Sponsored by Dandelion Chocolate, the 2024 Craft Chocolate Experience at the Palace of Fine Arts in SF began with an industry only trade expo the first day followed by a pairing & tasting event that evening, then 2 days of a craft chocolate marketplace. Story to come.
In addition to the marketplace Saturday and Sunday with chocolate from makers from around the world there were panel discussions, demos, and tasting opportunities.
Panels included some local chocolate makers and chocolatiers: Brad Kinzter from TCHO and Todd Masonis, co-founder of Dandelion Chocolate, local chocolate icon Michael Recchiuti, and Greg D’Alesandre from Dandelion Chocolate.
SFBA vendors at the CCE:
- 9th & Larkin
- Bisou Chocolate
- Brigadeiro Sprinkles
- The Chaga Company
- Charlotte Truffles
- COBA
- CocoTerra
- Dandelion Chocolate
- David Upchurch Chocolatier
- Feve Artisan Chocolatier
- flying noir
- Formosa Chocolates
- The Good Chocolate
- Guittard Chocolate Company
- J Street Chocolate
- Michael’s Chocolates
- NeoCocoa
- Raphio Chocolate
- Recchiuti
- Socola Chocolatier
- Tiny House of Chocolate Artisans
- Volo Chocolate
- Z. Cioccolato
Chocolate at the source
A number of vendors were chocolate makers who grow their own cacao and manufacture chocolate in the same place, or source cacao in the same country they make their bean to bar chocolate.
- 20/20 Chocolates: Venezuela
- Argencove Fine Artisan Chocolate: Nicaragua
- AWKI: Ecuador
- Bainí Chocolates: Brazil
- Bon-fiction: India
- Cárdenas Chocolate: Ecuador
- Bocao Panama: Panama
- Inaru: Dominican Republic
- Likkle More Chocolate: Jamaica
- Lonohana Chocolate: Hawaii
- Mission Chocolate: Brazil
- Noble Cacao: Mexico
- Siamaya Chocolate: Thailand
- Somos Cacao: Columbia
CBTB-mentioned nonlocal chocolate
Finally there were a few non-SFBA makers at the show we have covered here previously:
- Argencove Fine Artisan Chocolate
- Mirzam Chocolate Makers
- Mission Chocolate
- Chocolate Naive
- NearyNógs
- Public Chocolatory
- Soma Chocolatemaker
