2011 Cocoa Sutra
Saturday, February 5, 2011 • Chicago, IL
Ticket Price: $200 (includes food & drink)
7:00pm - 11:00pm • Black Tie Attire
Cocoa Candy Land : Cocoa Cuisine : Cocoa Sutra : VIP Room
Entertainment : Photography : Event Sponsors : Special Thanks
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Alliance Bakery • Peter Rios Situated in the picturesque Wicker Park neighborhood in Chicago, Alliance Bakery features fine European pastries and desserts, custom-designed cakes to suit any occasion, and a full espresso bar. Come visit us and enjoy our free wifi room and outdoor café. |
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| Astrology and Psychic Shop • Diana Cameron and Brandy Cameron Diana Cameron is a veteran psychic with 45 years of experience in a myriad of fields. At her 15 year-old storefront in Chicago, Cameron offers tarot card, psychic, palm, aura, astrological chart, and even past life regression readings. Her family shares her gift and passed it on to her daughter, who first starting feeling her special talent at age five. The family will be offering their supernatural services in the Cocoa Sutra and will be donating a share of their proceeds to the For the Love of Chocolate Foundation. 908 W Randolph Street - Chicago, IL • 312.738.0410 |
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| Bleeding Heart Bakery • Michelle Garcia Four years ago, when the doors of The Bleeding Heart Bakery opened, Michelle Garcia and her husband, Valentin did not know what was coming. The idea of an organic bakery was new to everyone, including the organic community. Throughout these three years the Garcia's have brought The Bleeding Heart Bakery and the idea of an organic foodservice establishment into the foreground of the industry. Through competitions such as The Food Network's "Extreme Cakes" the bakery has been recognized as a strong force in the pastry world. Topping it all off was Michelle's win of the coveted Pastry Chef of the Year Award from the ACF in 2007, and Chicago's best bakery 2005 and 2006 from Chicago Magazine as well as "Best of Chicago" 2007 and "Best in Small Business" 2008. www.thebleedingheartbakery.com • 773.327.6934 |
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Chocolate For Your Body www.chocolateforyourbody.com • 312.226.0777 |
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chocolate gourmet Chicago bakehouse and confectionery chocolate gourmet makes hand-crafted sweets with premium ingredients and down-to-earth style. Damn good cookies, ugly truffles, and squares: brownie basics have unique names, personalities, and flavor combinations that make gifts from chocolate gourmet very special. |
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| Chris Freeman & Crew CLF music is an Indo-Arabic instrumental project that focuses on the melodies of the Sitar (a popular North Indian Instrument). With the help of Rune Palland on Arabic percussion and Mike List on Indian percussion, the music seeks to integrate classical eastern music into a rock-electronic context. www.myspace.com/christopherleefreeman |
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European Imports • Karl Helfrich
European Imports Ltd. (EIL) is a family-owned importer and distributor founded in 1978 by Beverly and Seymour Binstein. The company began as a cheese importer supplying the Chicago market. In 1984, EIL started its foodservice division, supplying product to major hotel, white tablecloth restaurants, caterers and foodservice jobbers in the Chicago area. Nationally, the foodservice business is handled by each EIL warehouse (Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, Phoenix & San Francisco) and through other distributors. EIL has emerged as a full-line specialty food distributor servicing retailers and foodservice accounts in the Midwest, Southeast, South, Southwest and Northern California regions. www.eiltd.com • 773.227.0600 |
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| Great American Cheese Collection • Giles Schnierle Former chef and long-time consultant to the food industry, Giles Schnierle now specializes in introducing and promoting specialty and artisan cheeses. Giles’ mission has been to bring together excellent quality, delicious tasting, small production cheeses from around the USA and make them more available to chefs in restaurants and food service. His company serves the top chefs and restaurants in the country. A pioneer in pairing cheeses with spirits, sake, beers, wines, coffees and soda pops, Giles is currently working on two soon-to-be published books on cheese. Giles makes his cheeses available to the public in his weekly open house at his warehouse. www.greatamericancheese.com • 773.779.5055 |
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Holiday Inn Mart Plaza • Len Trevino |
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James Hotel Chicago • Jove Hubbard In the realm of hospitality, The James hotels, with locations in Chicago and New York, are authentic, warmly modern, residentially-styled luxury hotels liberated from tradition. The brand’s first property, James Chicago, recognized on Travel + Leisure’s 2009 World’s Best Awards, celebrates a refined, socially conscious lifestyle. Celebrating its fifth year in Spring 2011, The James Chicago is centrally located on the corner of Rush and Ontario, steps from Chicago’s famous Michigan Avenue, Millennium Park and various museums. |
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La Patisserie P • Peter Yuen |
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| NBC • Ginger Zee Meteorologist, NBC www.nbcchicago.com |
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Normy's Confection Collection • Norm Miller
Chef Norm's pet project, Normy's Confection Connection, became reality in 2007 with the sucessful launch of a new artisan chocolate line. Starting as a busyboy at a local award winning restaurant to pay for college, Norm found his love for the food industry, especially pastries. His passion of cooking and knowledge led him to The French Pastry School in Chicago, which has proved to be an invaluable asset to his career. www.thenormy.com • 937.609.0508 |
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Open Kitchen Chicago • John Bubala
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| Pierre’s Bakery • Manny Castillo Pierre’s Bakery www.pierres-bakery.com |
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Rare Tea Cellar Inc. • Rodrick Markus
Specializing in the finest and rarest teas and tea accessories from around the globe. Importing over 250 single estate teas from $50.00-$20,000 per pound. Sold at the top hotels and restaurants throughout the world. Focused on organic, biodynamic and fairtrade teas. www.rareteacellar.com • 773.561.3000 |
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| WGN-TV • Rochelle Vayo Adkinson Host/Producer, Bring it Home www.chicagohomemag.com/Chicago-Home/Bring-It-Home |
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Jessie-Smith Larson Jessie-Smith Larson - Is an art director in advertising and multi-media artist. She creates interactive visual allegories that often straddle her two worlds, exploring the lines between whimsical and innocent and darkness and melancholia in a single image. Her abstract paintings, sculptures, and interactive assemblages, play with perspective in a way that often surprises, and amuses, viewers. Much like the multi-faceted perspectives she explores, her pieces often use layers of plaster, wax and charcoal, old metal, and child-like characters to tell stories of retreat and rebirth.
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| Sulpice Chocolat • Anne Palermo Sulpice Chocolat is an exclusive artisan chocolate house run by a knowledgeable and passionate team that aspires to create the best chocolate and most exceptional chocolate experience. This devotion translates to our premium chocolate bars; creating bars that are truly indulgent and alluring. Join us on a visual journey and sensory experience to taste some of the world's finest chocolate as we invite you to sample this mouth-watering luxury . www.sulpicechocolat.com |
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Sweet Whimsy a pastry shoppe • Josh Baudin You are sure to be charmed by our French inspired pastry shoppe in historic Long Grove! Our pastries are created with the highest quality ingredients and made with precise expertise and passion. |
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The French Pastry School The French Pastry School at the City Colleges of Chicago is a culinary institute dedicated solely to the art of pastry. The school was co-founded in 1995 by internationally acclaimed Master Chefs Jacquy Pfeiffer and Sebastien Canonne, M.O.F., who teach the school's six-month L'Art de la Patisserie program along with a roster of award-winning Chef Instructors. Offering the finest pastry training in the United States, the school produces the best-prepared chefs entering the profession. The foundation of instruction is the European artist-apprentice teaching model, which employs constant exposure to master chefs, hands-on training and the use of the finest tools and ingredients. www.frenchpastryschool.com • 312.726.2419 |
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Trump International Hotel & Tower® Chicago Poised along the Chicago River at the juncture of the Loop and North Michigan Avenue, Trump International Hotel & Tower® Chicago is downtown’s most enviable address. The Chicago boutique hotel joins a list of landmarks, including the Magnificent Mile, Chicago River and Millennium Park. Soaring 92 stories, the structure of polished stainless steel and iridescent-tinted glass is a showcase of bold style and engaging design. |
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Renee Wittmann Artist
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Zarda King • Kamal Hans From the land of the Kama Sutra, Zarda King Ltd. (a privately-owned importer and distributor founded in 1969 by Bhim Hans) has been supplying thousands of customers around the US with over 1,000 products from South Asia. Zarda King Ltd is well recognized for their high quality products, including tobacco, beauty products, incense, spices (essence), and ayurvedic herbals. In 2005, ZTL launched a new line, Hookah1, dedicated solely to hookahs and hookah tobacco, more commonly known as shisha. They carry a wide variety of narghiles, ranging from the very simple to the ornate, including a 3 foot hand-blown glass hookah, stenciled in hieroglyphics and gold. In addition, they carry over 30 varieties of shisha, including Anise, Double Apple, Mint, Chocolate, and an all herbal (tobacco-less) shisha. You can enjoy the award winning brands of Cleopatra, Salloum and Afzal in the Cocoa Sutra room. |
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| Zarlengo's Italian Ice and Gelato • Tommy Zarlengo Zarlengo Inc., founded in 1983, has made a commitment to the manufacture of quality frozen desserts. All Italian Ice and Gelato recipes are made using the freshest ingredients available. Additionally, Zarlengo’s has a wide variety of hand-made ice cream novelties. Production at Zarlengo’s is done so in small batches to ensure the optimum quality and freshness of its products. The retail aspect of Zarlengo’s is open seasonally. However, wholesale and foodservice items can be purchased year-round. www.zarlengositalianice.com • 708.754.9080
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