{"id":2341,"date":"2012-02-09T11:23:59","date_gmt":"2012-02-09T19:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/?p=2341"},"modified":"2024-02-18T13:24:43","modified_gmt":"2024-02-18T21:24:43","slug":"some-sfba-chocolatiers-recognized-as-best-in-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/ourchocolatiers\/some-sfba-chocolatiers-recognized-as-best-in-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Some SFBA chocolatiers recognized as best in America"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/2012GMC2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-2356\" title=\"2012GMC\" src=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/2012GMC2-150x150.png\" alt=\"2012 GMC\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/2012GMC2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/2012GMC2.png 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 85vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Congratulations to local chocolatiers, <a title=\"Coco Tutti\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cocotutti.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>CocoTutti<\/strong><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/recommended\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1259\" src=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/cupicon2.png\" alt=\"3-5 cup chocolatier\" width=\"14\" height=\"16\" \/><\/a> and <strong>The Tea Room Chocolates,<\/strong> for being named 2012 Grand Master Chocolatiers by<a href=\"https:\/\/www.internationalchocolatesalon.com\/the-best-chocolatiers-and-confectioners-in-america-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> TasteTV<\/a>, sponsors of the popular SF International and Napa Luxury\u00a0Chocolate Salons.\u00a0 This is the 1st year CocoTutti and The Tea Room were named Grand Masters. Last year, they both won Excellence awards.<\/p>\n<p>The International Chocolate Salon Awards for the Best Chocolatiers and Confectioners in America are based on the combined total number of Gold and Silver Awards received by each entrant in the 2011 TasteTV Chocolate Salons.<\/p>\n<p>Other local 2012 Best Chocolatiers and Confectioners in America named by TasteTV include some perennial favorites:<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/2012MC.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-2358\" title=\"2012MC\" src=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/2012MC-150x150.png\" alt=\"2012 MC\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/2012MC-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/2012MC.png 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 85vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Master Award Winners<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Jade Chocolates<\/li>\n<li>Kollar Chocolates<\/li>\n<li>Monterey Chocolate Company<\/li>\n<li>Nicole Lee Fine Chocolates<\/li>\n<li>Toffee Talk<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Of the Master Award winners, only Jade is a returning champ. The other four winners are new to the list.<\/p>\n<h3>Excellence Awards Winners<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/2012EA.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-2355\" title=\"2012EA\" src=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/2012EA-150x150.png\" alt=\"2012 EA\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/2012EA-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/2012EA.png 189w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 85vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Alter Eco<\/li>\n<li>AMELLA<\/li>\n<li>Au Coeur Des Chocolats<\/li>\n<li>Clarine&#8217;s Florentines<\/li>\n<li>Dandelion Chocolate<\/li>\n<li>Dolce Bella Chocolates and Cafe<\/li>\n<li>Gateau et Ganache<\/li>\n<li>Ghirardelli<\/li>\n<li>Guittard Chocolate Company<\/li>\n<li>Kika&#8217;s Treats<\/li>\n<li>Landru Chocolates<\/li>\n<li>Neo Cocoa<\/li>\n<li>Plumeria Flours<\/li>\n<li>Salt Side Down Chocolates<\/li>\n<li>Saratoga Chocolates<\/li>\n<li>Sixth Course Artisan Confections<\/li>\n<li>Snake &amp; Butterfly<\/li>\n<li>Socola Chocolatier<\/li>\n<li>Sterling Confections<\/li>\n<li>Toffeeology<\/li>\n<li>Vice Chocolates<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/ourchocolatiers\/rulers-of-the-chocolate-world\/\">Last year\u2019s local winners of best in America awards<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking for the best local chocolate? TasteTV has suggestions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2352,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,15,14,41,131],"tags":[353,30,207,94,17,275,270,105,316,576,220,62,97,429,595,357,821,171,170,360,280,99,100,274,352,209,185],"class_list":["post-2341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-bay-chocolate","category-local-chocolate","category-ourchocolatiers","category-san-francisco-chocolate","category-south-bay-chocolate","tag-alter-eco-fair-trade-chocolate","tag-artisan","tag-au-coeur-des-chocolats","tag-chocolate-salon","tag-chocolatier","tag-cocotutti","tag-dandelion-chocolate","tag-dolce-bella","tag-feve-artisan-chocolatier","tag-gateau-et-ganache","tag-ghirardelli","tag-guittard","tag-jade-chocolates","tag-kollar-chocolates","tag-landru-chocolates","tag-monterey-chocolate-company","tag-neococoa","tag-nicole-lee-fine-chocolates","tag-salt-side-down","tag-saratoga-chocolates","tag-sixth-course-artisan-confections","tag-snake-butterfly","tag-sterling-confections","tag-tastetv","tag-the-tearoom-chocolate-co","tag-toffee-talk","tag-vice-chocolates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2341"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41689,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2341\/revisions\/41689"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}