President of France-based company honored for passion, commitment to chocolate industry.

Yves Thuries, Marssac-sur-Tarn, France.

A look into how the French company uses quality ingredients and precision to manufacture specialty products.

Salpa’s President Jean-Paul Burrus and Neil Chiquet, head of Salpa’s Ecuadorian operations, are tapping into chocolate’s roots with two plantations, which supply cocoa to the company’s flagship confectionery brands.

Jean-Paul Burrus, ceo of the French company, hosts me for the trip of a lifetime.