Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013 – Addison Conference Centre
9 AM | VIP Entry For Dallas Chocolate Conference & Festival | Main Hall |
10 AM | Chocolatiers’ Roundtable | Featured Chocolatiers, Moderated By Adrienne Newman (Madame Cocoa) |
11 AM | Baking With Chocolate main hall opens | Derek Poirier (Pastry Chef for Valrhona North America) & Zach Townsend (Pure Chocolate Desserts by Zach) |
Noon | Chocolate Maker Roundtable: What Makes Chocolate Good? | Participating Chocolate Makers: Amano Artisan Chocolate, Potomac, Chocolate, Dandelion Chocolate and Tejas Chocolate |
1 PM | My Life In Chocolate | Maricel Presilla, Chef, Author and Culinary Historian |
2 PM | Beyond Chocolate Cake: Modern Chocolate Desserts | David Collier, Pastry Chef (Spoon Bar and Kitchen) & Michele Brown (Collin College Pastry Professor and Texas Chef Association Pastry Chef of the Year 2010) |
3 PM | Chocolate Shop 101 | Kate Weiser (Kate Weiser Chocolate) & Troy Easton (Sublime Chocolate) |
Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013 – Special Hands-on Workshops (Additional Cost)
10 AM – 4 PM | Bean-to-Bar Chocolate-Making at My Private Chef, Dallas | Scott Moore, Jr. (Tejas Chocolate) & Alice Nystrom (Dandelion Chocolate) |
1 PM – 4 PM | Delicious Chocolate Dessert-Making Class at El Centro College, Dallas | Derek Poirier (Valrhona North America) & David Collier Spoon) |