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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.