If you truly love chocolate, it's not enough to shave bon bons over your Count Chocula or use Nutella as toothpaste: one may only achieve the apogee of cocoalightenment if the majority of your skin is cloaked in the stuff. Billed as the "world's largest event dedicated to chocolate," the 14th annual Chocolate Show New York kicked off last night with a Broadway-themed fashion show that allowed chefs and designers step into each other's shoes and dress models in chocolate. As the crowd waited for the show to begin, the emcee asked the married duo who founded the event, Sylvie Douce and François Jeantet, what their favorite type of chocolate was. For Jeantet, it was "dark, of course." But for Douce? "My husband." Beat. Emcee: "Well, I won't prod any further there!"
Photos: Models Strut In Edible Attire At The Chocolate Fashion Show 2011
Eating It Up At The 2009 Chocolate Show
If you like chocolate, you should get your butt down to the Chocolate Show. The 2009 Chocolate Show opened yesterday with exhibitors from around the world, including several local purveyors. While at the show, you can try all sorts of things derived from the cacao bean and some that aren't like dessert wines and rum from Puerto Rico. Bring your cash too, because you can actually buy chocolate at the show as well.
Chocolate Show 2008 Kicks Off With Chocolate Couture
The 11th annual New York Chocolate Show is taking over the huge Pier 94 space at West 55th Street this weekend, and the serotonin surge started last night with a colorful "Super-Hero" chocolate fashion show. Almost everything you see the models wearing here is edible, and the sweet threads will be displayed on mannequins until Sunday or until someone breaks past security and eats them, whichever comes first. But take it from us; security is tight!
Chocolate Week Is Upon Us! Resistance is Futile!
This week in New York life is like a box of chocolates – on steroids. (Mmmm, chocolate steroids.) The wicked masterminds behind the 10th annual International Chocolate Show decided that this year the usual three day, 40,000 square foot cocoa orgy just wasn’t going to cut it. So they’ve gotten a number of area restaurants to collectively boost the city’s blood sugar levels by declaring the next six days Chocolate Week. Some notable New York...
On the Plate: Upcoming Food and Wine Events
Time for a major sugar rush. Head over to the ninth annual Chocolate Show for chocolate, chocolate, and more chocolate, with some culinary demonstrations and art thrown in for good measure. $25 tickets, for one day's admission, are available online (via Ticketmaster.com or calling 212-307-7171), and will also be on sale at the door (cash and checks only at the door). Metropolitan Pavillion & Altman Building, 125 West 18th Street. Friday, November 10: 11am to 9pm, Saturday, November 11: 10am to 8pm, Sunday, November 12: 10am to 7pm. Children under 5: Free; Children, 5 to 12: Free, but you're limited to 2 children per adult. Each additional child (5-12): $8.
On the Plate: Upcoming Food and Wine Events
November 6: NYC Marathon Brunch at Central Park Boathouse
On the Plate: Upcoming Food Events
March 16th: International Chocolate Panel. The folks at the at 92nd Street Y are putting together a panel discussion and a fantastic-sounding tasting of chocolate from around the world. The panel, moderated by author and culinary historian Alexandra Leaf, includes Stephanie Teuwen, special events producer for the Chocolate Show, Clay Gordon, chocolate critic and founder of the New World Chocolate Society (sign us up for that one!), Francois Payard, chef-owner of Payard Patisserie & Bistro, and Bill Yosses, executive chef of Joseph’s Citarella. Tickets are $45 and can be bought online. 7:30 PM, 1395 Lexington Avenue (92nd and Lexington), (212)415-5500.
A Day at the Chocolate Show
We told you it was coming, and now it's finally here: the Seventh Annual Chocolate Show New York, which began this past Thursday, November 11th, and ends this Sunday, November 14th. Gothamist knew that there'd be everything from a fashion show to cooking demos to art displays made of chocolate. But what we were really excited about was getting to try so many different chocolates, all in one afternoon.
Chocolate Alert!
The Chocolate Show is coming! The Chocolate Show is coming! We know where we'll be camped out this weekend . . .
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