Most Popular Chocolate Festivals in the World!

The right place for the Chocoholic hiding in you!

From experience, we can say that being there is like being in heaven. You will get to buy fresh chocolate in all its forms and types, drink it while it's hot or taste a piece cut out from a sculpture made entirely by chocolate in a day!

This is heaven to us and the calories gained? Totally worth it! 

1. Eurochocolate in Perugia, Italy
It is considered the largest chocolate festival in the world! The festival hosts all kinds of events, from chocolate sculpting, to cooking classes and of course, chocolate sampling!

2. Choco-Late Festival: Brugge, Belgium
Belgium is known worldwide for their delicatessen chocolate, so it definitely does come as a surprise that a chocolate festival in the month of November is held in country. Did you know that Belgium is the home of Godiva, the most popular gourmet chocolate in the world? 

3. The Chocolate Festival of Linkoping, Sweden
 This festival in Sweden hosts seminars to help educate chocolate lovers and experts about the benefits of having chocolate as well as cooking recipes where chocolate can be used.

5. Chocolate Fest in Canada
Wonder what it would be like to walk through a chocolate museum or have a chocolate treasure hunt? There sure are fun activities waiting for you in this chocolate festival!

6. New York Chocolate Festival
North America’s biggest chocolate festival happens in New York. Every November, well over 15,000 visitors, journalists and culinary professional gather at the Metropolitan Pavilion, with its 4,000 m2 exhibition arena. There top international chocolatiers and pastry chefs present live demonstrations, and audience members sample their chocolate creations.

7. The Chocolate Festival, UK

Britain's annual chocolate extravaganza takes place in four cities includes London, Oxford, Bristol and Brighton. Chocolate lovers can sample artisan creations, from classic chocolate cakes to exotic chocolate chili, at dozens of stalls. Visitors can also enjoy free tasting sessions as well as cookery demonstrations and classes.

Best Chocolate Places on Earth!

Many few people can state with safety they don't like melt-in-the-mouth chocolates. In fact, we people actually need chocolate as researches have shown that consuming cocoa chocolate may positively affect the circulatory system and boost our metabolism; even though high in calories, a piece of chocolate brings energy and fast thinking. No one should exclude a reasonable portion of it from their nutrition. Do not overdo it though!

Travellers are lucky since they get to taste different types of chocolate around the world. 

According to travel.nationalgeographic.com, these are the best of the best chocolate makers!

Enjoy!

1. Teuscher (Zurich, Switzerland)

2. Vosges Haut-Chocolat (Chicago, Illinois, USA)

3. Scharffen Berger Chocolate Maker, Inc.
(Berkeley, California, USA)

4. Jacques Torres Chocolate
 (New York, New York, USA)

5. Norman Love Confections
(Ft. Myers, Florida, USA)

6. Valrhona (France)

7. Godiva Chocolatier
(Brussels, Belgium and worldwide)

8. Richard Donnelly Fine Chocolates
(Santa Cruz, California, USA)

9. Richart (Paris, France)

10. Puccini Bomboni
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)

The top 10 cuisines in the world!

Being the most preferred cuisine in the world is of cultural importance, since many of the aspects of a cuisine are dating back to the roots of the country. We all have our preferences; some of us love our local cuisine while others consider cuisines from other countries as their favourite. Can you guess which cuisine is the most preferred in the world?

10. Greek Cuisine

9. Spanish Cuisine

8. Mexican Cuisine

7. Lebanese Cuisine

6. Chinese Cuisine

5. Japanese Cuisine

4. Indian Cuisine

3. Thai Cuisine

2. French Cuisine

1. Italian Cuisine

Best All-you-can-eat Places around the World!

We travellers really appreciate foreign cuisines. Travelling means getting to know foreign lands, cultures and people.

But how do you learn more about foreign cultures? Eating their food and appreciating their flavors is the basic step. Cuisine is the reflection of a culture in a mirror!

From Asia to the USA, these are the best all-you-can eat places on earth!

Who was lucky enough to have eaten there? Let us know!

Copper Chimney, New York City, USA

Café Fleuri, Langham Hotel, Boston, USA

Porcão, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

The Bellagio, Las Vegas, USA

The Veranda, Grand Hôtel, Stockholm,
 Sweden

Al Hadheerah, Bab Al Shams Desert Resort and Spa,
 Dubai

The Lady and Sons, Savannah, Georgia, USA

The Rice Table, Singapore

Sembikiya, Tokyo, Japan





Source: www.travelandleisure.com

World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest, Memphis, Tennessee, USA

 

Where? Memphis, Tennessee, USA

When? May 16th - 18th, 2013

Memphis in May's World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest is May 16-18, 2013 at Tom Lee Park in Memphis. Hundreds of teams compete for over $110,000 in prizes and supreme bragging rights. Teams adorn their areas with elaborate decoration, trophies attesting to their boasting rights, and as one can imagine, clever and creative team names.
While grilling is the main theme, the contest wouldn't be complete without the Ms. Piggie Idol competition where the finest swine tests their vocal skills, and grown men dress in tutus and snouts and women kick their heels (hooves) up. There is also a t-shirt competition and even a best booth contest.

For more information: www.memphisinmay.org/bbq

Louisiana's International Rice Festival

Where? Crowley, Louisiana, America
When? 18th -21th October 2012

One of Louisiana's oldest festivals, the International Rice Festival attracts 150,000 people to the town of Crowley annually. Special events include a livestock show, rice cooking, eating and grading contests and two parades, including a procession of antique farm equipment.

Other events include a Farmers' Banquet and Queens Ball, French accordion, fiddle and harmonica contests and frog jumping. Since the inauguration of the festival in 1937, it has been visited by over seven million people.

Further information:

www.ricefestival.com

Buenos Aires Spring Wine Tour Urbano

Where? Buenos Aires, Argentina
When? Various Dates from 19th October 2012 (other dates in September and November)

On the third Friday in September, October and November, browse the fashion boutiques along Armenia and Honduras streets in Palermo Viejo while sipping the nominated wine of the night. Each boutique at Spring Wine Tour Urbano represents a national winery.

Malbec, Argentina pride and glory vine, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and white and sparkling wines each have a turn. Its sister event, San Telmo's Autumn Wine Tour Urbano in March, April and May, is a great success.

Further information: 
www.buenosairesstay.com

World Food Day

Where? Worldwide
When? 16th October 2012

World Food Day is celebrated on 16 October and this year's theme is “Agricultural Cooperatives - key to feeding the world” which has been chosen to highlight the role that cooperatives actually play in improving the security of food and helping towards the eradication of hunger worldwide.

The interest in cooperatives is also evident in the UN General Assembly’s decision to designate the year 2012 “International year of Cooperatives”.

Further information: 

www.fao.org

Galway International Oyster and Seafood Festival

Where? Galway, Ireland
When? 28th - 30th September 2012

For the best in gourmet seafood, live music and the best Guinness in town, it has to be the Galway Oyster Festival. From Friday 28th September to the 30th September 2012, Galway City will come alive as thousands of people travel from the four corners of the world to enjoy a remarkable festival celebrating the oyster, a food known for its mysterious luxury and passion.                                                                                          

Further Information: www.galwayoysterfest.com