While working as a nanny in France, Kaitlyn fell in love with the abundance of artisanal sweet treats on offer. Inspired, she studied to be a pastry chef, and found true love when working with chocolate – and who can blame her? With her new-found love, she decided that the people of Brisbane should be treated to these European-style delicacies, but made with local ingredients. After two years selling her bespoke sweet treats online, Kaitlin has opened 31 Degrees Custom Chocolates’ first bricks-and-mortar store, located in Woolloongabba’s new Eden Lane precinct. The space is focused around the delicate attention to detail and magic that goes into hand making artisanal chocolates – a selection of more than 30 different sweet treats sit pride of place in the front counter (think pralines, truffles, rocky road, honeycomb and more), but you can also watch Kaitlyn work wonders in the kitchen through a wide window.