Founded in 2017 on Bainbridge Island, L’Atelier TR quickly became a hidden gem among locals. It began as a passion project of a Chef and his protégé. They started producing chocolates, waffles, and pastries in their original location a couple of miles away in the Three Trees Business Park. 

The company was sold to a new owner in April 2022, with the founders remaining as employees and continuing to run the business as their own. At that time, they began building the Winslow Shop, where we are today.

Six months after purchasing the business, the new owner approached us, Crabtree Brands, located in Poulsbo, WA, about buying this newly acquired chocolate operation from him. Knowing the brand and its reputation, having met the founders previously, with the perceived high level of skill they seemed to possess, Crabtree Brands acquired L’Atelier TR and its assets after negotiations and agreements were put in place with the founders to become our new Executive Chef, Executive Chocolatier & Store Manager. We opened our retail operation here in Winslow in October of 2023. 

A little over a year later, we had a wake-up call in mid-January 2024. We had an employee suddenly quit. Giving no real explanation other than, “there are some bad things happening in your company.” What we learned over the next couple of days was horrifying. We had multiple staff members come forward and share that they had been sexually harassed by these executives who we had trusted to supervise our team. Upon learning these things and conducting a thorough internal investigation, we immediately terminated the team members in question and prohibited them from returning to the company. We also began our rebranding journey to dedicate this brand to stopping the cycle of abuse and harassment, especially within the hospitality industry.