WELCOME TO CHOCOLATE: THE EVENT

Southern California's Premier Chocolate, Coffee, Wine and Music Festival!

Buy your tickets NOW for

The Sweetest Event of the Year 

Chocolate: The Event

July 29- 31st, 2011

Indulge all your senses with 30,000 square feet of chocolate indulgence

food, drinks, music, fun booths, fashion,

and a celebrity chef challenge featuring your favorite star chefs!

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Have you heard? Everything’s coming up “Chocolate” this summer in Southern California and we’d be particularly honored were you to be a part of it! In addition to a myriad of chocolate delicacies to delight your palette, there will be wine tastings, fine coffees to sample, a celebrity chef challenge, a fashion show and fun filled `Chocolatetivities' for the entire family. Be sure to catch some of the hottest bands around, providing world-class entertainment. Our hand-selected vendors will be offering an array of chocolates, fine wines and gourmet coffees, along with a plethora of  complimentary delights. Likewise, we are honored to have Disneyland, jetBlue, OC Foodies, OC Standard and Lance Magazine among our sponsors as well as many others.

Starting on Friday evening, July 29th as part of the opening festivities, VIP guests are invited to attend a sumptuous dinner hosted by the world-famous Bruno Seratos White House Restaurant. Bruno is delighted to offer the kind of five-star cuisine that his celebrated establishment has become famous for. In fact, these award winning dishes, along with his work with numerous childrens charities have been recognized across the globe, and he was recently honored by CNN as one of their CNN Heroes Bruno feeds 300 underprivileged kids every single day of the year!

Then on Saturday morning, July 30th we’ll kick off the fun early at 10 am with an extravagant "Chocolate Walk" down Center Street Promenade. Afterward and throughout the day, there will be live music, street performers and a whole myriad of epicurean and chocolate delicacies to tantalize and delight the palate! Major Celebrity Hosts, Live Bands, Top Chefs and Chocolatier's featured at the events including: Tamra Barney (The Real Housewives of Orange County on Bravo), Judy Tenuta (The Love Goddess), Alison Arngrim (Nellie Oleson of Little House on the Prairie), Adam Gertler (TV Food Networks, “Kid in A Candy Store”), Chef Meg Hall (Extreme Chef on Food Network), Chef Emmanuel Delcour (Chef Masters on Bravo), Chef Jill Davie (Sunkist's Spokeswoman, The Next Iron Chef and Extreme Chef), Chef Pascal Olhats (Pascal Restaurant, Épicerie Pascal & Café Jardin), Chef Manouschka Guerrier (Food Network's Chef to the Stars) Chef Stef Candy (Belmont Shores Best Chocolatier), Randy Fuhrman (Award Winning Event Planner and Caterer), Chocolatier Jonathan Grahm (Chocolatier to the Stars featured on Oprah) and Chef Susan Irby (aka The Bikini Chef). There’ll be a variety of entertainment and top bands including; Adam Lasher Band (The Nephew of Carlos Santana), Neveready, Cathouse Thursday, Daniel DiCriscio, The Fortune Band and The Go-Sheilas with many more TBA. Even a dynamic fashion show with celebrity hosts; Daniel DiCriscio (Messiah of Makeover”), Joe Exclusive (Fashion Stylist to the Stars) fashion designers Michael Costello (Project Runway's Season 8) Andrew Christian (Bravo's The Fashion Show), Lynne Curtin (The Real Housewives of Orange County on Bravo)), FODOL fashions, BECCA Swimwear by Rebecca Virtue and Betinnis! Some of our world class entertainment committee directors include, David Green of MTU, Battle of The Dance and Vera Ninkovic.  So not only will those in attendance enjoy scrumptious chocolate of all sorts, there will be savory wine tastings, gourmet coffee samples, live concerts, a celebrity chef challenge, and extra special--extra fun--surprises for the entire family to enjoy! (not to mention some of the hottest entertainment around.)

Last but not least, on Sunday July 31, we will be having a “Grand Closing Gala Chocolate Awards“--a curtain call if you will, to the entire event. We will have a feature screening of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at UltraLuxe CInema in GardenWalk, Anaheim next to Disneyland. This will close the sweet fun of the festival with a celebrity star studded red carpet, surprise celebrity guests, chocolate awards, movie memorabilia displays, "Golden Ticket" giveaways, sweet swag bags, Wonka movie character look alike's and chocolate tastings.

“Chocolate-The Event” is a fund-raising effort for both the MUZEO’s Eniro programs for access to the Arts for at-risk youth and children throughout the region, along with the Downtown Anaheim Association, as well as other charities which are being added daily. One of the main features of the event in addition to the amazing chef talent at the expose is Chocolate: The Exhibition. This national tour runs June 9th – September 10th. At the event you’ll explore the plant, the products, the history, and the culture of chocolate through the lenses of botany and ecology, anthropology and economics, conservation and popular culture.

Already promising to be the “Can’t Miss” premier celebration of the 2011 summer season, “Chocolate: The Event” is designed to appeal--not just to chocolate lovers, but to anyone of any age who enjoys a plain old terrific time!

More information will be included here as we confirm our headliners, celebrity guests, competition judges, challengers, tickets and even more special features and highlights! So stay tuned and get ready for "Chocolate" The Event!

Yours Very Sincerely,

Lance Perkins,

Event Chairman,
CHOCOLATE: The Event