FOR THE LOVE OF CHOCOLATE FOUNDATION
EDUCATIONAL PASTRY FORUM
January 30th-31st, 2020
Forum Recap:
Education
Eight unique demonstration courses. Building Mentorship, Camaraderie and Community in the Baking and Pastry Industry.
Trade Show
Industry exposure, staffing opportunities, product showcase and tastings.
Spectacle
A Baking and Pastry showcase through interactive food and beverage presentations. Live music, theater and dance! Mentoring students through volunteer opportunities.
Philanthropy
Raising funds for Baking and Pastry Scholarships. Supporting schools with product donations.
Thanks to the wonderful support of our 2020 FLOC Forum Sponsors, Chef Participants and Attendees our Foundation has made great strides at broadening our reach and is making great plans for 2021. We are excited to announce the dates of the FLOC Pastry Educational Forum and Spectacle taking place over two days, February 25th and 26th, 2021 at Washburne Culinary & Hospitality Institute. The FLOC Educational Pastry Forum is a Pastry and Baking Community where over two days our Chef and Student Attendee Citizens learn, experience and connect. We then showcase our Pastry Chef Community as it mentors and supports the next generation of Pastry Citizens at the Scholarship fundraising Pastry Spectacle of the year, ChiTown Blues. Come join the FLOC Community!
The FLOC Educational Pastry Forum offers a series of ten seminars taught by international luminaries of the pastry industry, drawing chefs and students from all over the country. The Forum offers a curated Pastry and Baking trade show, break out sessions, panel discussions, and demonstrations geared for the pastry professionals and students. The two-day program is directly followed on Friday night by the Annual FLOC Pastry Spectacle ChiTown Blues!
Stay Tuned for further details!
Wednesday, January 29, 2020: Opening Networking Reception – TBD
| 7:00 pm-9:00 pm | Potters Bar -Palmer House Hilton (17 E. Monroe St. Chicago IL 60603) – Cash Bar |
Thursday, January 30, 2020 – Trade show Floor will be open from 8:00 am-7:30 pm in the Washburne Grand Hall
| 7:00 am | Continental Breakfast and Pastry Forum Attendee Check-In |
| 8:30 am | Class 1 – Vanilla 101 and Artisan Frozen Desserts by Matt Nielsen and Pastry Chef John Kraus – Nielsen-Massey Vanillas |
| 10:00 am | Break |
| 10:15 am | Class 2 – Swiss Regional Desserts – featuring Buendner Nuss Torte, Zuger Kirsch Torte and Basler Laeckerli by Chef Gerhard Greub – Paris Gourmet |
| 11:45 am | Lunch |
| 12:45 pm | Class 3 – Amenities – featuring Felchlin and Ponthier by Chef Susan Notter |
| 2:15 pm | Break |
| 2:30 pm | Class 4 – Chocolate 101 – by Hershey Chefs Darren Belnavis and Jenna Kolanda |
| 5:00 pm | Reception and Tradeshow – ($10 entry fee at the door for non Forum attendees, all are welcome) |
Trade Show and Reception to feature an Ice Carving demonstration by Chef Greg Beachey and a Paasche Air Brush demonstration by Artist Lance Gustafson.
Friday, January 31, 2020 – Trade show Floor will be open from 8:00 am-7:30 pm in the Washburne Grand Hall
| 7:00 am | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30 am | Class 5 – Contemporary XOCO Gourmet Dessert, plated and as a Petit four, featuring Xoco Gourmet single varietal fine flavor couverture by Chef Andy Chlebana |
| 10:00 am | Break |
| 10:15 am | Class 6 – Artisan Bread in the Modern Age by Chef Steven Krizman of Puratos |
| 11:45 am | Lunch |
| 12:45 pm | Class 7 – Contemporary Plated Desserts by Chef Jimmy MacMillan of Pastry Virtuosity – Chef Rubber |
| 2:15 pm | Break |
| 2:30 pm |
Class 8 – Bon Bons by Guittard Chef Josh Johnson (CE and ACF Certificates will be handed out at the end of this session) |
| 5:00 pm | Culinary Fight Club Competition and Trade Show – ( sold separately by the Culinary Fight Club) |
Trade Show and Reception to feature a Culinary Fight Club Competition and demonstrations of Cake Decorating by Chef Nicholas Lodge and Sugar Sculpture by Chef Kathryn Gordon.
Annual Spectacle – Saturday, February 1, 2020
Theme – Wild West
Location – Palmer House Hilton Hotel
Date – February 1, 2020
Event Time – 7:00pm –Midnight
Estimated Guest Count – 1200
Ticket Cost – $195
Annual Spectacle – Saturday, February 1, 2020
Theme – Wild West
Location – Palmer House Hilton Hotel
Date – February 1, 2020
Event Time – 7:00pm –Midnight
Estimated Guest Count – 1200
Ticket Cost – $195
- Strong Brand Recognition with future chefs, present chefs and the instructors that create the next generation.
- Connect your products, recipes and chef with students from our supported training programs.
- Trade Show – bring your direct customer targets, distributors and brand influencers to your product table.
- Demonstrate your product and recipes to 350 students, chefs and chef instructors.
- Build your brand through camaraderie and community over three days of culinary immersion-demos, reception, culinary cook off andSpectacle.
- Use interactive marketing activation with the chefs supporting our cause and retail consumers at our spectacle; then drive the impact with year long marketing on our social media platforms and website.
- Support the future pastry chefs (students) with a direct demonstration prior to the Forum/Spectacle and connect with studentstohelp with the Forum Demo.
- Support the future pastry chefs with scholarship awards.
