The 6th Annual Austin Chocolate Festival will be held November 16th and 17th 2013 at the Norris Conference Center. If you haven't already joined, please subscribe to our newsletter for the latest information about the chocolate festival.
About the Chocolate Festival
The Austin Chocolate Festival has helped raise money and community awareness for Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and Breast Cancer. We depend on the help of the community and the festival guests to help us reach our annual fundraising goals. There are several ways you can contribute besides attending the festival. We have sponsorship and volunteer opportunities available. If you would like to sponsor the festival or volunteer for the Austin Chocolate Festival please use the contact us form on the navigation to the right. [+purchase tickets]
The chocolate lovers event consists of local chocolatiers and chocolate artisans including restaurants, bakeries, chocolatiers, patisseries, authors, and catering companies from Texas. The vendors compete against each other in several categories, offer samples to festival guests, and sell their products.
Tickets are sold in 2 hour intervals for Saturday November 16th and Sunday November 17th 2013. If a time slot is sold out, there will not be tickets available at the door for that time slot.
Which Date & Time Slot Should I Attend the Chocolate Festival?
1. Take a look at the competition page then decide when to come to the festival based on the appeal of the competitions and convenience to you.
2. Once you have selected a date and time slot, [+purchase tickets].
3. Once you have completed your order, you will receive an e-mail shortly that says your tickets will be available for pick-up at the will call table during the festival.
4. Bring a photo ID with you to the festival, tickets are not transferable and cannot be exchanged for another time slot.
Participating vendors and other local licensed food companies are invited to compete in up to 9 categories of the chocolate competition. Each vendor can enter as many categories as they wish and are automatically entered into the Most Popular Sample and Best Booth categories. The guests of the festival and industry professionals will judge the competitions and the winners are based on their votes. Awards and will be given to the winners directly after the competition or delivered by mail. The 6th Annual 2013 Austin Chocolate Festival competition categories and times are listed below.
Saturday November 16th - [+Buy Tickets] 10 - 12 Best Brownie 12 - 2 Best Mole 2 - 4 Most Creative Dessert 4 - 6 Best Cookie
Sunday November 17th - [+Buy Tickets] 10 - 12 Best Frozen Dessert 12 - 2 Best Truffle (judged by public) 2 - 4 Best Truffle (judged by professional panel) 2 - 4 Best Chocolate Couverture (judged by the public) 4 - 6 Kids Cookie Decorating (Free for 1st 30 entries)
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