Name: Taste Fresh Cacao from the Pod and Learn The Story of Chocolate
Start: 2026-10-03T10:00:00-0700
End: 2026-10-03T11:00:00-0700

Taste Fresh Cacao from the Pod and Learn The Story of Chocolate

Saturday October 3, 2026 10:00am - 11:00am PDT

Cacao Stage

I will walk through the entire process of creating chocolate starting at the farm with the beans, collecting/processing beans, drying, roasting, grinding, mixing, conching, molding. Then we will open fresh cacao pods and distribute the fruit for audience sampling.

Speakers

Bill Fredericks

Owner, Chocolate Man LLC

Bill Fredericks, Chocolate Man, has been educating and consulting on all things chocolate for three decades. Few chocolatiers in the Pacific Northwest have not benefited at some point from his expertise. His shop, Chocolate Man, opened in 2012 in Lake Forest Park, where Bill teaches... Read More →

Saturday October 3, 2026 10:00am - 11:00am PDT
Cacao Stage

Room # 406

The Northwest Chocolate Festival 2026

Bill Fredericks

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The Northwest Chocolate Festival 2026

Bill Fredericks

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