Chocolate Festival Paris 2011

Crunchy, fondant, sweet, sour, white or black: with chocolate, everyone has their own preferences. From the 20th to the 24th of October, you´ll have entire days to savour it in all of its ways thanks to the Paris Chocolate Festival, the biggest event in the world dedicated to cocoa. The 17th edition will take place in the Paris Expo Porte de Versaills precinct,  where the international chocolate makers will be the masters of seduction.

Forget about the gourmet masks made of chocolate for the face or hair and of all the myths about this delicious temptation. The Paris Chocolate Festival invites you to sample the new products of your favourite brands and discover the talent of artisans and chefs from around the world. This year, the art of baking will have no limits with the Pastry Show. The cake guide will be the queen of the capital sins! More than your palate, it will be your five senses who have an appointment with a ceremony of sensorial pleasures. Conferences, creative workshops, bookshop, live recipes, shows, samplings… the animation programme announces itself as cosmopolitan and rich for the whole crowd.

If, in 2010, Lady Gaga disgusted the vegetarians with her dress of red, bloody meat, the famous fashion show of chocolate dresses that takes place every day during this Parisian festival usually seduces everyone with no exception. The meeting of fashion and gastronomy is undoubtedly an aphrodisiac cocktails which Chantal Thomass, a famous French luxury lingerie creator, will know how to shine as the godmother of this edition.

Another divine event will be ´Duos on the table´ – ´duos sur table´ in French – an exhibition of prestigious tables whose main subject will be the seven deadly sins. Jealousy, laziness, pride, cholera, avarice and lust. The baking chefs will team up with great names of the design and table art to surprise you over and over again. The chocolatier Sadharu Aoki, the house of Andrée Putman, Mellerio jewelers, the fashion designer Nicolas Fafiotte and the architect Marie Deroudilhe are just some of the professionals who have accepted the challenge.

Celebrities from the media world and artists will also give a hand to the festival with the making of exclusive recipes and desserts to share with the crowd. The best chocolatiers in the world will be compensated during the awards ceremony on Friday the 21st of October.

In the Parisian pastry shops Hugo & Victor, a contemporary and gastronomic brand who will be present at the festival, you´ll find some small biscuits in the shape of rugby balls with chocolate and vanilla flavour. An original and crunchy way to pay a tribute to the Rugby World Cup which takes place from the 9th until the 23rd of October in New Zealand. For more information: http://www.salon-du-chocolat.com/accueil.aspx

The Chocolate Festival in Paris gathers all the addicts of chocotherapy to attend one of the tastiest events of the year. For five days, cocoa will be the host at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, and apartments in Paris will be your place to digest its deliciousness.

 

Translated by: aleixgwilliam