This year’s winner of the World Chocolate Masters competition, which took place in Paris this week alongside the Salon du Chocolat, is Frank Haasnoot, of the Netherlands. Nineteen highly skilled contestants from around the world, each of them already winners of “National Chocolate Masters” competitions in their home countries, participated in the event. For this … Continue reading World Chocolate Master 2011: Frank Haasnoot
Do it in Paris online magazine and Salon du Chocolat organisers are offering 5 free passes (for two) to the Salon du Chocolat, taking place next week from October 20 to 24, 2011. This amazing chocolate extravaganza, the biggest chocolate festival in the world, brings together more than 400 top chocolatiers and chocolate experts, cocoa … Continue reading Win a free pass to Salon du Chocolat 2011
With its series “Chocolat-Thé-Epices,” the Institut d’Etudes Supérieures des Arts (IESA) in Paris is offering more than a dozen Monday evening presentations throughout fall 2011 and spring 2012 on these three topics. The first four events are devoted to chocolate and will feature audiovisual presentations, artifacts and, of course, chocolate tastings. Speakers will include professionals from … Continue reading Fall chocolate series at IESA in Paris
Women have long been fond of chocolate, from Marie-Thérèse of Austria, Madame de Sévigné and Marie-Antoinette, to Jeanne Calment, the French woman who has the distinction of having the longest confirmed lifespan in human history. Madame Calment, who died in 1997 at 122 years of age, reportedly ate one kilogram of chocolate every week! Could … Continue reading Chocolate lowers risk of stroke in women
The 17th annual edition of Paris’s famous Salon du Chocolat takes place from October 20-24, 2011 at Porte de Versailles. This amazing chocolate extravaganza, the biggest chocolate festival in the world, brings together more than 400 top chocolatiers and chocolate experts, cocoa growers, pastry chefs, authors, and tens of thousands of chocolate lovers. The spotlight … Continue reading Salon du Chocolat 2011, chocolate event of the year
October 1st each year has been declared Journée Mondiale du Cacao et du Chocolat (World Cocoa and Chocolate Day) by the Académie Française du Chocolat et de la Confiserie. The idea for an annual celebration of both cocoa and chocolate follows the decision of the International Cocoa Organization and the Cocoa Producers’ Alliance to establish World Cocoa … Continue reading Journée Mondiale du Cacao et du Chocolat
From September 15 to October 2 the upscale rue Saint-Honoré (1st arr.) will become “Quartier du Chocolat” (chocolate quarter). Belgian chocolate producer Côte d’Or will be organising free workshops, tastings and other chocolate-themed events at three venues in the neighbourhood. The rock’n roll tea salon Horror Picture Tea (95, rue Saint-Honoré) will be transformed into … Continue reading Quartier du Chocolat on rue Saint-Honoré
