NEW RELEASE: The Official Chocolate Journal helps track your Good Taste

Our second publication of the year, THE OFFICIAL CHOCOLATE JOURNAL. Use for tastings, recipes, travels, shops, chocolate salons.

Now available, you’ll be able to keep track of your chocolate tastings, your favorite chocolates, your favorite shops and even recipes with THE OFFICIAL CHOCOLATE JOURNAL (2nd Edition).

Over 140 pages for you to fill.

Find it on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2TZLokL

TasteTV Gift Guide: 10 Tasty Chocolates for the Vegan

What could be a better gift for the vegan in your life than an offering of artisan chocolate? The answer is “nothing.” Fortunately, there are a large number of vegan chocolates that you can enjoy.

LA Women in Chocolate Honored at the Los Angeles Chocolate Salon

 

At the Annual Los Angeles Chocolate Salon this Fall, several Women in Chocolate were honored by the INTERNATIONAL CHOCOLATE SALON for their contributions to the world of chocolate and chocolate culture. The International Chocolate Salon was founded in 2007 by TasteTV and TCB Cafe Publishing and Media, and is one of the premier international bodies celebrating and honoring artisan and premium chocolates and confections.

Pictured here: (front row, left to right) Marti Chocolatt, Food Market Gypsy, The Chocolate Project, (back row, left to right)  Raphio Chocolate, Amella Caramels, Valenza Chocolatier, author Carole Bloom, Hnina Gourmet, Bar Cacao.

THE CHOCOLATIERS AWARD recipients are selected based on either having received numerous chocolate salon awards over the years, or having made a significant impact in the world of taste and chocolate, particularly in the Los Angeles area. It also spotlights the growing number of women entrepreneurs, chocolatiers, confectioners, and pastry chefs that the Los Angeles Area and Southern California has supported.

The following are the announced recipients of the awards.


THE CHOCOLATIERS AWARD

LOS ANGELES Women in Chocolate: CHOCOLATIERS AWARD

  1.  Tonet Tibay, Marti Chocolatt
  2. Amy Jo Pedone, Valenza Chocolatier
  3. Amara Barroeta, Amara Chocolate
  4. Elena Kiamilev, Amella Caramels
  5. Michelle Crochet, Droga Chocolates
  6. Valerie Gordon, Valerie Confections
  7. Susie Norris, Food Market Gypsy
  8. Carol Bloom, Cookbook Author
  9. Ruth Kennison, Bonaparte Chocolate
  10. Vanessa Morgenstern-Kenan, Hnina Gourmet
  11. Danielle Laubach, Zenbunni Chocolatiers
  12. Joana Whittingham, Fera’wyn’s Artisan Chocolates
  13. Samantha McGinnis, Cowboy Toffee
  14. Elisia Otavi-Makmur, Raphio Chocolate
  15. Diane Kron Chocolatier
  16. Patricia Tsai, ChocoVivo
  17. Christine Sarioz, Milla Chocolates

In addition, the following have been named for Honorable Mention

  1. Jessica Ferraro, Bar Cacao
  2. Elyce Zahn, CocoTutti Chocolates
  3. Etty Benhamou, Le Mervetty

The Best Vegan Chocolates to Satisfy your Needs for Great Taste and Wellness

Vegan foods are taking the World by storm, and for good reason. They taste a lot better than they used to, and there are a lot more of them now than ever before. This is definitely true for vegan chocolate.

Warm Up! Awards for Best Hot Chocolate & Cocoa Announced

With the weather as cold as it is sometimes in the Northern Hemisphere, it’s good to know that there is award winning hot chocolate out there to soothe and please your mind and body.

See this year’s Winner rankings and ratings for some of the Best Hot Cocoa and Drinking Chocolate Awards! (www.hotchocolateawards.com)

TasteTV and the International Chocolate Salon have selected some of the top hot chocolates from around the World. If you are looking for some of the best, take a look at these and the results from our tasting panel’s luscious experience.

They include:

  • Chuao Chocolatier Spicy Maya
  • DAGOBA Organic Chocolate Xocolatl Drinking Chocolate with Chilies and Cinnamon
  • Quintessential Chocolates Co., Inc. “Chocolat’s Elixer”
  • Co Couture 60% classic organic hot chocolate mix
  • CACOCO, Inc. Fire Walker
  • Co Couture 70% classic organic hot chocolate mix
  • CACOCO, Inc. Midnight Mystic
  • Éclat Chocolate Hot Chocolate Reims
  • Amano Artisan Chocolate
  • CACOCO, Inc. The Original
  • Maribel Sweets Inc aztec 65% hot chocolate
  • Ticket Chocolate Raspberry Hot Chocolate on a Stick

 

To see more about the Hot Chocolate Awards, as well as rankings in categories such as Taste, Texture, and Ingredient Combinations, go to www.HotChocolateAwards.com or here: http://www.internationalchocolatesalon.com/4th-annual-hot-chocolate-award-winners/

4 of the Best Chocolate Gifts for Romance

TasteTV and the International Chocolate Salon have selected and award 4 of the Best Chocolates for Valentine’s Day, or for anytime when Romance is on the Menu.