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Confectionery Company to Host Grand Re-Opening Event at The Shoppes at University Town Center SARASOTA, Fla. – Norman Love Confections (NLC), specializing in exquisite, hand-crafted chocolate masterpieces, artisanal baked goods, gourmet desserts and gelato, announces a grand re-opening event to celebrate the relocation of its Sarasota chocolate salon. The new salon remains within University Town Center (UTC) and is now located next to Trader Joe’s at The Shoppes at UTC at 8109 Cooper Creek Blvd., University Park, FL 34201. The grand re-opening event will take place on Monday, April 1 at 11:30 am. The first 25 people to arrive will receive complimentary swag bags. “The new location is a prime spot within the Shoppes at University Town Center, and we look forward to elevating our presence in the Sarasota community as an interactive and immersive dessert experience where people share sweet moments over gorgeous gourmet works of art while sipping on specialty coffee drinks, such as espresso, cappuccinos and lattes,” said Chef Norman Love, founder of Norman Love Confections. “Chocolate is an art, it’s a love language and it’s a long-standing passion of mine that I cherish sharing with the Sarasota community. We’re eager to celebrate our relocation and continue to spread the love with our delectable and visually captivating desserts.” The Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce will commemorate the event with a ribbon cutting ceremony, which will feature remarks from Chef Love and Norman Love Confections CEO Lisa Fisher. Live entertainment and complimentary refreshments will follow the ceremony. “We encourage the local community to stop by and enjoy the festivities on April 1,” said Fisher. “Guests will have the chance to mingle with Chef Love who is applauded for his creative concepts and innovative contributions that have significantly influenced the pastry industry. The layout of the new salon is a great fit for our products and clientele, giving us the opportunity to connect with shoppers in an intimate and thoughtfully designed space. We are grateful to have the opportunity to provide our gourmet confections to even more people through the increased traffic in this area. It is a privilege to be a part of the UTC family and we are eager to continue to build relationships that cater to the Sarasota community.” For more information, visit www.normanloveconfections.com. About Norman Love Confections Norman Love Confections® was founded in 2001 by Norman Love, a world-renowned pastry chef with 13 years of experience opening Ritz-Carlton hotels as the company’s executive pastry chef. Norman Love Confections has received national recognition for its artistic and aesthetic presentation of its chocolates. Each piece is handcrafted from premium chocolate, butter, nuts, spices, and natural flavorings. The end result is a line of signature chocolates and whimsical novelties that taste, look, and smell unlike anything else. Norman Love Confections’ chocolates, gift baskets, sipping chocolate and specialty items can be ordered online at www.normanloveconfections.com or at its chocolate salons in Fort Myers, Estero, Naples and Sarasota. Norman Love Confections has been named the best premium chocolate company in the United States six times since 2006, and has been featured in USA Today, The TODAY Show, National Geographic, InStyle, Martha Stewart Living, O, the Oprah Magazine, Forbes, Huffington Post, The Daily Telegraph, Robb Report, and Dessert Professional, among others. For more information visit www.normanloveconfections.com or call 239-561-7215. - END - Media Contact Lauren Witt [email protected] 817.721.5576
Confectionery Company to Host Grand Re-Opening Event at The Shoppes at University Town Center
SARASOTA, Fla. – Norman Love Confections (NLC), specializing in exquisite, hand-crafted chocolate masterpieces, artisanal baked goods, gourmet desserts and gelato, announces a grand re-opening event to celebrate the relocation of its Sarasota chocolate salon. The new salon remains within University Town Center (UTC) and is now located next to Trader Joe’s at The Shoppes at UTC at 8109 Cooper Creek Blvd., University Park, FL 34201. The grand re-opening event will take place on Monday, April 1 at 11:30 am. The first 25 people to arrive will receive complimentary swag bags.
“The new location is a prime spot within the Shoppes at University Town Center, and we look forward to elevating our presence in the Sarasota community as an interactive and immersive dessert experience where people share sweet moments over gorgeous gourmet works of art while sipping on specialty coffee drinks, such as espresso, cappuccinos and lattes,” said Chef Norman Love, founder of Norman Love Confections. “Chocolate is an art, it’s a love language and it’s a long-standing passion of mine that I cherish sharing with the Sarasota community. We’re eager to celebrate our relocation and continue to spread the love with our delectable and visually captivating desserts.”
The Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce will commemorate the event with a ribbon cutting ceremony, which will feature remarks from Chef Love and Norman Love Confections CEO Lisa Fisher. Live entertainment and complimentary refreshments will follow the ceremony.
“We encourage the local community to stop by and enjoy the festivities on April 1,” said Fisher. “Guests will have the chance to mingle with Chef Love who is applauded for his creative concepts and innovative contributions that have significantly influenced the pastry industry. The layout of the new salon is a great fit for our products and clientele, giving us the opportunity to connect with shoppers in an intimate and thoughtfully designed space. We are grateful to have the opportunity to provide our gourmet confections to even more people through the increased traffic in this area. It is a privilege to be a part of the UTC family and we are eager to continue to build relationships that cater to the Sarasota community.”
For more information, visit www.normanloveconfections.com.
About Norman Love Confections
Norman Love Confections® was founded in 2001 by Norman Love, a world-renowned pastry chef with 13 years of experience opening Ritz-Carlton hotels as the company’s executive pastry chef. Norman Love Confections has received national recognition for its artistic and aesthetic presentation of its chocolates. Each piece is handcrafted from premium chocolate, butter, nuts, spices, and natural flavorings. The end result is a line of signature chocolates and whimsical novelties that taste, look, and smell unlike anything else. Norman Love Confections’ chocolates, gift baskets, sipping chocolate and specialty items can be ordered online at www.normanloveconfections.com or at its chocolate salons in Fort Myers, Estero, Naples and Sarasota.
Norman Love Confections has been named the best premium chocolate company in the United States six times since 2006, and has been featured in USA Today, The TODAY Show, National Geographic, InStyle, Martha Stewart Living, O, the Oprah Magazine, Forbes, Huffington Post, The Daily Telegraph, Robb Report, and Dessert Professional, among others.
For more information visit www.normanloveconfections.com or call 239-561-7215.
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Media Contact
Lauren Witt
[email protected]
817.721.5576