate will be an important part of the concept, from drinking chocolates and in house pastries, to indulgent desserts. Chocolate production is open-kitchen concept for all to observe, from roasting to final production. --- ### **Comments? 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