AGENDA
enjoy tastings, talks, pairings, a chocolate marketplace, and more
FRIDAY, APRIL 26TH
11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
This is an opportunity for members of the chocolate community (makers, chocolatiers, producers, equipment providers, et. al.) to engage with one another before the public arrives.
The Trade Expo (Industry Only)
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM
Cocoa Stage
Craft Chocolate Experience Orientation
Featuring Greg D’Alesandre & Ashley Montgomery
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Cocoa Stage
What We’ve Learned As We’ve Scaled at Dandelion Chocolate
Featuring Paula Navarrete and Nate Carroll, moderated by Greg D’Alesandre
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM
Cocoa Stage
Cocoa: What’s Going On and What Do We Do About It?
Featuring Freddy Salazar, Greg D’Alesandre, and Kate Cavallin, moderated by Jael Skeffington
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Cocoa Stage
Navigating Pricing and Products on Retail Shelves in Uncertain Times?
Featuring Jessica Ferraro
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Visit with chocolate makers and chocolatiers from more than twenty countries. Enjoy an array of bars, confections, spreads, and drinks.
Craft Chocolate Marketplace
At this festival-wide event, enjoy chocolate samples from craft chocolate makers and chocolatiers paired with a variety of bites and drinks. The cost of the pairings is included with your ticket.
Tastings to be paired with chocolate will include Rum, Brandy, Wine, Whiskey, Coffee, Tea, & Cheese.
The Pairing & Tasting Event
SATURDAY, APRIL 27TH
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Visit with chocolate makers and chocolatiers from more than twenty countries. Enjoy an array of bars, confections, spreads, and drinks.
Craft Chocolate Marketplace
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM
Cocoa Stage
Welcome to Craft Chocolate - Panel
Featuring Emily Stone, Chloé Doutre-Roussel, Jael Skeffington, and Spencer Hyman, moderated by Greg D’Alesandre
Demo Stage
Decorating Bon Bons with Natural Pigments
Featuring Melissa Coppel, Owner/Founder Melissa Coppel Chocolate
Industry Stage
Technical Requirements for a Chocolate Company Scaling Up Production
Featuring Lorenzo Datei, Sales Manager of Packint Chocolate Machines and Tecnochoc
Pairing Stage
Coffee & Chocolate Pairing
Featuring Ohm Coffee
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Cocoa Stage
Untempered Podcast: Behind the Scenes
Featuring Derek Poirier & Adam Thomas, hosts of the Untempered Podcast
Demo Stage
The Importance of the Packaging and the Product
Featuring Olivier Fernandez, Pastelero. Bean to Bar MXBCN Director EPGB
Industry Stage
Making Hawaii the Napa Valley of Chocolate
Featuring Will Lydgate, Fifth Generation Owner of Lydgate Farms, Kauai
Pairing Stage
Sake & Chocolate Pairing
Featuring Jake Myrick, Sequioa Sake
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM
Cocoa Stage
Panettone: Scaling the Mt. Everest of the Baking World
Featuring Stephen Durfee in conversation with Roy Shvartzapel, owner and founder of From Roy
Demo Stage
Madagascan Extra-Virgin Olive Oil Chocolate Mousse
Featuring Jamie Houghton, Head Pastry Chef French Laundry
Industry Stage
What Is Happening with Cocoa Prices??? - Panel
Featuring Emily Stone and Kate Cavallin, & Laura Sweitzer, moderated by Greg D’Alesandre
Pairing Stage
T’MARO Cocktail Pairing
Featuring Elizabeth Falkner, American Chef and Restaurateur
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Cocoa Stage
Guittard: 150 Years of Chocolate in San Francisco
Featuring Gary Guittard
Demo Stage
Chocolate Alchemy with Heirloom Ecuadorian Chocolate from Origin
Featuring Derek Poirier and Jenny Samaniego
Industry Stage
The Food of the Gods: the Magical and Medicinal Histories of Chocolate
Featuring R.A. Kashanipour, Professor of History University of Arizona
Pairing Stage
Whiskey & Chocolate
Featuring Andrew Healy, Founder and Lead Educator from Irish Whiskey LAD
SUNDAY, APRIL 28TH
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Visit with chocolate makers and chocolatiers from more than twenty countries. Enjoy an array of bars, confections, spreads, and drinks.
Craft Chocolate Marketplace
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM
Cocoa Stage
San Francisco, the City of Chocolate - Panel
Featuring Brad Kintzer and Todd Masonis, moderated by Greg D’Alesandre
Demo Stage
Mole Class
Featuring Rogelio Garcia, Executive Chef of Auro (Four Seasons Napa Valley)
Industry Stage
Breaking the Mold: A Chef’s Exploration of Thai Chocolate
Featuring Daniel Bucher, Managing Director of PRIDI Cacaofevier
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Cocoa Stage
Reverse Engineering the Rosemary Olive Truffle
Featuring Michael Recchiuti, Founder of Recchiuti Confections (and fantastic drummer!)
Demo Stage
Chocolate Desserts That Children Love: Rainbow Unicorn Brownies
Featuring Duff Goldman, American Pastry Chef and TV Personality
Industry Stage
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Chocolate… But Were Afraid To Ask
Featuring Nate Saal, Founder and CEO of CocoTerra
Pairing Stage
Pairing Chocolate with Wines from Around the World
Featuring Spencer Hyman, CoFounder and Director, CocoaRunners.com
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM
Cocoa Stage
Crafting Sustainability: the Sweet Connection Between Chocolatier and Origin
Featuring Jenny Samaniego, Derek Poirier, and Alexandra Clark
Demo Stage
Retaining the Flavors of Infusions
Featuring Daniel Joseph Corpuz, pastry chef and chocolatier
Industry Stage
The Original Roots of Cacao
Featuring Susana Cárdenas A., Founder of Cárdenas Chocolate
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Cocoa Stage
The Rise of Craft Chocolate in Asia - Panel
Featuring Neil Ransom, Seiji Horibuchi, and Akhil Grandhi, moderated by Greg D’Alesandre
Demo Stage
Chocolate Bars with Unique, Fun Fillings
Featuring Luis Robledo Richards, pastry chef and TV personality
Industry Stage
A Chocolate Sensory Experience
Featuring Sanna Forslund, chocolate educator from Sweden
S’mores Pit
World’s Largest S’more Reveal
Enjoy a bite of Stephen Durfee’s gigantic s’more as we attempt to break the current world record
* Photo Credits to Justus Lowry