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Did the last post about chocolate whet your appetite? Well there is a solution close at hand. The 9th Annual Ghirardelli Square Chocolate Festival will take place today, Saturday, Sept. 11 and Sunday, Sept. 12 from 12:00 noon to 5:30 PM on both days. The Chocolate Festival hosts more than 20 booths each day that feature delicacies from Ghirardelli Square restaurants and cafes, as well as other eateries and bakeries throughout the Bay Area.
Tiramisu, truffles, fudge cake, and chocolate-covered strawberries are just a few of the delicious desserts to be had at Ghirardelli Square's 9th Annual Chocolate Festival. The popular event will feature scrumptious chocolate treats from Ghirardelli Square establishments, as well as prominent restaurants, bakeries and chocolatiers from around the Bay Area. Ghirardelli Chocolate Company is the anchor festival participant with four booths featuring truffle-making and chocolate-decorating demonstrations as well as mini-sundaes and chocolate squares.
A highlight of Saturday's Festival is the popular "hands-free" Earthquake Sundae-Eating Contest. The winner takes home his or her weight in Ghirardelli chocolate. Kids have their own version of the Sundae-Eating Contest on (of course) Sunday. The winner of the Kids Sundae Eating Contest receives a whole basket full of chocolate. There are other free children's activities throughout the weekend such as cookie decorating, face painting and balloon sculptures.
In addition to fun for the kids, there will be chef demonstrations for everyone who appreciates the art of cooking with chocolate. On Saturday, Elizabeth Falkner of Citizen Cake will conduct a chocolate dessert demonstration from 1:00 - 2:00 pm and the California Culinary Academy chefs will create a chocolate sculpture from 2:30 - 5:30pm.
There is no admission charge to attend the event - all activities are free except for what I consider the main event, the chocolate tasting. Tickets are $8 for 5 luscious tastes; $14 for 10; or $20 for 15. All proceeds are donated to Project Open Hand, which provides home-delivered meals, groceries and nutritional counseling to people with HIV and AIDS, as well as the homebound critically ill and seniors.
Ghirardelli Square
900 North Point Street
(between Polk and Larkin)
San Francisco, CA
12 noon - 5:30 pm
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Ghirardelli Square Chocolate Festival 2004
Did the last post about chocolate whet your appetite? Well there is a solution close at hand. The 9th Annual Ghirardelli Square Chocolate Festival will take place today, Saturday, Sept. 11 and Sunday, Sept. 12 from 12:00 noon to 5:30 PM on both days. The Chocolate Festival hosts more than 20 booths each day that feature delicacies from Ghirardelli Square restaurants and cafes, as well as other eateries and bakeries throughout the Bay Area.
Tiramisu, truffles, fudge cake, and chocolate-covered strawberries are just a few of the delicious desserts to be had at Ghirardelli Square's 9th Annual Chocolate Festival. The popular event will feature scrumptious chocolate treats from Ghirardelli Square establishments, as well as prominent restaurants, bakeries and chocolatiers from around the Bay Area. Ghirardelli Chocolate Company is the anchor festival participant with four booths featuring truffle-making and chocolate-decorating demonstrations as well as mini-sundaes and chocolate squares.
A highlight of Saturday's Festival is the popular "hands-free" Earthquake Sundae-Eating Contest. The winner takes home his or her weight in Ghirardelli chocolate. Kids have their own version of the Sundae-Eating Contest on (of course) Sunday. The winner of the Kids Sundae Eating Contest receives a whole basket full of chocolate. There are other free children's activities throughout the weekend such as cookie decorating, face painting and balloon sculptures.
In addition to fun for the kids, there will be chef demonstrations for everyone who appreciates the art of cooking with chocolate. On Saturday, Elizabeth Falkner of Citizen Cake will conduct a chocolate dessert demonstration from 1:00 - 2:00 pm and the California Culinary Academy chefs will create a chocolate sculpture from 2:30 - 5:30pm.
There is no admission charge to attend the event - all activities are free except for what I consider the main event, the chocolate tasting. Tickets are $8 for 5 luscious tastes; $14 for 10; or $20 for 15. All proceeds are donated to Project Open Hand, which provides home-delivered meals, groceries and nutritional counseling to people with HIV and AIDS, as well as the homebound critically ill and seniors.
Ghirardelli Square
900 North Point Street
(between Polk and Larkin)
San Francisco, CA
12 noon - 5:30 pm
- Beer, Bacon, Chocolate, Cheese + Ticket Giveaway!
One of the benefits of writing about food is being asked to judge and attend foodie events. Here are some of my top picks for this weekend and next, including two events I’ll be attending. San Jose Beer and Bacon ClassicThis is a new event that...
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The Fall Chocolate Salon at Fort Mason in San Francisco offers a fantastic opportunity to try, buy and learn about chocolate in many forms from bars to confections to beverages. I've participated many times as a judge for the awards and moderating...
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Delicious reception March 15, 2009 2 - 6 pm Studio 1815 Polk St San Francisco Studio gallery on Polk St annual show Delicious features art work on the theme of food from 90 local artists. This is always a playful, fun show with paintings, prints, sculpture,...
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Photo ©Abigail Huller Since the 1800's, the Bay Area has been a delicious environment for chocolate. Early on immigrants like Guittard and Ghirardelli made their fortunes not in gold, but in chocolate and their companies exist to this day. Our cool...
- Harvest Festival 2004
Have you got plans this weekend? If not, consider heading over to the Ferry Building Marketplace for the second annual Harvest Festival. The festival kicks off this evening with an organic wine tasting happy hour. Actually an all organic wine tasting...