‘Making chocolates is my passion’
Brazilian-born Andrea Staggemeier, 49, gave up a career in banking IT to do something she loved. She now runs Bossa Nova, a luxury chocolate business, from her home in Newport, South Wales, with the help of her husband and their 18-year-old son.
THE IDEA
I’ve loved making Brazilian chocolate truffles since I was a child. It brings back happy memories of my mum, aunt, siblings and cousins making homemade chocolates around the kitchen table.
In 2019, I took redundancy from my IT job – I was
