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Thanks to all of the wonderful people and businesses have helped make the auction special and are helping to raise money for Breast Cancer research and awareness. Below is a listing of our auction items.
Live Auction Items
The Austin Chocolate Festival Experience - Enjoy all that the Second Annual Austin Chocolate Festival has to offer in the comfort of your own home. Indulge in chocolate from The Fat Turkey Chocolate Company, Wiseman House Fine Chocolates, Luxe Sweets, Chocolate Harmony, Innocent Chocolate, Butters Brownies, Mad Cakes, Birds Creek Catering, Igna Fire and Expressions Fine Chocolate. Discover more about chocolate with Anne Ishams Eat Chocolate and Loose Weight, and John and Shari Rudys The Great Chocolate Pyramid.
The Austin Hottest Restaurants Package - A selection of many of Austin's best restaurants have donated gift certificates for this package item. Some of the restaurants already include: Uchi - A Japanese Sushi restaurant. The Belmont - sophisticated food and drink in an atmosphere reminiscent of the Rat Pack era.
Painting, Wine and Lunch for 15 - The winner of this item and a few of their friends or family will enjoy a private wine tasting at the Flat Creek Estate wine room, design their own hand painted glassware with Smithereens, and have a luncheon catered by Birds Creek Catering
La Vie en Chocolat - Live the life of a chocolatier by spending the weekend with Chef Kevin Wenzel at Wiseman House Fine Chocolates in Hico, Texas. While in Hico you will learn about chocolate in the kitchen of Kevin Wenzel stay at the historic Old Rock House how many nights Bed and Breakfast and enjoy all that the town has to offer. Breakfast and lunch for when are provided. The lucky winner will also receive a custom hand made Austin Chocolate Festival Chef Coat donated by Crooked Brook.
Love Hurts - Enjoy a pleasant evening with eight of your closest friends catered by Texas Pitchfork Fondue, did we mention that three Lonestar Rollergirls would be dinning with you as well? And we will include a season pass to the rink.
Silent Auction Items
Signed How to Eat Chocolate and Loose Weight by Anne Isham - Not only will the winner receive the signed book that has some wonderful recipes, but they will also receive a batch of Anne's powerful Bourbon Balls.
Fat Turkey Truffle of the Month - Fat Turkey chocolate delivered to your doorsteps each month for a year! Flavors can be customized to your taste, or provide an eclectic tour of the creators imagination!
Texas Association of Fine Chocolate - One year public membership with the Texas Association of Fine Chocolate and entrance into the April, May and June events chocolate lovers events.
Expressions on an Egg - This large hollow chocolate egg, filled with candy will be made to your specifications by Expressions Fine Chocolate.
Race for the Cure - Race for the cure along with thousands of other breast cancer supporters and a friend at the 2007 Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure.
Take the Austin Chocolate Festival Home - Take home a set of Austin Chocolate Festival stemware, dessert plates and t-shirts.
Saint Arnolds Brewery - Take a tour the oldest micro brewery in Texas, the Saint Arnolds Brewery in Houston.
Kiddie Cooking Camp - Let your little tyke play in the kitchen at the Austin Childrens Museum summer cooking camp.
You were Mint to help out - The chocolate mint variety of mint in a beautiful pot provided by the Natural Gardener.
Life is like a bowl full of chocolate covered cherries! Life certainly will be wonderful with a bowl full of chocolate covered cherries from Fat Turkey Chocolate and a beautiful Wilton Armetale bowl from Breed & Co.! Choose between the Cherry Bombs (soaked in cognac) or the Pomegranate Rose (soaked in pomegranate syrup and rose water).
Chocolate Therapy - Need a therapy session? Take it at Therapy, Austins hip clothing store on SoCo. To further help sooth out those city jitters, enjoy Igna Fire hot chocolate.
River Trip - Canoe through Bastrop on the Lower Colorado River with Rising Phoenix. Afterwards enjoy the best burgers in town at the Roadhouse.
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