Our Favorite Quote from NWCF 2010:
“This weekend's Northwest Chocolate Festival could well have doubled as a church revival for chocolate lovers.” Seattle Times, Sonia Krishnan, October 2010
Chocolate Makers
This year we feature the work of twenty bean to the bar craft chocolate makers. The NWCF is the largest gathering of true craft chocolate makers in North America. The amount of artisan chocolate makers gathering for this summit on fine craft chocolate is unprecedented and certainly exciting! (click here for the chocolate makers) (click here for the schedule) (click here for tickets)
Weekend Schedule!
Farmer Spotlight
Going against the tide of cacao hybridization and monoculture Barbara Wilson and Joe Meza of Mindo Chocolate are working with farmers in Ecuador to preserve heirloom and fine flavor beans. They encourage farmers throughout the region to identify heirloom cacao varieties by collecting samples from for the Cocoa Genome Project conducted by the USDA. Mindo Chocolate hopes to connect Ecuadorian farmers with artisan chocolate makers at the NW Chocolate Festival to support heirloom preservation.
Taste Desserts
October 22-23, 2011
Seattle Center
Featured Chocolate Maker
One of our 2011 Featured Chocolate Makers is Scott Witherow of Olive and Sinclair Artisan Chocolate Makers. Hailing from Nashville, Tennessee and making "Southern Artisan Chocolate" the work of Olive and Sinclair is world class with a tasteful Southern touch.
