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November 2024
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July 2024
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Food Files: Good Groceries opens; Longshot closes
Plus, a Memphis chocolatier has an Olympic deal.
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May 2024
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Oh, fudge! Chocolate shortage impacting prices, local businesses and your sweet tooth
“Everything I have been studying tells me that we are definitely going to be, within my lifetime certainly, back in a place that chocolate is something you will have for a very special occasion,” said Muddy’s founder Kat Gordon.
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April 2024
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Phillip Ashley on branded candy, cocoa shortages and shipping chocolate in the summer
Phillip Ashley, the founder of Phillip Ashely Chocolates, discusses the evolution of his business as he’s shifted to more branded and business-to-business chocolate sales, including partnerships with Cadillac and other big named brands.
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January 2024
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Two Memphis chefs among James Beard semifinalists
The James Beard Awards honor the best chefs and restaurants across the U.S.
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Phillip Ashley Chocolates becoming more exclusive
The Memphis-based chocolatier is leaning even more into luxury and ceasing individual chocolate sales except for special holidays.
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May 2023
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Our local candy man is writing a cookbook, and it’s all things chocolate
Phillip Ashley Rix has a deal with an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers for his first cookbook, and he wants it to be the “quintessential book on chocolate.”
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February 2022
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Listen to Chris and Jennifer talk about fried chicken
Whether it’s a sit-down meal or a bucket to-go, there’s something about fried chicken that satisfies the Southern in all of us.
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Collards and cornbread, covered in chocolate: Phillip Ashley’s Soul Food box
“I started thinking about a whole soul food menu and realized it would be cool for Black History Month, and that it would also be far different from what anyone else is doing,” the Memphis chocolatier said.
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November 2021
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Yo Gotti’s ready for school; fans talk Grizz uniforms; chocolatier melts for Issa
Welcome to this weekly roundup of what Memphians are saying and what’s being said about Memphis on social media, curated by digital desk reporter Jasmine McCraven.
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February 2021
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Creativity and innovation founded Phillip Ashley Chocolates, then saved it
Phillip Ashley Rix literally had a dream that he would be a chocolatier, so then he made it happen. More than 10 years later, Oprah gave her seal of approval and sales skyrocketed.
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Phillip Ashley Chocolates has ridden a rollercoaster of a pandemic
The going got tough in 2019 and 2020 started with promise followed by disappointment. Then a pivot, a plan, a little luck and well, Oprah, made things happen. But success comes with a cost, too.
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December 2020
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Update: Phillip Ashley Chocolates to be featured on ‘ABC World News Tonight’
Local chocolatier Phillip Ashley Rix gets more national recognition. He’ll be on ABC’s national news show this week to showcase his creativity with candy and his business model during COVID-19.
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November 2020
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Phillip Ashley Chocolates lands on Oprah’s Favorite Things
Memphis chocolatier catches Oprah’s attention; Phillip Ashley Rix’s over-the top chocolate turtles make Oprah’s Favorite Things 2020 list.
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July 2020
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FedEx small biz promo highlights Memphis chocolatier
FedEx is promoting a dozen entrepreneurs, including Memphis' Phillip Ashley Chocolates, as part of its Big Days of Small promotion July 15-16.
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March 2020
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Weekend food and drink for Women’s History Month
Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day are celebrated with fancy chocolates and whiskey this weekend.
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February 2020
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Phillip Ashley Rix almost wins it all on ‘Chopped Sweets’ but not quite
Memphian Phillip Ashley Rix makes it to the final round of "Chopped Sweets" but doesn’t win; maybe next time? He hopes to return.
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A Memphis chef and a chocolatier take on Food Network competition
Phillip Ashley Rix competes on ‘Chopped Sweets’ and Tamra Patterson goes back to ‘Guy’s Grocery Games’ on Food Network.
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Time to think Valentine’s Day, Friday lunch, Caritas dinner
It’s time to start thinking about Valentine’s Day, whether you need reservations or a box of local chocolates. And it’s time for tickets for The Daily Memphian’s Friday lunch and Caritas’ February dinner.
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January 2020
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How’s your new decade so far?
A month in the new decade, take stock of how you’ve done and make your adjustments now.
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October 2019
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Phillip Ashley Chocolates headed to Central Station Hotel
Guests at Central Station Hotel will soon find Phillip Ashley Chocolates on their pillows.
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April 2019
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Phillip Ashley Chocolates opens ‘chocolate cafe’ Saturday
Phillip Ashley Chocolates hosts grand opening on Saturday and a slew of other events are also going on around town that day; register for April lunch.
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Destination: Delicious Podcast: Memphis’ own Willy Wonka
Phillip Ashley Rix talks about his journey to becoming a self-taught chocolatier and his new chocolate cafe.
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February 2019
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Seize the Day: Finding the next big thing
Six Memphis business innovators pitched their new ideas at The Next Big Thing, a competition with a cash prize hosted by The Society of Entrepreneurs and Epicenter.
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December 2018
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Dinstuhl’s opens in Collierville; Phillip Ashley Chocolates moves in Midtown
Sometimes the little insider facts I’ve learned about food over the years have surprised me. One is that Thanksgiving is a huge day for brunch at restaurants, and another is that Christmas leads Valentine’s Day in chocolate sales.
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