{"id":39965,"date":"2012-09-25T23:58:41","date_gmt":"2012-09-26T06:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/?p=39965"},"modified":"2012-09-25T23:59:54","modified_gmt":"2012-09-26T06:59:54","slug":"unglamorous-chocolate-judging-the-weirdo-gauntlet-to-the-pier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/unglamorous-chocolate-judging-the-weirdo-gauntlet-to-the-pier\/","title":{"rendered":"Unglamorous Chocolate Judging & The Weirdo Gauntlet To The Pier."},"content":{"rendered":"

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It’s my 2nd year as a Judge at the Los Angeles Luxury Chocolate Salon<\/a> —\u00a0Last year is\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Though it sounds glamorous, it really isn’t —\u00a0Too much Chocolate is possible.<\/p>\n

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Its location, the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium\u00a0is\u00a0best as a venue for an 80’s concert.<\/p>\n

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For this purpose, booths\/tables were set up to hand-out tiny to full size pieces of Chocolate (and other unique\u00a0Candies) to those who paid to attend the event<\/a>.\u00a0 Personally I never love to stand in line after line, but some products and people make it worth it,\u00a0like Deuvo<\/a>\u00a0(above).<\/p>\n

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All may take a Chocolate making class at The Gourmandise School of Sweet and Savories<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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It’s in Santa Monica —\u00a0At the end of the class, you’re sent home with\u00a0lots of custom Chocolate.<\/p>\n

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Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts students\u00a0sculpted Chocolate Flowers and more.<\/p>\n

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They made this mostly edible Cake (above) to display their talents — I just LOVE it.<\/p>\n

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More Chocolate and Brittle samples — I’ve already voted and will say this… I most appreciated Mignon Chocolate<\/a>\u00a0and might\u00a0of preferred to\u00a0buy\u00a0those pictured at top and head to the beach.<\/p>\n

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Since the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium was\u00a0a short walk from\u00a0the booming Santa Monica Pier, that’s where we went —\u00a0We hadn’t been there in years and luckily arrived intact, once passed the crazy guy yelling every word that shouldn’t\u00a0be written here, plus all the other clowns\u00a0along the way.\u00a0 It’s a bit of a weird world there, Venice like we come to realize.\u00a0 Interesting.<\/p>\n

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Cheers to the Chocolate, from the Mexican Restaurant at the end of the Santa Monica Pier.<\/p>\n

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It was cool\u00a0kickin’ it there with\u00a0Sirloin, Chicken and Shrimp Fajitas —\u00a0All was tender but bland.<\/p>\n

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Overall, nothing to\u00a0complain about this day, but all is checked off the list.\u00a0 Thank you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s my 2nd year as a Judge at the Los Angeles Luxury Chocolate Salon —\u00a0Last year is\u00a0here. Though it sounds glamorous, it really isn’t —\u00a0Too much Chocolate is possible. Its location, the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium\u00a0is\u00a0best as a venue for an 80’s concert. 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