Kokova Magazine

The Chocolate Festival is coming to Oxford, London and Brighton and in the run up to Easter these festivals are a must for chocoholics everywhere. With free admission they are a great day out for all the family.

The Chocolate Festival - April 2011

The festival will consist of internationally renowned chocolatiers demonstrating their specialist skills as well as a whole host of exhibitors and stall holders showcasing and selling their delicious wares.

This is a real opportunity to indulge your passions while learning loads of useful stuff like how to make it yourself and how much more there is to chocolate than the big brands featured in your local supermarket.

This event offers an ideal opportunity to discover the genuine health benefits and goodness of real chocolate as well of course as being a chance for total, justified indulgence and some great Mother's Day and Easter shopping.

Exhibitors and demonstrators include master chocolatiers such as Damian Allsop and Paul Wayne Gregory.

The tantalising array of stalls will include the likes of: -

• Red Star Chocolate showcasing chocolate bars from around the world.
• The Chocolucion – demonstrating their raw chocolate making kits.
• Churros Garcia – selling homemade Churros with chocolate.
• Outsider Tart – selling American style baked goodies.
• The Big Yum - chocolate covered pretzels.
• Plus many more.....

Resource, information and community site - seventypercent.com - dedicated to fine quality chocolate, will be on hand to deliver the story of chocolate from bean to bar while also encouraging you to take their free chocolate taste test to help build their taste mapping database and build your own personal flavour profile.

If you are a chocoholic, or you know someone that is, then you cannot afford to miss these events and snap up some Easter treats into the bargain!

For all festival dates and more information please visit www.festivalchocolate.co.uk

Oxford: Saturday 2nd - Sunday 3rd April 2011

Rose Events are pleased to announce their 1st ever Oxford Chocolate Festival. This exciting event will take place from 10am until 6pm at Oxford Broad Street.

Yael Rose, the Event Director, says:

I’m really excited to be bringing The Chocolate Festival to Oxford. It’s a fantastic city and we’re confident that the people of Oxford will enjoy our event, which is all about fun and creativity while also getting the opportunity to learn about the health benefits of chocolate. The festival is the perfect place to spend a day out with friends and loved ones and spoil yourselves while learning more about your favourite delicacy.

London: Friday 8th - Sunday 10th April 2011

A family day out with a difference at the Southbank Centre, London. This event offers an ideal opportunity to learn more about everyone’s favourite indulgence. Give the children a chance to see where there Easter treats come from and how much more there is to the sweet brown stuff than chocolate eggs.

All 3 days will have a host of activities and demonstrations to delight all ages but the line-up of children’s activities taking place between midday and 2pm on Sunday 10th April will be particularly fun for the littluns wanting to really get into the flavour of things.

The Chocolate Festival is supporting the Sick Children’s Trust, by hosting a Big Chocolate Tea Party on Sunday 10th April from 12 noon – 2pm. Families can join in the fun chocolaty craft activities absolutely free as well as enjoy chocolate delights and learn more about the charity and its invaluable work.

Brighton: Saturday 16th - Sunday 17th April 2011

After the hugely successful inaugural Brighton Chocolate Festival in March 2010 it's back once more for an indulgent, gastronomic celebration of our favourite passion – The Brighton Chocolate Festival returns to New Road for 2 days of chocolate lovers heaven.

Just in time for Easter shopping, the Chocolate Festival is an integral part of the annual Brighton Food and Drink Festival.
www.festivalchocolate.co.uk