PANELISTS & SPEAKERS 2020 (Subject to Change)

GREGORY BERGER

GREGORY BERGER is the author of the cookbook, "Burgers & Buns", and founder of TheFreshBreadDaily.com.

Greg Berger was a full time, stay-at-home dad running his own successful company when he was first inspired to make bread. Between diaper changes and the graphic design work he does for restaurants and nonprofits through his company, Pomegranate Design, Greg read a book about sourdough bread. He baked one loaf and it sparked a passion. He has earned Blue Ribbons four years in a row at the California State Fair, and now creates original bread recipes for some of the top restaurants in Northern California. Greg is also well known for baking buns and rolls for charity events that draw thousands, including the Sacramento Burger Battle and the Sacramento Sausage Fest. If you ask nicely, he might bake a loaf just for you.

ART POLLARD

Master Artisan Chocolate maker Art Pollard of Amano Artisan Chocolates, Utah.

Amano has won multiple chocolate awards in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, Napa, Sacramento, London and beyond.

Located high in Utah’s Wasatch Mountain range in the heart of the Rockies, Amano is dedicated to creating some of the world’s most exquisite chocolate through traditional techniques. Amano means “by hand” and “they love” in Italian, and that describes the care and perfection that Amano brings to chocolate and in turn to the people who savor it. www.Amanochocolate.com

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CHOCOLATE BY THE BAY

Chocolate by the Bay (or CBTB for short) was started in 2009 by 4 friends who share a common love of good chocolate. We focus on local artisan chocolate in the San Francisco Bay Area (SFBA) for this blog with the aim of promoting quality chocolate and its makers.

We also write about local artisan chocolatiers we discover in our travels, plus any chocolate news that catches our interest.

http://www.chocolatebythebay.com/magazine/

 


Previous speakers also appearing as Exhibitors at the Salon:

JOEY GARCIA

Joey Garcia is celebrating 20+ years as the Sacramento News & Review’s advice columnist.

She is the author of the award-winning book, “When Your Heart Breaks, It’s Opening to Love: healing and finding love after an affair, heartbreak or divorce,” and is Fox 40 TV’s Relationship Expert. Born in Belize, Joey learned about the healing power of chocolate from her Mayan grandmother.

www.joeygarcia.com

 

DEFONCE CHOCOLATIER

Founded by a former Apple employee, their seed-to-bar artisanal chocolates set new high standards for the world of edible confections.

 

 

JENNIFER SUND

Jenn is Co-Owner/chocolatiers of Rainy Day Chocolate with Chris Sund. She is a Sonoma County local, with diverse employment backgrounds, a foodie obsession, and a desire for a better world: "We created Rainy Day Chocolate to bring real chocolate flavor to our Bay Area community and more.

Proudly part of the American Chocolate Revolution: It is our goal to awaken people to the true flavors available from Single-Origin Chocolate."

www.RainyDayChocolate.com

ALICE MEDRICH

Chocolate guru, author and entrepreneur ALICE MEDRICH to Present at the Salon, as well as sign copies of her new books, "Cocolat: Extraordinary Chocolate Desserts" and "Gluten Free Flavor Flours"

www.alicemedrich.com

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