Noi Cacao’s Bianco Bar is a collaborative effort between Chris Bianco, Rene Andrade of Ghost Ranch and Alex Olmos Axelson of Noi Cacao to raise money for Bianco restaurant group employees. As a plus, the chocolate bar is made using local ingredients (pecans and dates), sea salt from local company See Salt and chiltepin peppers from Andrade’s family ranch in Sonora, Mexico. Sweet!

Who do you want to recognize? You can nominate additional local heroes in our Beyond the Plate collaboration with Niman Ranch at bit.ly/2SFoIrA For each submission, Niman Ranch will donate a serving of all-natural meat to help with COVID-19 relief.