It’s BRING A FRIEND WEEKEND at the West Coast Chocolate Festival!

Who do you want to get chocolate with? HALF PRICE tickets are available:  http://www.chocolatefestival.ca/en/tickets/  Discount Code = BringAFriend  Great Gatsby Chocolate & Martini Evening – Speak Easy Martini’s paired with chocolate infused canapés, Friday, October 22 at 7:00pm-midnight Presented in partnership with Leigh Square Community Arts Village and Christine’s Catering Company. This cocktail event was…

Chocolate Reception, History of Chocolate and More

Sunday, November 7, 2010 at 2:00pm – 6:00pm Port Moody Galleria at Port Moody City Hall 100 Newport Drive, Port Moody   [View Map] An afternoon of chocolate, tastings, music, and stories. A family event with food, beverages and entertainment for all ages Adult $25.00 + HST, Youth $18.00 + HST, Child Free, Family Package…

Join me for BC Wine/Cider and Chocolate Pairing – Oct. 14

Presented by Cassandra Anderton, of Goodlife Vancouver, an afternoon of wonderful BC Wines (and a BC Cider), and fabulous BC Chocolates. The wines are from Black Cloud Winery, Desert Hills Winery, Rollingdale Winery, Raven’s Ridge  and Saturna Island Estate Winery. The Chocolates are amazing – produced by ChocolateWorks and Rubens Chocolate, in Coquitlam. Using high…

Scotch & Chocolate – October 16

TICKET GIVEAWAY – 2 tickets to Scotch and Chocolate – comment on this post as to what your favourite scotch is to win! Always a sold-out event renowned for its originality and elegant ambience, this year the fabulous evening will be led by Marcus Von Albrecht of Mava Foods and feature the sampling of four…

Chocolate Festival 2010 – Grand Opening Panache!

An elegant evening of chocolate, wine, hand crafted gelato, XFour martinis, Quady Wines, chocolate martinis, canapes, savouries, sweets, and all things that go with chocolate. Panache includes chocolates from Callebaut, Rubens Chocolate, Hagensborg, and XOXOLAT; samples of chocolate afternoon tea from Rowena’s Inn on the River, wines from Saturna Island Winery, Desert Hills Winery, Quady Winery, tea,…

Craft Beer and Chocolate – Granville Island Beer and Rogers Chocolates

#giveaway – 2 tickets to the West Coast Chocolate Festival and Rogers Chocolates at the Granville Island Brewery Taproom. COMMENT ON THIS POST TO WIN!! A fabulous tasting and pairing seminar, showcasing the best of great ales and beers, and the magic of Rogers Chocolate. The first Rogers’ chocolates were made in 1885 by Charles (Candy) Rogers in…

The Good Life on Talk 1410

On this week’s segment we chat about the upcoming Slurp and Swirl oysterfest with Nessa van Bergen from Joe Fortes Restaurant.  Our wine pick is an oyster-friendly Le Petit Sigma Blanc from Le Vieux Pin Winery and we begin meatball month with some samples from The Edge Social Grill and Lounge in the Granville corridor….

Chocolat Ce Soir

Chocolat Ce Soir Tuesday, November 10 at Horizons Restaurant on Burnaby Mountain Created by Chef John Garrett and Chocolatier Wim TAS of ChocolaTas A five course, paired with five wines, west coast dinner Infused with Chocolate in each course – chocolaticious! Tickets only $150 (includes taxes and gratuities) please purchase now Twenty one tickets remain…

West Coast Chocolate Festival

Stimulate your senses and feed your soul at this year’s West Coast Chocolate Festival, a flavourful and enlightening array of events October 15 to November 10, 2009 in Coquitlam, Port Moody & Port Coquitlam, and this year expanding to locations around the Lower Mainland, including Pacific Culinary Institute at Granville Island and Horizons Restaurant in Burnaby. The…