Website: https://oliveandsinclair.com/
Olive & Sinclair Chocolate Co. is an artisan chocolate manufacturer based in Nashville, Tennessee. The company describes itself as a maker of Southern artisan chocolate, producing bean-to-bar chocolate in small batches. It operates from East Nashville, where it maintains both its production facility and a retail presence, and it was founded in 2007.
Products
Olive & Sinclair produces a line of artisan chocolate bars, caramels, and single-origin chocolates. The company describes its bars as using “organic, fair trade cacao beans” combined with “pure brown cane sugar” as the only other ingredient, which it calls the “NEW old-fashioned chocolate.” Bars are slow-roasted and stone-ground in small batches, combining traditional methods with modern European technique. Among its products is a Limited Edition Sunflower Milk Bar featuring honey roasted sunflower seeds and crystals of Maldon sea salt, illustrating the company’s rotating and seasonal offerings.
The company employs distinctive techniques drawn from Southern food traditions, including aging cacao nibs in bourbon barrels and smoking them in smokehouses, and it uses buttermilk in its white and milk chocolates to enhance flavor. Beyond individual bars and confections, the company fulfills wholesale orders for retail and trade customers. Its packaging has drawn attention in its own right, with a quoted remark from goop.com describing each wrapper design as “like the chocolate inside, exquisite.”
About
Olive & Sinclair was founded in 2007 and has built its identity around Southern Artisan Chocolate, a trademarked term the company uses to describe its work. Its production process emphasizes slow roasting and stone grinding of select single-origin cacao beans in small batches, paired with the use of pure brown sugar for what it calls “a smooth and robust flavor.” The company blends “traditional methods, modern European techniques, and classic Southern flavors,” and states that “everything we do here at O&S is inherently Southern by nature.”
The company has earned recognition for its work, including being named a winner of the Garden & Gun 2014 Made In the South Award. Its East Nashville location functions as both a working factory and a retail point of contact for visitors and customers interested in its products and process.
Location & Contact
Olive & Sinclair Chocolate Co. is located at 1628 Fatherland St, Nashville, TN 37206, in the East Nashville area. The phone number is (615) 262-3007 and the email address is [email protected]. The retail shop is open Tuesday through Saturday, 10am to 5pm. The website lists the shop as closed on Sundays and Mondays in its main hours section.
Additional Information
The company offers factory tours, giving visitors a view into how its chocolate is made. According to the site, tours are offered on Saturdays only, beginning at 10am, with each tour starting on the hour and lasting 30 to 45 minutes. Tickets are listed at $10 per adult (ages 13 and up) and $5 per child (ages 6 to 12) and include samples, with reservations booked online in advance and groups over 10 asked to call. On the tour, visitors observe antique melangeurs (stone mills) and the company’s production process alongside tastings. The website includes sections for shopping chocolate and confections, learning how the chocolate is made, meeting the makers, scheduling factory tours, and contacting the company. Wholesale ordering is available for business customers.
Profile compiled from the company’s official website (oliveandsinclair.com).