*UPDATE*
THE CHOCOLATE TASTE-OFF FINALS: Thomas Haas v. Mink Chocolates v. Chocolate Arts v. ChocolaTas –>
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This was my view when news that my chocolate judging abilities were desired for Eat Drink Be Local‘s first annual ‘We Heart Local Chocolate Taste-Off’.
I’d been planning a post-holiday health kick (to counter the daily happy hour of tortilla chips and guacamole), although it was instantly thrown out the window for this: round one of chocolate competition –>
And here’s round two: Mink Chocolates v. Chocolate Arts –>
Stay tuned for the winner of Eat Drink Be Local’s first annual Chocolate Taste-Off, to be announced on Valentine’s Day!
Taste-off competitors:
- ChocolaTas
- Chocolate Arts
- Chocolaterie de la Nouvelle France
- Cocoa Nymph
- Mink Chocolates
- Schokolade Artisan Chocolates
- Thomas Haas
- XOXOLAT
Taste-off judges:
- Randy Shore, Food Editor at Vancouver Sun & The Green Man blogger
- Mark Docherty, News Anchor at Citytv’s Breakfast TV
- Fred Lee, Vanhattan’s Man About Town, ‘UnLEEshed’ (Vancouver Courier, National Post, & CBC’s Early Edition)
For all contest details, head to Eat Drink Be Local’s website here. You can also follow the contest’s clever creators (Alix and Cindy) on Twitter: @eatdrinkbelocal.
And tune in to Virgin 95.3 on Saturday, February 5th for my Valentine’s Day chocolate chat with host Simone Grewal.
Until round two…
Ciao for now!