Peace by Chocolate explained

Peace by Chocolate
Foundation:2016
Founder:Tareq Hadhad
Location City:Antigonish, Nova Scotia
Location Country:Canada
Area Served:Worldwide
Industry:Confectionery production
Products:Food (Chocolate)

Peace by Chocolate is a Syrian-Canadian chocolatier company based in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada.[1] The company was founded in 2016 by Tareq Hadhad, the son of a Syrian chocolatier, after moving to Canada as a refugee.[2] [3] [4]

History

The Hadhad family began making chocolate in 1986 when Essam Hadhad opened a factory in Damascus.[5] The Hadhad family's chocolate-making facilities in Syria were bombed, and they lived as refugees in Lebanon for three years before moving to Antigonish, Nova Scotia, in 2016.[6] Upon arriving in Canada, Essam's son Tareq opened a new chocolate company in Antigonish. [5]

In September 2020, Hadhad won a National Entrepreneurship Award for his positive impact as a new Canadian, and was one of the recipients of the Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards of 2020.[7] [8] On March 5, 2021, the company opened a storefront along the Halifax Waterfront.[9]

In popular culture

Jon Tattrie wrote a book about the Hadhad company in 2020.[10] A film adaptation of the family's story, also called Peace by Chocolate, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2021.[11]

In 2022, Tareq Hadhad was named as a panelist on Canada Reads, advocating for Omar El Akkad's novel What Strange Paradise.[12]

In March 2023, during United States President Joe Biden’s trip to Ottawa, Green Party leader Elizabeth May gave him a chocolate bar from Peace by Chocolate as a gift.[13]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ziafati. Noushin. April 22, 2020. Companies giving free chocolates to Canadians spreading kindness. 2020-11-06. www.theguardian.pe.ca.
  2. Web site: Nouvelle-Écosse: le chocolatier syrien Tareq Hadhad devient Canadien. January 16, 2020.
  3. Web site: Csernyik. Rob. Good Company: Peace by Chocolate's Sweets With a Mission. 2020-11-06. www.barrons.com. en-US.
  4. Web site: 'This day is not one we'll be forgetting': Syrian refugee family opening clothing shop on first anniversary in Canada. 2020-11-06. Yahoo News. en-CA.
  5. Web site: Bloomberg . B. N. N. . June 28, 2019 . Meet the refugee-run company behind Trudeau's favourite chocolate - BNN Bloomberg . BNN.
  6. Web site: Refugee and chocolate maker Tareq Hadhad now a Canadian citizen. Global News.
  7. Web site: Nichols . Trevor . 2020-09-15 . Peace By Chocolate Founder Wins National Entrepreneurship Awards . 2020-11-06 . Huddle . en-US.
  8. Web site: Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards . 2021-06-06 . Canadian Immigrant . en-US.
  9. Web site: Peace by Chocolate expands to Halifax with signature store along the waterfront .
  10. Web site: THE BOOK SHELF: Peace by Chocolate founder shares his dream and journey in new book . 2020-11-06 . www.thechronicleherald.ca.
  11. Brooklyn Currie, "Peace by Chocolate film to debut at NYC's Tribeca Film Festival". CBC News Nova Scotia, May 3, 2021.
  12. https://www.cbc.ca/books/canadareads/meet-the-canada-reads-2022-contenders-1.6326413 "Meet the Canada Reads 2022 contenders"
  13. News: Lombard . Natalie . March 25, 2023 . U.S. President Joe Biden given Maritime-made Peace by Chocolate bar during visit to Ottawa . . March 26, 2023.

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