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Chocolate candy, ice cream, cookie and dessert makers from the
Peninsula and the entire Bay Area will offer their chocolate wares for
tasting Oct. 10, 11 and 12 at the 26th annual Chocolate Fest, sponsored
by the Congregational Church of Belmont.
This event will take
place at the church, 751 Alameda de las Pulgas, Belmont. The tastings
will be: Session 1, from 7:30 to 10 p.m. Friday, Oct. 10; Session 2,
from 1:30 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 11; Session 3, from 7:30 to 10 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 11; and Session 4, from 1:30-4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 12.
Among the chocolate specialists who will participate this year will be
A-Lot-A Gelato and More and Edible Arrangements, Belmont; Guittard
Chocolate Co. and Preston's Candies, Burlingame; La Tempesta, South San
Francisco; Kathy's Kreative Kakes, Victoria’s Toffee, Jeanne’s Fudge,
Whole Foods Market, Dianda’s Pastry Co., Fortune Nut Cookies, Xocai
Chocolate, Draeger’s Market and Romolo’s Italian Ice Cream Factory, San
Mateo; Bud’s Ice Cream/Berkeley Farms, Ghirardelli Chocolate and
Scharffen Berger Chocolate, East Bay; Schurra's Candy Factory, San
Jose; Chocolate Visions, Santa Cruz; and D&D Sweet Somethings of
Foster City.
Michael Medwid’s Jazz Ensemble will play at each session which will
also feature door prizes, champagne and gourmet coffee provided by
Beneficio More-Than-Fair-Trade Coffee of Sacramento.
Last fall, nearly 1,000 guests took part in Chocolate Fest 2007.
Proceeds benefited such programs as the San Mateo Emergency Winter
Shelter, Samaritan House, Second Harvest, the Bay Area AIDS Ministry,
the Center for the Independence of the Disabled, Habitat for Humanity,
the Interfaith Hospitality Network and projects within the church.
Similar programs will benefit this year.
Tickets for the
afternoon sessions are $17.50 pre-sale or $20 at the door; in the
evening, tickets are $22.50 pre-sale or $25 at the door. Children and
seniors will be admitted for $15 in the afternoons. Order online at
www.uccbelmont.org/events.htm or call 650-593-4547.
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