Get your Fest On!
It’s like a festival…but at home.
Check out the list of presentations below, and virtually visit these chocolate businesses at the times listed to learn about chocolate topics. And, of course, don’t forget to show your love with a purchase or two.
Lauren Heineck & Patricia
Well Tempered, Eating the Chocolate Alphabet
Patricia’s insight into cataloging inventory, tips for eating/tasting/storing chocolate at home.
Laura Aguilar
Planeta Cacao
Planeta Cacao: Guided tour for our cacao garden, explaining how we dreamed to create it 5 years ago, and how we are working hard to promote cacao culture in Mexico 🇲🇽
Kevin Paschall
Shane Confectionery
Virtual tour of America’s oldest continuously operated confectionery.
Susana Cardenas
Cardenas Chocolate
Learn about our journey rediscovering heritage cacao in Manabí, Ecuador and how we are keeping our identity alive while empowering local communities
Germán Santillán
Oaxacantina Chocolate
Chocolate in the Mixtec Region of Oaxaca
Stephen Durfee
Culinary Institute of America
I will discuss what we do in my class for our #wherehaveyoubean? (Bean 2 Bar) program and our “CraftChocolateria” project, which includes all kinds of chocolate products (tablets and bars, confections, desserts and pastries). and maybe sing an original song.
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Festival Schedule: March 26
Festival Schedule March 27
Check back often, as presentations are continually being added. Times are listed as Eastern Standard (GMT-5)