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NW Chocolate Festival

Visit the Northwest Chocolate Festival for tastes of our finest Chocolate made by the region's premiere Chefs and Chocolatiers.

We are excited to welcome Chocolate Lovers from all walks of life to the heart of the great Pacific Northwest for two days and two nights of pure chocolate decadence.

Join us for tastes in chocolate, a gala celebration, cooking classes, chocolate demonstration, and award winning speakers and presentations...All on Chocolate!

Visit the Tickets page for weekend passes and evening tickets to the Northwest Chocolate Festival. Daytime workshops and Saturday night's Party will be lots of fun! 

NW Regional Chocolate Competition PDF Print E-mail

Come and taste the Best of the Northwest in Chocolate!

You get to Vote for the People's Choice Awards at the Chocolate Competition!

The Northwest Chocolate Festival is proud to announce the upcoming Northwest Regional Chocolate Competition at the chocolate festival in September 2008. We will be delighted to announce the winners of our main competition, judged by a select group of Northwest and National judges.

The main categories will be the following:

Best use of milk chocolate

Best use of dark chocolate

Best use of ingredients

Best plated dessert

Best confection dessert

Best use of cocoa nibs

Most original chocolate dessert

Best savory use of chocolate

We will also be awarding a people’s choice award for best chocolate.
Our judge bio will be available in September 2008.

The Northwest Chocolate Festival will utilize [8] eight judges to determine the best in each category and to award the outstanding merits of the regional entries with a category award.

The judges will be looking to each entry for the following components to determine the best of the Northwest in chocolate.

* Appearance
* Texture (mouth feel)
* Sweetness level
* Creativity
* Balance of Flavors
* Use of ingredients
* Finish

There will be a 1 to 5 rating for each category with room for comments from the judges.

We will award a total of eight awards with an additional award of people’s choice and judges choice for overall chocolate dessert excellence. There will be two professional merits for excellence in commercial chocolate making awarded.

Our awards will be distinct and focused as a beacon of excellence in the chocolate making industry.

Chef's and Chocolatiers please contact our Competition Coordinator for entry guidelines.

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The Northwest Chocolate Festival is supported by the following chocolate companies, regional businesses, and non-profit organizations. Thank you to all of our first year supporters!

Navitas Naturals