While VIP and general admission tickets are sold out for the Big Island Chocolate Festival, the following ticket options are still available at the Hapuna Beach Prince Hotel: A “Chocolate Lovers One Day Pass” for May 14 that includes tthree culinary demonstrations with sampling 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., followed by general entry into the 5:30-9 p.m. gala. Price is $125. * Fifty …
Cacao Farm Workshops-From Farm to Fermentation
Presented by the Kona Cacao Association, the non-profit responsible for the Big Island Chocolate Festival, the Cacao Workshops are for farmers, tropical fruit growers and people considering growing and harvesting cacao, and producing cacao for chocolate makers. Both Dr. Nat Bletter and Dan O’ Doherty, the presenters are both leading experts. Buy tickets here. Scroll down to the bottom of the …
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 …
FAQ’s For the Big Island Chocolate Festival
We have gotten a few questions from the public about the Chocolate Festival and want to answer some here for the benefit of all: What is the dress code? Women sometimes take this opportunity to really dress up and go for it! Where else are you wearing heels on the Big Island? However, keep in mind this year, part of …
Big Island Chocolate Festival Schedule of Seminars/Demonstrations and Cacao Plantation Tour
Each year the Kona Cacao Association reaches out to professional cacao educators asking them to provide unique and helpful information to our local cacao farmers and producers. We also work to bring in professional chefs and chocolatiers to hold culinary demonstrations for the public to increase their skills and knowledge of cooking with chocolate. This year we have an excellent line …
2016 Big Island Chocolate Festival Culinary Participants
We have come a long way over the past five years as we grow the Big Island Chocolate Festival! Our reputation as a professional culinary event where the invited chefs, chocolatiers and restaurants are judged by some of the top pastry chefs in Hawaii and beyond has garnered attention among the top culinarians in Hawaii. We are delighted to announce the participants of the 2016 …
What A Night! The Chocolate Festival Gala Stage Has Been Set!
A glimpse into the night of the Big Island Chocolate Festival Gala: You come up the elevator from the garage at the Hapuna Beach Prince Hotel on Saturday evening May 14th. You can smell the savory bbq as soon as the door opens. You have arrived at the Big Island Chocolate Festival Gala evening and you are hungry and ready …
Big Island Chocolate Festival Seeks Culinary Participants
The fifth annual Big Island Chocolate Festival is looking for culinary participants to share sweet and savory tastes to attendees at the event’s gala on Saturday, May 14 at the Hapuna Beach Prince Hotel from 5-9 pm. Participating chefs, chocolatiers and confectioners can enter the free culinary competition, vying in a variety of “best” judged categories: bonbon, savory, bean-to-bar, plated …
2016 Big Island Chocolate Festival Salutes Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park Centennial
With the theme, “Lavalicious-A Chocolate Salute to the 100th Birthday of Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park” the fifth annual 2016 Big Island Chocolate Festival is May 13-14 with events headquartered from the Hapuna Beach Prince Hotel. Indulge in the alluring, rich taste of chocolate—in both its sweet and savory forms—while participating in a host of delicious, fun and informative chocolate-themed activities. The …
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 …