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SUMMARY:11th Annual Colorado Chocolate Festival
LOCATION:The Denver Mart, 451 E 58th Ave, Denver, Colorado 80216
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The 11th Annual Colorad
o Chocolate Festival at the Denver Mart May 11th - 12th features more than
50,000 chocolate samples from a variety of regional and national chocolate
companies. New vendors coming in from several states will be part of the mi
x, along with several Mother's Day Gift booths plus a full entertainment ro
ster on the festival stage.
Activities get under way Friday evening, May 11 on our Main Stage at 5:
00 pm with our Happy Hour Beer and Wine Chocolate Pairing. Then at 6:00 pm,
play “Name That Chocolate”! How well do you know your brand name chocolate
s? Enter to win a $10 “Golden Ticket” to spend anywhere in the Festival!
Saturday morning the doors
open at 10:00 am, and at 11:00 am, we’ll have free chocolate cake for Moms
at our Chocolate Shop booth. The rest of the afternoon we’ve got our popula
r and hilarious Pudding Eating Contest, Andrew Novick's popular "Chocolate-
covered WHAAAATT?" where guests get to sample a variety of unlikely chocola
te-dipped treats and “The Mom Game!” where Moms answer fun, simple question
s about themselves backstage then join their kid onstage to see how many ri
ght answers they can get. Each right answer gets a chocolate treat! Winning
team wins 2 Golden Tickets!
Saturday's highlight is the Chocolatier Championship Awards, where a $2
00 cash prize for the Grand Champion truffle, will be presented onstage at
2:00 pm. Secondary truffle prizes are $100 each, and the awards for Best Fu
dge, Best Toffee, Best Chocolate Design and Best Open Class each come with
a $100 prize. Competitions are open to all culinary professionals as well a
s the general public. The Chocolatier Championships are emceed by KDVR's Ch
ris Parente.
Admission t
o the Colorado Chocolate Festival is only $5. Kids age 4 and under are admi
tted free of charge. Taste Tickets allow attendees to sample treats during
the festival, and cost just $10 for 12 Taste Tickets. Taste Tickets also al
low the vendors to get paid for the samples, a main reason the festival is
so successful at drawing chocolatiers from around the country.
Dedicated chocolate fans also have t
he option to purchase VIP Tickets or "Chocolate Jury Judging Tickets." The
$50 VIP option includes a VIP admission bracelet, early admission, 12 exclu
sive VIP Indulgence Tickets good at the dozen designated VIP vendor booths,
12 regular Taste Tickets, an exclusive labeled box for storing the VIP tre
ats, upfront seating at stage events and the ability to skip the entry line
(when purchased online in advance). VIP tickets make an excellent Mother's
Day gift.
The Chocolate
Jury Judging Tickets are also popular. For $35, those who feel up to the t
ask will be allowed to taste and evaluate a myriad of chocolate treats, ran
ging across several categories in the Chocolatier Championships.
Held annually the Friday and Satur
day of Mother's Day weekend at the Denver Mart, the Colorado Chocolate Fest
ival was recently named one of the nation's five best food fairs by Orbitz
Travel, and was also featured as a leading Spring food festival in USA Toda
y.
Hours: Friday 4 - 9 p
m; Saturday 10am - 6pm. The Denver Mart is located at 58th Avenue and I-25
( exit east ). For tickets and information, visit www.COchocolateFests.com
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