Nicole Patel is the proprietor of and chocolatier for Delysia Chocolatier. Her lifelong love of baking and cooking impassioned her to turn a hobby into a business. Her vision for launching Delysia was to provide customers with the most unique, flavorful, and memorable chocolate creations available. She knew that those with a discerning palette deserved the best in quality, flavor, and customer experience possible.

Nicole Patel graduated from Texas A&M University with both a Bachelor of Science and Master of Engineering degree in Industrial Engineering, with a focus in statistics and process efficiency. Upon graduation, she worked for a technology and communication Fortune 100 company in Austin, Texas as a supply chain and business process improvement expert. Nicole continued to develop her career, receiving her Six Sigma Master Black Belt certification. In her oversight of the corporate Six Sigma programs, Nicole was responsible for program development and training for a privately held technology company in Austin through summer 2009.

Nicole lives in Austin, Texas with her husband Rahul and their two sons – five year old, Sébastien and two year old, Colin.