Chocolate Bread Pudding

The recipe for this ultra-rich bread pudding is from Greg Topham, executive chef of East Meets West, an upscale catering company in Boston. This is a recipe Greg first learned when he was ten years old, from a Polish woman who came to live in his home. East Meets West makes this chocolate bread pudding, which is gooey rather than eggy, for clients during the winter holidays. Using high-quality chocolate is very important to the integrity of this pudding; Greg uses Valhrona bittersweet and B