Its Back: The 4th Annual Los Angeles Luxury Chocolate Salon At The Pasadena Center (Sunday, Oct. 10 2010

Damn, this year flew by.



Chocolate: It Builds Communities


Excited to announce the return of the L.A Chocolate Salon going on at The Pasadena Center on October 10th.

I've covered this event since the very start. I was a in the taste panel last year and happy to announce that I will be gorging myself for the sake of chocolate glory yet again this year. It only gets bigger and better as each year passes by....

There are already over 35 Chocolatiers participating this year.

Divine Chocolate, Choclatique, Amano Artisan Chocolate, Essential Chocolate Desserts, Chubby Chipmunk Hand-Dipped Chocolates, Mignon Chocolate, Ococoa chocolates, Kika's Treats, Happy Chocolates, The Chocolate Traveler, R & R Chocolate Palace, Chocoveda, Marti Chocolatt, Clarine's Florentines, Amella Caramels, Moonstruck Chocolate, Suess Chocolates, Jer's Chocolate, The Toffee Box, Farm Fresh To You

Buy your tickets here for only $20



Pues, Hay De Sample Y Sample No Mas Hombre


The 4th Annual Los Angeles Chocolate Salon

Sunday October 10th 11AM - 5PM

The Pasadena Center
300 Green Street
PasadenaCenter.com

And the Winner for Two Tickets to the L.A Chocolate Salon is.....

By order of true randomness , I announce the winner of two free tickets to this years L.A Luxury Chocolate Salon to be...


(really fast drum roll please)

...Hanh Nguyen!

"My Glutster moment - I had a bag full of fancy, spiced truffles melt into a soup of yummy chocolate in its original bag, so I poured it into a tupperware box and then used that as a dip for granny smith apples. I won't say how many apples I went through."

A full bag of truffles eyy?

Good start, but the Chocolate Salon will be like eating 40 full bags of truffles, enjoy!


Congratulations!

I will submit your name and email to the people over at Taste TV and two tickets will be waiting for you at will call.

As for the rest of you?

Thanks for trying your luck, this was the first time I do something like this but it will not be my last.

And don't forget...it's only $20 presale for over 40 Artisan Chocolatiers!

That is really nothing compared to other food events I've covered (some up to $300-$500? not kidding)


hope to see you guys there!

Two Free Tickets to the L.A Chocolate Salon, Who's Down? (Giveaway!)

So after covering the Los Angeles Chocolate Salon since its L.A premiere in 2007 , I've made it up to the ranks of the "Salon Awards Tasting Panel" for this years event.

Why is this significant to you guys? I'm the one going to be gorging, I mean diligently "tasting" every single chocolate they have available, right?

...Well, now you can too!

Thanks to kind folks over at Taste T.V. I'm giving away TWO--count them, TWO--promotional tickets to this year's Chocolate
LOS ANGELES LUXURY CHOCOLATE SALON on October 11th, 2009.

Now for the catch...

Just be kind and leave a comment!

Stating:

A) Your full name

B) Your email (chose to be private, just email me: theglutster@gmail.com)

&

C) A Glutster moment in your life...what is the most chocolate you've ever eaten in one sitting?

Be it all the chocolate from your trick or treat bag when you were younger, five times over Chocolate soft serve at a buffet somewhere or even just a complete bar of anything...be honest!

I will select a random winner by midnight on Thursday, October 1st.

...All of a sudden I feel like Willy Wonka with the last golden tickets or something.

Good Luck!

An Evening of Chocolate Bliss: In Search of the Heart of Chocolate (Screening)

Thanks to the folks from the almighty Chocolate Salon, I was invited for the screening of In Search of the Heart of Chocolate, a 'chocumentary' dwelling into the drive of chocolate "enthusiasts" (not addicts) and analyzing chocolates ability to build communities (proof of this seen clearly: people disregarding the grizzly L.A rain and traffic and still coming out?)

Anyways, the short documentary by Sarah Feinbloom turned out to be a comedic riot, exposing the 'sinful' happiness admitted by various "percenters" (level of chocolate lovers = type)

Eating about a pound of chocolate paraphernalia and still going back for seconds, thirds, fourths of Tulip Cups with Chocolate Passionfruit Mousse and White Chocolate Macademia Meyer Lemon Bars at their Chocolate Buffet (courtesy of chocolatier Susie Norris), I was truly in a state of chocolate bliss. After a while though, I noticed everyone was twice my age and staring suspiciously at me so I scampered quietly away.

Don't know if it was the 'hyper-active' properties of chocolate (talked about in the film) but I think I spotted Mick Jagger there licking chocolate off a girls neck, ha. I'm not usually the one to notice these things so don't quote me on this...