Chocolate Festival Features Top Experts
Taste the nuances of gourmet chocolates with Ed Seguine, one of the world’s foremost chocolate experts.
Talk story with Food Network Star and New York City celeb Jacques Torres.
Learn how to make a chocolate dessert from Valrhona Pastry Chef Vincent Bourdin.
Or get the scoop on growing cacao, the bean needed to make chocolate.
All this and more, including an evening gala, are on tap May 1-3 at the Big Island Chocolate Festival, said a release from the Kona Cacao Association, sponsor of the event.
Proceeds benefit the $150,000 “Equip the Kitchens” campaign for the future Hawai‘i Community College-Palamanui, and help efforts to build a community amphitheatre at the Kona Pacific Public Charter School in Kealakekua.
Tickets and details are available at www.bigislandchocolatefestival.com.