Chocolate maker, inclusioncraft pioneer, flavor creator, believer in slow chocolate.
Mackenzie Rivers: founder of Map Chocolate Co., and the Next Batch School
Mackenzie Rivers, the founder of @mapchocolate and @thenextbatchschool has been a bean to bar maker since 2014, and teaching the art of chocolate making to people around the world since 2016. Her mission for the Next Batch is to share her innovations, chocolate skills, techniques, and insights to help creative makers thrive in a big batch world.
Founder and host, Chocolate Maker’s Roasting Conference, 2022
Original creator of oat milk white chocolate and oat milk chocolate, 2017 (credited by Gastro Obscura and Sophia Rea, chocolate historian)
Pioneer of inspired inclusion bar crafting, beginning in 2015; creator of Inclusioncraft structure and concepts
Named in Top 50 Chocolate Makers in US, by journalist Megan Giller, of Chocolate Noise
Featured in VegNews magazine centerfold for plant-based vegan white chocolate, 2019
Article and shout-out as the first maker of oat milk chocolate and oat milk white chocolate, Cacao Magazine
Academy of Chocolate award winner, inclusion bars
Maker of the Year 2017; named by Clay Gordon
Guest speaker, using chocolate in coffee drinks, Specialty Coffee BLOOM event 2018, Portland
Feature essay article, Dessert Professional magazine.
Included in the book Bean to Bar: America’s Craft Chocolate Revolution, by Megan Giller