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I checked out chocodirect.com and they had a few chocolate bars but were missing quite a few. There's gotta be some distributor in Canada for fine chocolate bars....I will keep searching...let me know if you guys find anything...Thanks for the help so far... -Robert www.chocolateguild.com

Wow....those are magnificant! I've never heard of that competition before. Is that only within Canada? and how many years have they done it? I have no talent in art and I admire professionals with those types of skills... -Robert www.chocolateguild.com

well I searched for the book as well in English but couldn't find it....if you guys find where to get it in English then let me know....and dan....let us know what you think of it when you look it over... Have a good one, Robert www.chocolateguild.com

Question for you guys up in Canada... Do you guys have an interenet company that is a distributor for fine chocolate bars? In the USA we have chocosphere.com and worldwidechocolate.com but I havent found any for my neighbor to the north. I am very interested in this and would like any info on companies that would distributor fine chocolate(like chocolate bars, guittard, amedei, valrhona, callebaut, scharffenberger....) Thanks in advance for your help, Robert www.chocolateguild.com

What city do you live in in colorado. I worked their for a while in Durango Colorado. It is in the southwestern corner of colorado. I worked for "Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory". Are you working anywhere right now? -Robert www.chocolateguild.com

Hello, Does Chocoatl in Yaletown have a website? I tried to search for it but came up empty....do they make chocolates there? drinks? desserts? -Robert www.chocolateguild.com

Wow, I love how we all have such different stories to tell. Thank you everyone for sharing so far... Reenicake....how long have you been instructing for? I talked to someone recently who also worked for Jacques. I was very interested in his bean to bar production. How do you like his in house chocolate? Desiderio....how long have you been a pastry chef for? and where are you from? I sense an accent? When do you hope to open your own shop? will you make it a pastry shop or chocolate shop? I hope everyone has a great day!, Robert www.chocolateguild.com

Hello, Most likely it was due to the fact that an "emulsion" did not occur between the fat in the chocolate and the water in the coffee. Fat and Water do not mix so you have to create an emulsion to get them to combined correctly. An Emulsion is just a way to combined those two ingredients to where they susupend in a solution. Try this.... chop up the chocolate to small pieces then heat up the coffee to a boil....Pour the coffee over the chocolate and let it sit for a minute while melting together...then with a wisk mix it together somewhat briskly and then once combined add the vanilla.....tell me how it goes next time.... -Robert www.chocolateguild.com

Oh yes, I have actually heard of Soma Chocolate before. They are newer arn't they? have you had the chance to try their chocolate? I was wondering how good it was... -Robert www.chocolateguild.com

Wow you guys had a lot of chocolate at that tasting party! A LOT! Did you guys try every single chocolate? Lots of great chocolates there too...What city are you exactly from by the way? -Robert www.chocolateguild.com

well I began my journey in the middle of Culinary school. I was searching for what I really wanted to do and I decided on chocolate. It is such a great medium to deal with that I just couldn't get enough. I got right into after culinary school making chocolates and candies and have been studying exclusively Bean to Bar production of chocolate for a while now. That is where my true interest is....the actually making of chocolate....well that is me.... -Robert www.chocolateguild.com

Wow, I didn't know we had some many chocoholics! thats great! well my favorites would have to many but I love... Guittards Quevedo from Ecuador and Guittards Ambanja from Madagascar. Man I am a fan of so many like El Rey, Chocovic, Valrhona and many more...I love any single origin chocolate I can get my hands on.... -Robert www.chocolateguild.com

Hello Everyone, I'm new around here but wanted to get started chatin with everyone. I am a chocolatier and was wondering if we had any chocolate lovers on this forum. I have been in contact with a few chocolatiers in your region(canada) and love to meet other with the same interests. Well if anyone is a chocoholic then reply!!! -Robert www.chocolateguild.com p.s. Anyone know of any good Chocolatiers or chocolate manufacturers in Canada?

Hello Everyone, I'm new around here but wanted to get started chatin with everyone. I am a chocolatier and was wondering if we had any chocolate lovers on this forum. I have been in contact with a few chocolatiers in your region(canada) and love to meet other with the same interests. Well if anyone is a chocoholic then reply!!! -Robert www.chocolateguild.com p.s. Anyone know of any good Chocolatiers or chocolate manufacturers in Canada?

Hey Jcho, have you ever been able to go to Garrison Confections? I don't know how close you are to providence but he is a great chocolatiers and was wondering if you had met him and tasted his chocolates? Reenicake, So you are an instructor? where do you teach at? and how long did you work with Jacques Torres? did you work with him doing boxed chocolates or doing his newer bean to bar process and making chocolate from scratch? Great stories everyone...Love to hear them...I have to jet but I will get on later today and share mine. God Bless, Robert www.chocolateguild.com

So how long have you been working with chocolate? How did you get into it? did you get right into molding chocolate or did you start with making truffles or any other kind of chocolates? -Robert www.chocolateguild.com

Hey chocolate doctor, I gotta say I like your website and what you do. I am not as much into the molding and art of chocolate but respect highly the ones who do it. I like that santa in the top left corner of your page... -Robert www.chocolateguild.com

Hello all, Well I decided to start that website early in this year(2006) because I wanted to give other a chance to learn chocolate without having to go to culinary school. Also it is great as my own notebook lol. If I forget something I can go to my own website and look it up... Actually for those chocolate lovers out their, the news isn't out yet but the site is in the final stages of design by a profressional designer and myself and it is going to be a far better website. It will have an even more extensive learning section plus forums(big part) references websites and books....the works...so stay tuned. As for that vacation to Belize. yeah I couldnt believe I found that. It takes you down into the heart of cacao growing region and goes through a whole week of learning...great stuff.... wow well this forum is just so great....so many people are here. Where are all you guys from and how long have you been on here? Have a good one, Robert www.chocolateguild.com

Hey Everyone, I'm new around here but own and operate my own chocolate website. Do we have any chocolate lovers on this forum? It's great to see such a huge community of people on here! I look forward to talking with all of you..... God Bless, Robert www.chocolateguild.com