Events
Event
- Title:
- West Coast Chocolate Festival
- When:
- 10.15.2010 - 11.10.2010
- Category:
- Chocolate Festival
Description
About the Festival
First launched in 2002, the West Coast Chocolate Festival is a unique and innovative collection of individual high calibre chocolate-themed adult and all-ages events that occurred throughout the Tri-Cities area of Coquitlam, Port Moody and Port Coquitlam. In 2009, the festival expanded to Burnaby and Vancouver, with plans to expand throughout the Lower Mainland in 2010. Reflecting emerging trends such as culinary tourism, experiential travel, small affordable indulgences and a rapidly increasing appreciation of the healthy benefits of good chocolate, festival events celebrate the magic of chocolate and appeal to the senses and the soul while attracting guests from surrounding cities, the BC Lower Mainland and beyond. With chocolate as a powerful draw, the festival leverages events to bring people of all ages and cultures together, to raise awareness about proper consumption and lesser-known positive benefits of the incredibly appealing food, and most importantly, to create valuable opportunities for youth mentorship in the local community.
Festival Events
Alcohol and Chocolate Pairing Events - These elegant adult events offer a variety of pairings over the course of an evening which combines a selection of chocolates with complimenting wines, liqueurs, beers, scotches, or martinis. Each event includes tasting notes on the beverages and presented chocolates, and follows the reserved seating format preferred by past festival-goers.
School of Chocolate - Always keen to help people appreciate the finer points of the “food of the gods,” this event is appropriate for all ages as guests learn about the history, growing and making of chocolate, and are led through a progressed tasting of various types of chocolate.
Cooking with Chocolate – Discover the secrets of cooking with chocolate during these informative classes taught by the Lower Mainland’s top chefs. Taste the chocolates featured as our chef’s explain the history of chocolate, how it’s made, how to taste, and what makes each chocolate different.
A Tea and Chocolate Tasting – Returning for a second year, this event brings people together by combining two classic delights of tea and chocolate. Tea is often misconstrued as just another ordinary drink, but it is a beverage that can be savoured.
Great Chocolate Caper – A grand chocolate entertaining evening will be the finale to this year’s festival. At this 1920’s themed event guests will experience unique chocolate themed drinks, a chocolate salon featuring 25 of the Lower Mainland’s best culinary eateries, and a silent auction all while listening to music from one of the big bands joining us for the evening.
For more information go to: http://www.chocolatefestival.ca/
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