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A chef has launched a new line of chocolates on the North Fork. (Courtesy Disset Chocolate.)
CUTCHOGUE, NY — A chef who has traveled the world has set down roots on the North Fork and is debuting her new chocolate line, Disset Chocolate, just in time for Valentine's Day.
Ursula Sala-illa, whose professional name is Chef Ursula XVII, is debuting two collections of hand-crafted, small-batch chocolates.
A Michelin-trained pastry chef and chocolatier, Ursula is a New York native with roots in Catalonia. She trained with world-renowned pastry chefs and worked at several Michelin-starred restaurants in Europe and the United States, including Ai Fiori, Albert Adria, Oriol Balaguer, and Jodi Ferrer, she said.