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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Fairchild's 6th Annual International Chocolate Festival - Jan 20-22nd
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Fairchild's 6th Annual International Chocolate Festival.
When: Friday, January 20, 2012 - Sunday, January 22, 2012 from 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM
Where: Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami Florida
Indulge in chocolate delicacies during the season's most delicious event!
• Enjoy fine chocolate samples from artisan chocolatiers
• Take our Chocowalk to learn about the life cycle of a cacao plant, with stops in our Rainforest and more.
• Find out everything you ever needed to know about chocolate from the experts at Mars, Inc. with From Bean to Bar
• Watch master chocolatiers and chefs demonstrating recipes with chocolate
• Attend lectures on the chocolate making, chocolate history, science and more
• Sip hot chocolate surrounded by the beauty of Fairchild
View video and photos of past International Chocolate Festivals to see what makes this event so special.
Chef Demonstrations
Friday
12:00 p.m. Short Chef
Chocolate Chicken Quesadillas and
Salad with Cacao Bean Dressing
2:00 p.m. Alejandra Bigai, Romanico’s Chocolate
Basics for Chocolate Connoisseurs
Saturday
11:00 a.m. Chef Allen Susser, West Indian Chocolate Tea
and Great Chocolate Chip Cookies
12:00 p.m. Chef Loren Pultizer, Meals that Heal
Carob Brownies (Vegan, Raw, Gluten Free and Delicious!)
1:00 p.m. Whole Foods Market Heath Starts Here Chef Jessica
Health Starts Here Chocolate Mousse and
Raw Chocolate Hazelnut Brownies
2:00 p.m. Chef Ze Carlos Jimenez, MexZican Gourmet Food Truck
Marinas de Mole
Sunday
12:00 p.m. Chef Franck Monnier, Atelier Monnier
Parisian Macarons
1:00 p.m. Chefs Norman and Justin Van Aken, Tuyo
Chocolate 3 Ways: Toast, Butter, Vinaigrette
2:00 p.m. Chef Andrea Curto-Randazzo, Creative Tastes Catering
Dark Chocolate “Thin Mint” Panna Cotta
3:00 p.m. Chef Chris Bulgarin, Delicious Catering
Pan Seared Pork Tenderloin with Dark Chocolate BBQ Sauce
Lectures (Corbin Classroom A)
Saturday
10:00 a.m. Santiago Peralta, Pacari Chocolates
Pacari: Making World-Class Chocolate in Ecuador
11:00 a.m. Osman Ariel Guitierrez, Research Geneticist USDA-IRS
Molecular Breeding in Cacao
12:00 p.m. Noris Ledesma, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden
The Chocolate Persimmon: The Aztec Fountain of Youth
1:00 p.m. Maricel Presilla, Ph.D Culinary Historian, Chef and Restaurant
Owner, Ecuador: The New Destination for Chocolate and Cooking
2:00 p.m. Freddy Amores, Fine Cocoa Production: A Tradition in Ecuador
3:00 p.m.* Dr. Howard Yana Shapiro, Global Staff Officer Plant Science
and External Research, Mars, Inc., The History and Future
of the Cacao Crop, *Please note: this lecture will be held
in our Visitor Center Ballroom
Sunday
11:00 a.m. Georgia Tasker, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden
Tea in Darjeeling
12:00 p.m. Dr. Richard Campbell, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden
South Florida Chocolate Alternatives
1:00 p.m. Maricel Presilla, Culinary Historian, Chef and Restaurant Owner,
Cooking and Traveling in Ecuador for the Love of Cacao
2:00 p.m. Santiago Peralta, Pacari Organic Chocolate
Ecuador: Soaring to New Heights in Chocolate
3:00 p.m.* Dr. Howard Yana Shapiro, Global Staff Officer Plant Science and
External Research MARS, Inc, The History and Future of the
Cacao Crop, *Please note: this lecture will be held in
our Visitor Center Ballroom
The Historic Division of Mars, Inc. Presents From Bean to Bar
Learn everything you ever wanted to know about making chocolate with an interactive presentation from the experts at Mars, Inc. Learn about chocolate from early Colonial times to the present and how production has changed. You can also sample their delicious hot chocolate from an ancient recipe.
Experience the Choco-Walk
Explore the history and lure of caco by taking the Choco-Walk through the Rainforest, Conservatory Edible Garden and The Shop at Fairchild. Kids can get a ChocoPassport that they can get stamped.
Chocolate Beer Sampling
Taste chocolate beers and beers that pair well with chocolate at Gold Coast Beverage's beer tent. They will be sampling:
Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout
Brooklyn Brown
Bells Kalamazoo Stout
Abita Turbo Dog
*While supplies last
Chocolate Yoga with Rina Yoga (near the Kid Way)
Saturday and Sunday
10:30 – 11:15 a.m. Yoga for Adults
1:30 – 2:00 p.m. Little Rina Yogis for kids
Education
All Day
Cacao and Tropical Rainforests: Learn the relationship that the cacao plant holds within rainforests. Does the cacao tree stand alone? Or do monkeys and fungi grow with it? How does sunlight affect the plant? And don’t forget to check Fair Trade products and learn what you can do protect places where cacao grows.
Edible Garden: Discover how to make chocolate from scratch. Get a first hand look at the cacao pod and what sets go into creating chocolate. [/b]
When: Friday, January 20, 2012 - Sunday, January 22, 2012 from 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM
Where: Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami Florida
Indulge in chocolate delicacies during the season's most delicious event!
• Enjoy fine chocolate samples from artisan chocolatiers
• Take our Chocowalk to learn about the life cycle of a cacao plant, with stops in our Rainforest and more.
• Find out everything you ever needed to know about chocolate from the experts at Mars, Inc. with From Bean to Bar
• Watch master chocolatiers and chefs demonstrating recipes with chocolate
• Attend lectures on the chocolate making, chocolate history, science and more
• Sip hot chocolate surrounded by the beauty of Fairchild
View video and photos of past International Chocolate Festivals to see what makes this event so special.
Chef Demonstrations
Friday
12:00 p.m. Short Chef
Chocolate Chicken Quesadillas and
Salad with Cacao Bean Dressing
2:00 p.m. Alejandra Bigai, Romanico’s Chocolate
Basics for Chocolate Connoisseurs
Saturday
11:00 a.m. Chef Allen Susser, West Indian Chocolate Tea
and Great Chocolate Chip Cookies
12:00 p.m. Chef Loren Pultizer, Meals that Heal
Carob Brownies (Vegan, Raw, Gluten Free and Delicious!)
1:00 p.m. Whole Foods Market Heath Starts Here Chef Jessica
Health Starts Here Chocolate Mousse and
Raw Chocolate Hazelnut Brownies
2:00 p.m. Chef Ze Carlos Jimenez, MexZican Gourmet Food Truck
Marinas de Mole
Sunday
12:00 p.m. Chef Franck Monnier, Atelier Monnier
Parisian Macarons
1:00 p.m. Chefs Norman and Justin Van Aken, Tuyo
Chocolate 3 Ways: Toast, Butter, Vinaigrette
2:00 p.m. Chef Andrea Curto-Randazzo, Creative Tastes Catering
Dark Chocolate “Thin Mint” Panna Cotta
3:00 p.m. Chef Chris Bulgarin, Delicious Catering
Pan Seared Pork Tenderloin with Dark Chocolate BBQ Sauce
Lectures (Corbin Classroom A)
Saturday
10:00 a.m. Santiago Peralta, Pacari Chocolates
Pacari: Making World-Class Chocolate in Ecuador
11:00 a.m. Osman Ariel Guitierrez, Research Geneticist USDA-IRS
Molecular Breeding in Cacao
12:00 p.m. Noris Ledesma, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden
The Chocolate Persimmon: The Aztec Fountain of Youth
1:00 p.m. Maricel Presilla, Ph.D Culinary Historian, Chef and Restaurant
Owner, Ecuador: The New Destination for Chocolate and Cooking
2:00 p.m. Freddy Amores, Fine Cocoa Production: A Tradition in Ecuador
3:00 p.m.* Dr. Howard Yana Shapiro, Global Staff Officer Plant Science
and External Research, Mars, Inc., The History and Future
of the Cacao Crop, *Please note: this lecture will be held
in our Visitor Center Ballroom
Sunday
11:00 a.m. Georgia Tasker, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden
Tea in Darjeeling
12:00 p.m. Dr. Richard Campbell, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden
South Florida Chocolate Alternatives
1:00 p.m. Maricel Presilla, Culinary Historian, Chef and Restaurant Owner,
Cooking and Traveling in Ecuador for the Love of Cacao
2:00 p.m. Santiago Peralta, Pacari Organic Chocolate
Ecuador: Soaring to New Heights in Chocolate
3:00 p.m.* Dr. Howard Yana Shapiro, Global Staff Officer Plant Science and
External Research MARS, Inc, The History and Future of the
Cacao Crop, *Please note: this lecture will be held in
our Visitor Center Ballroom
The Historic Division of Mars, Inc. Presents From Bean to Bar
Learn everything you ever wanted to know about making chocolate with an interactive presentation from the experts at Mars, Inc. Learn about chocolate from early Colonial times to the present and how production has changed. You can also sample their delicious hot chocolate from an ancient recipe.
Experience the Choco-Walk
Explore the history and lure of caco by taking the Choco-Walk through the Rainforest, Conservatory Edible Garden and The Shop at Fairchild. Kids can get a ChocoPassport that they can get stamped.
Chocolate Beer Sampling
Taste chocolate beers and beers that pair well with chocolate at Gold Coast Beverage's beer tent. They will be sampling:
Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout
Brooklyn Brown
Bells Kalamazoo Stout
Abita Turbo Dog
*While supplies last
Chocolate Yoga with Rina Yoga (near the Kid Way)
Saturday and Sunday
10:30 – 11:15 a.m. Yoga for Adults
1:30 – 2:00 p.m. Little Rina Yogis for kids
Education
All Day
Cacao and Tropical Rainforests: Learn the relationship that the cacao plant holds within rainforests. Does the cacao tree stand alone? Or do monkeys and fungi grow with it? How does sunlight affect the plant? And don’t forget to check Fair Trade products and learn what you can do protect places where cacao grows.
Edible Garden: Discover how to make chocolate from scratch. Get a first hand look at the cacao pod and what sets go into creating chocolate. [/b]