2005 Oregon Chocolate Festival

'05 Participating Chocolatiers

'05 Chocolate Seminars

Festival Poster

Chocolate lovers did not disappoint and joined us during the first Oregon Chocolate Festival, on March 4&5, 2005, at the historic Ashland Springs Hotel in beautiful downtown Ashland, Oregon. Oregon has become a mecca for award winning chocolatiers, and they come together for the first time, to participate in an all Oregon chocolate festival. Set in the warm and inviting Grand Ballroom and palm-filled Conservatory of the Ashland Springs Hotel, Oregon chocolate festival participants included small artisan as well as better known Oregon chocolatiers: Cary’s of Oregon, Dagoba, Endangered Species, Lillie Belle Farms and Harry and David. Festival attendees sampled an array of exotic flavored chocolate bars, crunchy chocolate covered toffees and rich chocolate enrobed Oregon berries and pears, award-winning delights along with Rogue Ales chocolate stout and chocolate flavored cheeses from Rogue Creamery. Chocolate products featured at the festival were available for purchase allowing festival attendees to take home more than just sweet memories! The grand prize drawing was the final act of this great two-day event!

For a break from all the chocolate tasting, guests were invited to attend seminars to learn about the nutritional benefits of chocolate, use of chocolate in cosmetology or the growing and processing of a product that goes so well with chocolate: coffee.

The Ashland Springs Hotel featured a Chocolate Cafe, with wines, hot beverages and chocolate delights prepared by their Executive Chef. True lovers of chocolate spent the night at the Ashland Springs Hotel as part of their Chocolate Festival Package.

For more information, please contact Karolina at 541-488-1700 ext.1004.