At The Australian Chocolate Festival!

7th July (World Chocolate Day) has to be the sweetest day of the year.

And if you’re an Aussie, there’s no better way to spend it than with 30+ amazing chocolate makers and cocoa producers right here in Melbourne, Australia!

We’re talking about a huge space (at The Abbotsford Convent) FILLED with chocolate.

And not just any chocolate – the bars you will find are made from scratch from cocoa beans by some really talented (and friendly!) chocolate makers.

Like these makers!

And these makers –>

AND THESE MAKERS!

(Can you tell we’re excited?)

And these chocolate makers have scoured the world for some of the finest cocoa beans to make the best chocolate you’ve ever tasted using their own precise chocolate making methods.

And besides a room filled with chocolate and amazing people (how could it possibly get better than that?), you’ll get to taste samples and spoil yourselves with some awesome blocks of chocolate.

The best bit?

The awesome part is this is Australia’s first bean to bar chocolate festival that is dedicated to this very special section of the chocolate industry. For context:

• New Zealand’s Chocstock has celebrated bean to bar chocolate for four years
• Amsterdam’s Chocoa (who work towards Good Cocoa, Better Chocolate) has been happening since 2012.
• And the United States have held their Northwest Chocolate Festival since 2008!

What makes the bean to bar section of the chocolate industry special is that everyone involved in the end to end chocolate making process is valued.

From the farmers that grow, harvest and prepare the beans, to the makers that craft their chocolate bars and finally to us chocolate eaters (and if you’re like us, we’re always hunting for that next best treat!).

Chocolate eaters will be spoilt for choice:

• From bars made with mindblowingly creative inclusions (how does cinnamon donut & rum chocolate sound?)
• To blocks made from cacao beans from different countries / regions / seasons that give each bar different flavours! (See this post here for a little more on how this is even possible!)!
• And don’t get us started on all of those hot chocolate possibilities. (It’s winter – if this doesn’t convince you come along, we have no idea what will)

Check out our calendar for more information and register here for tickets!

Feel free to reach out if you have any questions! We’re always keen to help fellow chocolate hunters.

Where to next?

Well if you’re new, we recommend:

And if you’re curious, we recommend:

And if you’re still not so sure, check out what events or makers are in your area:

Talk Beans with us!

Got any questions? Feedback? Want to hi say? Reach out below – we’re always happy to chat!

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