Los Angeles Luxury Chocolate Salon - October 11th

The 3rd Annual Los Angeles Luxury Chocolate Salon is on October 11th, with more chocolate, more chocolatiers, and more things happening!


TasteTV Events include:

• The San Francisco International Chocolate Salon
• The Los Angeles Luxury Chocolate Salon
• The Chicago Chocolate Salon
• The Seattle Luxury Chocolate Salon
• The New Media Tastemakers Summit

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Awards for the July 12th CHOCOLATE SALON Announced

After excited attendees in the Northwest on Sunday enjoyed exceptional chocolate, confection, wine & tea offerings as part of the national Chocolate Stimulus Plan, The Awards for the 2nd Annual SEATTLE CHOCOLATE SALON have been selected by our team of expert panelists, and can be seen on the Salon website here.

See a TasteTV VIDEO FROM THE SALON

Sample Chocolate Salon Awards include

Best Dark Chocolate: Amano Artisan Chocolate

Best Truffle: Suess Chocolates

Most Artistic Designs: William Dean Chocolates

Best Flavored Chocolate: Posh Chocolat

Best Flavored Chocolate Bar: Divine Chocolate

New Product Award: Amano Artisan Chocolate / Posh Chocolat / Marco Polo Designs' Chocolate Jewelry

Sample Press Reviews:

MetBlogs Seattle here
AmazonBlogs - Al Dente here
Valentina Vitals photos can also be seen here.

And a great selection of Flickr photos here

Sample Attendee Reviews:


Says the Aly M. on Yelp: "Sooooooooooo tired of chocolate right now. I never thought that would happen. But, it was freakin amazing. I liked so many things, but it was also nice to find things I didn't like--it shows there was a nice variety there....."

Adds Nancy B. on Yelp: "For the second year TasteTV put on an amazing event with...vendors at the Bell Harbor Convention Center. Jewelry, Spa products, wine... oh how there were so much more than truffles this year!!! ."

Plus says Inna B. on Yelp: "This was one crazy delicious event that left plenty of folks in a chocolate coma... The chocolate samples ranged from good to being a flavor explosion/party in your mouth.. and a lot of them looked almost too beautiful to eat. Many of them had some interesting flavors and... well, let's just say I'm probably no longer going to my regular shopping-mall chocolate stores when buying fancy chocolate as a gift. There are simply too many amazing little chocolate companies that so many people have not even heard of!."

Many thanks to our talented and prestigious panelists, as well as volunteers and speakers, including Joseph Whinney (Founder & CEO of Theo Chocolate), Lauren Adler (Founder & Chief Chocophile of Chocolopolis), and Lisa Francoise Schafer (Owner & Creator of Chocolate Spa 'Sweet Beauty'). We also want to thank the staff from the Bell Harbor Conference Center.

UPCOMING CHOCOLATE SALONS:

September 19 2009: Las Vegas
October 11 2009: Los Angeles

March 2010: San Francisco
May 2010: Chicago

TasteTV Events include:

• The San Francisco International Chocolate Salon
• The Los Angeles Luxury Chocolate Salon
• The Chicago Chocolate Salon
• The Seattle Luxury Chocolate Salon
• The New Media Tastemakers Summit

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2nd Annual Seattle Luxury CHOCOLATE SALON

The 2nd Annual Seattle Luxury CHOCOLATE SALON, July 12th 2009, announces a delicious lineup of speakers and members of its Chocolate Tasting Panel, including Joseph Whinney, Founder & CEO of Theo Chocolate, Lauren Adler of Chocolopolis, and a chocolate spa demonstration by Lisa Francoise Schafer, Owner of Sweet Beauty.

The Seattle Luxury CHOCOLATE SALON takes place from 11am-5pm on Sunday, July 12th, 2009, during Bastille Day Weekend. 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.

Seattle Chocolate Salon participants include Amano Artisan Chocolate, Theo Chocolate, Intrigue Chocolates, Oh! Chocolate, Posh Chocolate, Crave Chocolate, Forte Chocolates, Divine Chocolate, Carter's Chocolates, Chocolopolis, Chubby Chipmunk Hand-Dipped Chocolates, La Châtelaine Chocolat Co., Eat Chocolates, Choffy, The Chocolate Traveler, William Dean Chocolates, Xocai Healthy Chocolate, Suess Chocolates, Claudio Corallo Chocolate, Marco Polo Designs' Chocolate Jewelry, TasteTV, Yelp, Sizzleworks Cooking School, Chocolate Television and TasteTV.

CHOCOLATE TASTING & SALON AWARDS

The Salon's Chocolate Awards Tasting Panel will select the best of the best on July 12th, and is composed of Tan Vinh (Seattle Times), Jay Friedman (Gastrolust.com, Seattle Restaurant Examiner), Keren Brown (Frantic Foodie), Viv (Seattle Bon Vivant), Traca Savadogo (Seattle Examiner, Seattle Tall Poppy), Carol Dearth (Sizzleworks Cooking School), Julien Perry ("Go Eat!" - KOMO Radio, WINO Magazine, Urbanspoon), Dana Cree (TastingMenu.com, Veil Restaurant), Brenda Pederson (CulinaryFool.com), Loretto Hulse (Tri-City Herald), Katelyn Hackett (Seattlest.com), Becky Selengut (Chef Reinvented Blog, Seattle Homes and Lifestyles, Edible Seattle), Connie Adams (SeattleDining.com), Alice Currah (SavorySweetLife.com), Leslie Seaton (FreshPickedSeattle.com), Leslie D. Helm (Seattle Business Magazine), and food and lifestyle writer Joann Natalia Aquino (DailyCandy, Citysearch).

Chocolate Tasting Panelists have the luxurious responsibility of tasting all chocolates and confections and rating them for receipt of Luxury Chocolate Salon Awards.

The Seattle Luxury CHOCOLATE SALON is Sunday, July 12th, 2009, at the Bell Harbor International Conference Center, 2211 Alaskan Way, Pier 66. 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Tickets are $25 for adults, $20.00 in Advance (recommended). For Advance Ticket purchases, Salon information, updated chocolatiers and other exhibitors, or for the Menu of events, go to http://www.SeattleChocolateSalon.com.


TasteTV Events include:

• The San Francisco International Chocolate Salon
• The Los Angeles Luxury Chocolate Salon
• The Chicago Chocolate Salon
• The Seattle Luxury Chocolate Salon
• The New Media Tastemakers Summit

This 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, seafood