Shirley Lum

Shirley Lum has been opening the eyes, awakening palates, and all the senses as founder of A Taste of the World food tours since 1993, and is a true professional chocolate taster!

She has a Professional Chocolatier Certification from George Brown College (GBC) and she has been on the judging panel and Grand Jury for the Canadian leg of the International Chocolate Awards since 2017.

A love of craft chocolates led Shirley to the inaugural Bean-to-Bar Chocolate Tasting & Making course co-hosted by GBC & Soul Chocolate and to her completion of the Level I certificate by International Institute of Chocolate and Cacao Tasting (IICCT) in 2018. She is now working towards Level II, which includes plenty of fun homework, tasting plenty of craft chocolate bars from across Canada and around the world!