Fall Luxury Chocolate Salon in pictures (2013)

Tea Time Adventures is happy to volunteer and help you with your foodie event! It's how we got involved with the Chocolate Salon! Now we know all the major players and chat them up whenever we get the chance. If you're interested in volunteering for a foodie event, (Tea Time also helps with the San Francisco Street Food Festival, Oakland Eat Real, the MOWSF Gala and we're looking for more!) just go to the website of the company hosting the event and click the volunteers link. You'll meet a bunch of fun people and get to see behind the scenes of a major event. Plus you (usually) get to attend the event for free (sometimes with restrictions). It's totally worth it!

Art Pollard (Amano Chocolate) and Chuck Siegel (Charles Chocolate)

There was a full roster of presentations.

Art Pollard's talks are always popular.

Angela loves the Teriyaki!

Tea Lovers chocolates

Art perusing Chuck's wares.

Plumeria flour

Their popcorn is always popular!!

Aaron Pollard minding the store while Art gives his talk.

Stephanie of Tea Lovers Gift Baskets

Angela and Adele of Tipsy Tea

Nothing like absinthe to bring out the essence of chocolate.

Los Angeles Chocolate Salon in Pictures (2012)

Tea Time Adventures attended the 2012 LA Luxury Chocolate Salon and took a few pictures. These photos feature a very small amount of the vendors at the salon. If you're in the Bay Area and interested in attending a Chocolate Salon, there is one coming up in November. You'll see us there!! (but we're sure you'll just want to taste chocolate!)

 

Le Cordon Bleu students creating art with chocolate.
These sculptures were display only, but that's okay they looked delicious!  

The chocolate was donated by Amano Chocolate

Amazing decorated cakes!

The Chocolate Salon! Lots of companies to check out, plenty of people-watching.

     

Amano Artisan Chocolates. Amazing bean to bar company.

  

Fabulous beef jerky from Jerk'n Pickle

Artisan jerky and pickles

La Dolce Vita Gourmet

Cashew, Almond and Peanut Butter Spread

Supports La Dolce Vita Animal Rescue Foundation

Ruth Kennison
The Gourmandise School of Sweets and Savories and
Bonaparte Chocolate

  

Beautiful and Delicious Chocolates from Cocotutti

Marti Chocolatt

Mignon Chocolates

Deuvo Chocolate

Pralines Perfected

 

Plumeria Flours
Cookies, Confections, Specialty Desserts
And Very Tasty Popcorn

  

Specialty Oils and Vinegars from
Leonardo e Roberto's Gourmet Blends

Capay Farms
Farm Fresh to you

Chuao Chocolatier
Unusual, Unexpected & Delicious Chocolate

TheToffee Box
Artisan Toffee

Droga Chocolates
Confections Reimagined

Representatives of Ecuador

Sasha Chocolates by Kallari
Bean-to-Bar Chocolate from Ecuador

Pacari
Ecuadorian Organic Chocolate

Marco Paolo Chocolates
Premium Artisan Truffles

Butterfly Brittle
Simply Indulgent Gourmet Brittles

Elyce Zahn of Cocotutti talks about enhancing chocolate with the aromas of food.

Art Pollard of Amano Chocolate talks about the negative aspects of "fair trade."

Ruth Kennison demonstrates making chocolate bars

We've been around the Chocolate Salon block a few times here at Tea Time. It's always great to see old faces, eat new chocolates and celebrate the bean. If you're interested in learning more you can check out TasteTV for links and news from past salons. We hope to see you in November! Tea Time will be around, tasting Chocolate and taking more (better!) photos over at Fort Mason.