The Big Island Chocolate Festival is excited to have two stars of the chocolate industry providing their expertise for chocolate enthusiasts and pastry artists! Saturday May 14th 9:30 am- 2 pm at the Hapuna Beach Prince Hotel 9:30-10:30 a.m. Demonstration with Tasting: Derek Poirier- Valrohna Pastry Chef Western USA, will be presenting- “How to Make Ornate Chocolate Flowers for Pastries”-Learn the art of making decorative …
Submissions Being Accepted For 2016 Hawai’i Cacao Award
In keeping with the mission to assist the “growth of the cacao industry in Hawai’i” the Kona Cacao Association, the non-profit behind the Big Island Chocolate Festival, is currently seeking submissions for the “Best Hawai’i Cacao” award, a Hawai’i cacao growing and fermentation contest. Any Hawai’i cacao grower who would like to enter the competition can do so with a pound of fermented …
Chocolate Festival Tickets and Holiday Room Packages Available Now!
The Fifth Annual Big Island Chocolate Festival Gala, being held from 5:30-9 pm on Saturday May 14th, blends three events into one decadent evening! A professional food competition judged by celebrity chefs, a fundraiser to benefit the Kona Kohala Chef’s Association scholarship program for local culinary college students and enrichment programs for the Kona Pacific Public Charter School, and a …
Big Island Chocolate Festival Student Culinary Competition’s Leading Lady
You have heard of the “Iron Chef” competition and cooking competitions like “Chopped”, right? Well, the Big Island Chocolate Festival has it’s own version with the Student Culinary Competition where two culinary teams from the Big Island, West Hawaii Culinary Academy and the Hawaii Community College-Hilo and the Maui Community College culinary students compete for first, second and third place awards. …
Chocolate Soirée- An Elegant Feast To Savor
You are invited to experience a farm-to-table fine dining event for the 4th Annual Big Island Chocolate Festival, presented by The Feeding Leaf. Thursday, May 7, 2015, 5-9 p.m. Kokoleka Lani Farms, Holualoa (MAP) “Chocolate Soirée” is a creatively elegant fine chocolate dining experience for 100 guests, in an exclusive private setting. cacao-based meal will be seven-courses of savory and …
Big Island Chocolate Festival Names Culinary Winners!
Winners and judges of the BICF gala from left: Judge Ken Goto, Executive Fairmont Chef Hubert Des Marais, Daylight Mind Chef Connor Butler (kneeling) Pierre and Philippe Padovani of Padovani’s Chocolates, Hilton Waikoloa Village Chefs Eddie Enojardo and Dayne Tanabe, judge Vincent Bourdin, Nat Bletter of Madre Chocolate and judge Jacques Torres. Photo by Shortini Photography. Culinary entries from across …
THINK CHOCOLATE! MAY 1-3
Hawai‘i Governor Neil Abercrombie has declared Saturday, May 3 as Big Island Chocolate Festival Day! The proclamation not only heralds Hawai’i’s growing cacao industry, but also the culinarians who masterfully create foods featuring chocolate. The three-day festival offers a full lineup of chocolate decadence from planting to plating: a Kona cacao farm tour, plus seminars, how-to culinary demonstrations, guided …
Cacao Farm Tour, Chocolate Demonstrations and Seminar Schedule
The Kona Cacao Association, the non-profit organization producing the Big Island Chocolate Festival, is proud to present an in-depth array of educational opportunities led by internationally known leaders in the cacao industry. These chocolate demonstrations and seminars are designed for Hawaii cacao farmers, chocolate producers and chocolate enthusiasts. Tickets to all the events can be purchased through EventBrite. Discounts available for …
Big Island Chocolate Festival Student Competition Judging Rubric
On Friday May 2, 2014 at the Fairmont Orchid-Hawaii, culinary students from colleges around the Hawaiian Islands will be competing at the 3rd Annual Big Island Chocolate Festival Student Culinary Competition from 10 am- 2pm. The link below is the rubric for the students to know what they will be judged on. The public is invited to attend for free …
Seeking Big Island Chefs and Chocolatiers for the Big Island Chocolate Festival
The organizers of the Big Island Chocolate Festival are looking for culinary participants to share sweet and savory tastes at the event’s gala on Saturday, May 3 at The Fairmont Orchid, Hawai’i from 5:30-8:30 pm. Last year’s event sold out and 500-plus attendees are expected this year. Participating Big Island chefs, chocolatiers and confectioners can also enter the free culinary …
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