In this episode of Owning Your Legacy, host Laurette Rondenet sits down with Katrina Markoff, founder of Violet Flame Chocolate and the original creator of the globally renowned chocolate brand Vosges Haut-Chocolat.

Katrina shares the remarkable journey that took her from studying chemistry and psychology at Vanderbilt to culinary training in Paris and eventually building one of the most innovative chocolate companies in the world. Her entrepreneurial path was guided by creativity, curiosity, and a willingness to follow intuition even when it meant taking risks others would not.

But success did not come without challenges.

After years of building her company, Katrina experienced profound personal and professional setbacks and ultimately lost control of the business she created. Rather than giving up, she chose to rebuild.

Now, as the founder of Violet Flame Chocolate, Katrina is creating a new vision for chocolate. Her new venture blends luxury craftsmanship, ritual, and creativity while encouraging people to reconnect with their inner voice and imagination.

This conversation explores entrepreneurship, resilience, intuition, and the power of starting again.

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In this episode:
✅ The rise of Vosges Haut-Chocolat
✅ What it feels like to lose the company you built
✅ How intuition shapes entrepreneurial decisions
✅ The inspiration behind Violet Flame Chocolate
✅ Rebuilding identity, creativity, and purpose after adversity

Credits
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