Best Bridal Chocolates Announced in the Artisan Chocolate Awards

TasteTV and the International Chocolate Salon are pleased to announce the National 2013 Award Winners of the competition for Best Bridal Chocolates.The winners of the Best Chocolates for Brides were divided into Gold, Silver, and Bronze for categories such as Most Delicious Ingredient Combinations, Most Artistic Designs, Best Bridal Gift Set, and Best for the Wedding Reception.Gold Chocolate Award winners were Beijo de Chocolat, Chocolate Fetish, Chubby Chipmunk Hand-Dipped Chocolates, Delysia Chocolatier, FGR Chocolate Collection, Roberts Confections, Seattle Chocolate Company, Socola Chocolatier, and Truffles in ParadiseThe top chocolates for brides and weddings were reviewed by a panel of industry experts. These panelists were Tara Bradley (Destination Weddings & Honeymoons magazine), Stacie Tamaki (The Flirty Blog), Sadaf H. Kherani (South Asian Bride Magazine), Rachel Ward (Brides California magazine), Mary Clarke (Bridal Guide magazine), Laurie Nicoud (Exquisite Weddings magazine), Juli Rathke (Rocky Mountain bride magazine), Jennifer Stein (Destination I Do Magazine), Emily Thomas (Southern Weddings magazine), and Cristine Thomas (Today's Bride San...
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New CHOCOLATE AWARDS Categories Added – International Chocolate Salon

TasteTV and the International Chocolate Salon, producers of the Original and Premier Artisan Chocolate events and competitions in North America, are pleased to announce that based on Industry requests, we have added two additional Chocolate Awards categories for 2013.·  Best WHITE Chocolate·  Best Chocolate BEVERAGERegistration ends on May 20th for the 2013 Chocolate Award Competitions for the following categories:Image removed by sender.·  Best Chocolate BAR·  Best CARAMEL·  Top TOFFEE·  Best BRIDAL ChocolatesChocolatiers and Confectioners can register or get more information for these juried product-submission competitions (not events) using the forms at www.InternationalChocolateSalon.com or at www.LuxuryChocolateAwards.comTasteTV Events include: The San Francisco International Chocolate SalonThe Los Angeles Luxury Chocolate SalonThe Chicago Chocolate SalonThe Seattle Luxury Chocolate SalonThe TASTE AWARDSFollow us on Facebook TasteTV and TasteTV.com Chocolate News Updates...
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San Francisco Chocolate Salon – Chocolate Design Winners

As a new part of the 7th Annual San Francisco Chocolate Salon on March 24th, the Original and Premier Artisan Chocolate show on the West Coast, there will be a gallery of chocolate-inspired art. The pieces range from paintings, to jewelry to ceramic (such as this ceramic chocolate cupcake by Sandra Cohen-Wynn, pictured).Other displaying artists include: Carolyn Tillie, Melissa Rice, Kristin Stanchfield, Susanne Friedrich, Nikki Lau, Joan Pearson, Janet Lohr, and Bethany Garland7th Annual San FranciscoINTERNATIONAL CHOCOLATE SALONMarch 24, 201310am - 6pmFort Mason Center, Festival Pavilion1 Fort MasonSan Francisco, CA 94123www.SFChocolateSalon.comTasteTV Events include: The San Francisco International Chocolate SalonThe Los Angeles Luxury Chocolate SalonThe Chicago Chocolate SalonThe Seattle Luxury Chocolate SalonThe TASTE AWARDSFollow us on Facebook TasteTV and TasteTV.com Chocolate News Updates...
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Best Chocolatiers and Confectioners in America Awards Announced

The International Chocolate Salon Awards for Best Chocolatiers and Confectioners in America announced!TasteTV and the International Chocolate Salon are pleased to announce the names of the 2013 Best Chocolatiers and Confectioners in America Award winners, which are now available on the awards site. The names of the 6-Star Award Winners, 5-Star Award Winners, and 4-Star Award Winners are listedThe 6-Star Award Winners are Amano Artisan Chocolate, CocoTutti, Forte Chocolates, La Chatelaine Chocolat Co., Marti Chocolatt, and Sixth Course Artisan Confections.The 5-Star Award Winners are AMELLA, Chocolot, Chuao Chocolatier, DEUVO Gourmet Sweets, Droga Confections, Feve Artisan Chocolatier, Marco Paolo Chocolates, Mignon Chocolate, Socola Chocolatier, The TeaRoom Chocolate Co., Toffee Talk, and William Dean Chocolates.The 4-Star Award Winners can be seen listed on the sitehttps://www.internationalchocolatesalon.com/TasteTV Events include: The San Francisco International Chocolate SalonThe Los Angeles Luxury Chocolate SalonThe Chicago Chocolate SalonThe Seattle Luxury Chocolate SalonThe TASTE AWARDSFollow us on Facebook TasteTV and TasteTV.com Chocolate News Updates...
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CHOCOLATE Awards Announced: Truffle Artistry 2012

TasteTV and the International Chocolate Salon are pleased to announce the winners of this year's national competition for:  Best Truffle ArtThe rankings for these products be seen by going to InternationalChocolateSalon.com and selecting the appropriate competition.We thank our great panels of judges for all of their hard work, as well as the San Francisco Travel, and congratulate the participants. Judges for this competition consisted of food writers, chocolate gurus, chefs, and luxury marketing experts.Gold winners include: Forte Chocolates, Chocolot and Chocistry.TasteTV and TasteTV.com Chocolate News Updates...
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Memphis BBQ Chocolate Truffle

Local artisan chocolatier Chocistry of Tennessee has developed a delicious and unique Memphis BBQ Truffle (the blue one in the box).The real barbeque flavor in the chocolate ganache is not spicy, not strong, but definitely there.A very unique combination, but about 65% of people who tried it really, really liked itTasteTV Events include: The San Francisco International Chocolate SalonThe Los Angeles Luxury Chocolate SalonThe Chicago Chocolate SalonThe Seattle Luxury Chocolate SalonThe New Media Tastemakers SummitThis blog from the contributors, producers and correspondents at TasteTV at TasteTV.com. technorati tags:TasteTV, restaurants, video, content, food, Chocolate, wine, recipes, cooking, Restaurant Reviews, Chef, ITV, fashion, seafoodTasteTV and TasteTV.com Chocolate News Updates...
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