{"id":3189,"date":"2013-01-25T17:52:26","date_gmt":"2013-01-26T01:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/?p=3189"},"modified":"2023-05-18T11:48:18","modified_gmt":"2023-05-18T18:48:18","slug":"tastetv-names-best-american-chocolatiers-and-confectioners-for-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/ourchocolatiers\/tastetv-names-best-american-chocolatiers-and-confectioners-for-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"TasteTV names Best American Chocolatiers & Confectioners for 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

SFBA was again well represented in TasteTV\u2019s annual International Chocolate Salon Awards for the Best Chocolatiers and Confectioners in America<\/a>. Two local chocolatiers earned their highest rating (six stars): One of our favorites, CocoTutti<\/strong> \"4-cup<\/a>, and newcomer\u00a0Sixth Course Artisan Confections<\/a>.<\/strong> Four locals earned five stars, and 17 earned four stars.<\/p>\n

Stars are awarded based on the combined total number of Gold and Silver Awards received by each entrant in the 2012 TasteTV Chocolate Salons and Competitions.<\/p>\n

\"America's<\/a>SFBA 6-Star Award Winners<\/h2>\n
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  • CocoTutti<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Sixth Course Artisan Confections<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    SFBA 5-Star Award Winners<\/h2>\n
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    • Feve Artisan Chocolatier<\/strong><\/li>\n
    • Socola Chocolatier<\/strong><\/li>\n
    • The TeaRoom Chocolate Co.<\/strong><\/li>\n
    • Toffee Talk<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      SFBA 4-Star Award Winners<\/h2>\n
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      • Alter Eco Fair Trade Chocolate<\/strong><\/li>\n
      • CC Made<\/strong><\/li>\n
      • Clarine’s Florentines<\/strong><\/li>\n
      • COCOA<\/strong><\/li>\n
      • Dandelion Chocolate<\/strong><\/li>\n
      • Guittard Chocolate Company<\/strong><\/li>\n
      • Jade Chocolates<\/strong><\/li>\n
      • Kika\u2019s Treats<\/strong><\/li>\n
      • Monterey Chocolate Company<\/strong><\/li>\n
      • NeoCocoa<\/strong><\/li>\n
      • Nicole Lee Fine Chocolates<\/strong><\/li>\n
      • Plumeria Flours<\/strong><\/li>\n
      • Rachel Dunn Chocolates<\/strong><\/li>\n
      • Saratoga Chocolates<\/strong><\/li>\n
      • Snake & Butterfly<\/strong><\/li>\n
      • Toffeeology<\/strong><\/li>\n
      • Vice Chocolates<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Congratulations to all our winning local chocolatiers!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Lots of locals in the list<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,15,222,14,41,131],"tags":[353,1154,354,725,56,275,270,316,356,97,177,357,821,171,358,359,360,280,99,281,352,209,361,185],"class_list":["post-3189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-east-bay-chocolate","category-local-chocolate","category-peninsula-chocolate","category-ourchocolatiers","category-san-francisco-chocolate","category-south-bay-chocolate","tag-alter-eco-fair-trade-chocolate","tag-award-competition","tag-cc-made","tag-clarines-florentines","tag-cocoa","tag-cocotutti","tag-dandelion-chocolate","tag-feve-artisan-chocolatier","tag-guittard-chocolate-company","tag-jade-chocolates","tag-kikas-treats","tag-monterey-chocolate-company","tag-neococoa","tag-nicole-lee-fine-chocolates","tag-plumeria-flours","tag-rachel-dunn-chocolates","tag-saratoga-chocolates","tag-sixth-course-artisan-confections","tag-snake-butterfly","tag-socola-chocolatier","tag-the-tearoom-chocolate-co","tag-toffee-talk","tag-toffeeology","tag-vice-chocolates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3189","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=3189"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38581,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3189\/revisions\/38581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}