TasteTV and the International Chocolate Salon in conversation with award-winning Self-Taught Chocolatiers about their creative inspirations business challenges, including tips for great chocolate, flavor profiles, travels, and tips for success. Discover and support these great artisans!
Featuring panelists such as Seth Bain of the Confectionist, Karen Urbanek of Flying Noir, David Gambill of Sonoma Chocolatiers, and moderator Charly Kayle.
This educational panel is free to attend.
Watch the full recorded panel below
https://youtu.be/Vxtsspe9S_o
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TasteTV and the International Chocolate Salon are pleased to announce the 2020 award winners for the title
BEST CHOCOLATIERS AND CONFECTIONERS IN AMERICA
The Best Chocolatiers and Confectioners in America Award winners are based on the combined total number of Gold and Silver Awards and plus 4.5/4.0/3.5 star ratings received by each entrant in the in the previous year's TasteTV Chocolate Salons in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Sacramento, and Fall (SF), as well as in the standalone International Chocolate Salon Award Competitions for Best Caramels, Toffees, Bars, Truffles, White Chocolate, Best Hot Cocoa and Drinking Chocolate, Vegan Chocolates, Spicy Chocolates, Top Design and Branding, and Best Valentine's Chocolates.
This year’s SIX STAR GRAND MASTERS are:
CocoTutti Chocolates
Delysia Chocolatier
Holm Made Toffee Co.
Hu Kitchen
Michael's Chocolates
Panache Chocolatier
St. Croix Chocolate Co
The Chocolate Fetish
All Best Chocolatiers and Confectioners in America Winners are listed here.
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Chocolate lovers, get ready for a world of premium chocolate! The Original and Premier Artisan Chocolate Show on the West Coast takes place this Spring at the 14th Annual San Francisco International CHOCOLATE SALON, May 17th, 2020 at the Country Fair Building’s Hall of Flowers in Golden Gate Park.
Returning for an 14th year, the San Francisco International CHOCOLATE SALON participants includes chocolatiers, confectioners, wineries and other culinary artisans throughout the entire 1-Day event in the heart of the City.
Chocolate aficionados, fanatics, lovers and addicts can taste & experience the finest in artisan, gourmet & premium chocolate in one of the world’s great culinary metropolitan areas.
Salon highlights feature chocolate tasting, demonstrations, chef & author talks and ongoing interviews by TasteTV’s Chocolate Television program.
www.SFChocolateSalon.com
This year’s San Francisco CHOCOLATE SALON has an exciting lineup of chocolatiers, confectioners and more.
Here’s a sneak peak at some of them!
SALONNIERES (sample): Amano Artisan Chocolate, Raphio Chocolate, Z. Cioccolato, LetterPress Chocolate, David Bacco Chocolatier, Bay Cha, Cacao America LLC...
FEBRUARY 15TH: Join us for the Wine & Chocolate CRUISE on San Francisco Bay. The First Cruise for 2020
The day's adventure takes place onboard a luxury yacht, where you will taste wines from a local winemaker, along with samples from a curated selection of local chocolate, toffee and wine.
Walk among the various artisans and experience their latest creations. Explore and luxuriate on the yacht, and enjoy it all during the 2-hour cruise on the San Francisco Bay.
Then take home some of that great food and wine you've discovered and purchased onboard for continued enjoyment.
EXCLUSIVE: The Wine & Chocolate Cruise is Limited to a lucky 120 attendees.
♥ RESERVE YOUR SPACE AND TICKETS HERE
VIDEO FROM THE FIRST CRUISE
https://vimeo.com/197132521
TICKETS
Must be over 21 years of age.
$55/person. 1:00-3:00pm (yacht sets off at 1pm SHARP).
RESERVE YOUR SPACE AND TICKETS HERE
To participate as a partner or vendor, please contact the Organizers here.
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TasteTV, the International Chocolate Salon and TCB Cafe Publishing and Media are pleased to announce the publication of the newest book,
THE CHOCOLATIER'S PRIMER
This new book contains experiences, tips, advice from those who have already done it. A must-have for any aspiring or current chocolatier and chocolate maker.
Are you interested in chocolate and confections as a small business? There are many how-to books on starting an enterprise, but often the best advice comes directly from those with actual experience. Thus came the idea for this book; this “primer.” Why not ask chocolatiers firsthand what they have experienced and what they recommend? With this concept in mind, we composed a set of key questions and asked them to interesting artisans from around the world with experience in both the business and creative sides of chocolate. Their answers on creativity, product, branding and business are very frank and often personal, and written in a journal or diary style. The information in the resulting...
Chocolate Lovers, mark your calendars! The 2019 Annual Fall Chocolate Salon returns to San Francisco on November 24th in a central SF venue!
This year’s event takes place in Golden Gate Park, in the San Francisco County Fair Building Auditorium! (image courtesy of the SF Citizen)
Says a Chocolate Salon spokesperson about the venue, “Part of what we try to do with the San Francisco Salons is give visitors and exhibitors the opportunity to experience different parts of the City. This year’s Fall venue is in Golden Gate Park next to the Arboretum, as well as close to the De Young Museum and the Academy of Sciences, plus it’s also close to the great restaurants on 9th Avenue. We also like that at 4,000+ square feet it is approximately the same size as all of the past Fall Salon venues, including at Fort Mason.”
The Fall Salon features a curated selection of chocolate, culinary and other artisans and innovators. Past partners include Amano Artisan Chocolate,...
2019 Los Angeles Chocolate Salon announced for September 29th
TasteTV and the International Chocolate Salon are pleased to announce the September 29th, 2019 return of the Original Artisan and Premium Chocolate event in Southern California, the 12th Annual
LOS ANGELES CHOCOLATE SALON.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/wG9fyzGj974
Visit the Salon at www.LAChocolateSalon.com...
Chocolate lovers, get ready for a world of premium chocolate! The Original and Premier Artisan Chocolate Show on the West Coast takes place this Spring at the 13th Annual San Francisco International CHOCOLATE SALON, March 30th, 2019 at the Country Fair Building’s Hall of Flowers in Golden Gate Park.
Returning for an 13th year, the San Francisco International CHOCOLATE SALON participants includes chocolatiers, confectioners, wineries and other culinary artisans throughout the entire 1-Day event in the heart of the City.
Chocolate aficionados, fanatics, lovers and addicts can taste & experience the finest in artisan, gourmet & premium chocolate in one of the world’s great culinary metropolitan areas.
Salon highlights feature chocolate tasting, demonstrations, chef & author talks and ongoing interviews by TasteTV’s Chocolate Television program.
www.SFChocolateSalon.com
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