We're Hiring!
The Newfoundland
Chocolate Company is Atlantic Canada’s premier gourmet
chocolate company. We make amazing chocolate and we’re
proud to employ equally amazing people. Imagine one day
sitting with your grandchild on your knee and them saying
with wide eyed wonder, ‘really Grandpa/Grandma, you really
worked at the chocolate factory?!” We’re hiring for the
following three positions:
Retail Manager:
The Newfoundland
Chocolate Company’s Chocolaterie on Duckworth Street is one
of the finest and most unique retail showrooms in the
region. We are seeking a retail professional with at least
five years experience, including management experience. If
you are the right person for this position, you are a lover
of fine chocolate, most particularly Newfoundland Chocolate
Company chocolate! You have a desire to learn and become an
expert on all things chocolate. You have experience
creating breathtaking retail displays and window displays.
You are a customer service magician and you have experience
in the design and implementation of both in-store and
on-line customer appreciation programs. You are creative
and artistic and are full of unique and fun ideas for
promoting the finest chocolate in Atlantic Canada. You have
a strong sales background, you are great with people, you
are friendly, energetic and have a great attitude. You like
to work hard, feel pride in your work and have fun while
doing it. You can lead a small team of wonderful retail
staff. This is a full time position with some evening and
weekend work required. Salary is negotiable.
Oompa Loompa
Handyman (or Handywoman!):
If you’re the
right person for the Oompa Loompa Handyperson at the
Newfoundland Chocolate Company, you’re handy (obviously).
You can fix things. The idea of keeping a chocolate
waterfall going 24/7 365 days a year gives you a charge.
You take pride in keeping systems working smoothly. You
like machines and gadgets and knowing how things work. You
can fix holes in drywall and paint and you can build
things. You have a healthy dose of MacGyver in you. Your
job is to maintain things so they don’t break but fix them
when they do. You get along well with others, you like to
work hard but you like to have fun in the process. You have
a positive attitude and a cheerful disposition. Wage is
negotiable. Hours approximately 20 per week. This job can
be combined with the Shiner and Polisher position for the
right person.
Oompa Loompa
Shiner and Polisher:
If you’re the
right person to the Newfoundland Chocolate Company’s Shiner
and Polisher you LOVE to clean. You love order and love
making things shine. Chocolate making is a lovely,
wonderful but messy business. Chocolate gets everywhere… on
the counters, on the floor, on the walls, sometimes on the
ceiling! Seriously, our chocolatiers are awesome but boy
can they ever make a mess! You don’t see this as an
unpleasant chore. You see this as an opportunity to do what
you do best – clean, polish, sanitize and put things back in
order, leaving everything spic and span until the
chocolatiers work their chocolate magic the next morning and
… we start all over again! You’re a hard worker, a fast
cleaner and you have an eye for detail. You know you can
take pride in this job. You have a great attitude, you’re
fun and you like people. If this sounds like the job for
you, we’d love to hear from you. Approximately 20 hours per
week. Wage negotiable. Can be combined with the
handyperson position for the right candidate.
Applications are
invited by e-mail
info@newfoundlandchocolatecompany.com by Monday,
February 27, 2012. Please include a cover letter, resume
and three references. Please indicate in the subject line
the position(s) for which you are applying. Only those
selected for an interview will be contacted.
Open ... and simply decadent.
It's official
... the Newfoundland Chocolate Company's new Chocolaterie at
166 Duckworth is open!
We're in the eye-catching building across from the Sir
Humphrey Gilbert Building ... it's the caramel-coloured one
with the chocolate dripping from the eaves and window
ledges!
(Pictured left:
St. John's Mayor Dennis O'Keefe chews through the chocolate
ribbon at the official opening.)
The Chocolaterie is truly a sight to behold. Before
entering, linger a few minutes under the shelter of our
delicious looking awning so that you can take in the window
display ... you'll find nothing else like it in the
province. Once you step inside, you're likely to "oooh" and
"aaah" when you see what awaits you. There are a few
features that defy description ... you just have to see them
for yourself.
Of course you'll find our famous Newfoundland Chocolate
Company chocolate boxes and bars, available on their own, or
beautifully bundled into gift sets and baskets. You'll want to check out the gourmet truffles,
clusters and bark behind the glass ... you'll marvel at the
mouth-watering flavour combinations our chocolatiers have
created. There's something for every taste.
Please accept our invitation to drop by for a visit and
taste our sample of the day. Our
hours are Monday through Wednesday 10am to 6pm, Thursday and
Friday 10am to 8pm, Saturday 10am to 6pm and Sunday 10am to 5pm.
Our chocolate is
also carried by a number of other fine retailers.
Visit our
Where to Buy page for a full listing.
What makes
Newfoundland Chocolate Company chocolates so special?
First, you’ll not find a group
of chocolatiers more passionate about great chocolate. We
only use the very finest of Belgian, Swiss and French
gourmet couverture chocolate made from only the very
finest of cocoa beans. Our chocolates are pure and free of
additives and preservatives – so they are best enjoyed
before the date indicated (although we have a hunch they’ll
have disappeared long before then!)
Second, every chocolate we make
is created by hand, lovingly and passionately, by our
skilled, artisan chocolatiers. As such, every chocolate in
every box is unique – as unique as the people, places,
culture and landscape of this wonderful, beautiful
Newfoundland and Labrador which we call home.
Third, we believe that truly
great chocolate is pure and should be celebrated, tasted
fully and naturally and never be masked with sweet,
overpowering centres. We strive to find complementary
blends of chocolate with fine, natural ingredients. Each
boxed series features a different array of our favourite
combinations of our finest milk, dark and white chocolates
with nuts, caramels, locally roasted coffees, home made
biscotti and what are inarguably the finest berries to be
found anywhere – our own natural Newfoundland and Labrador
wild berries.
If you are a returning
customer, thank you for giving us an opportunity to share
our passion for exceptional chocolate with you. If you have
not yet discovered Newfoundland Chocolate, please do – you
will not be disappointed. We hope you will savour and enjoy
our chocolates as thoroughly as we enjoyed making them for
you.
Sincerely,
Brent Smith
Chief Chocolate
Officer
