If it wasn’t for the popularity of the Ace of Cakes team, the Food Event in Anaheim would have been just another hum drum convention. The vendors, including Jade Chocolates, owes a bit of gratitude to Duff, Geoff and Mary Alice for they drew in the big crowds. Saturday was jammed packed. There were a sea of giddy girls wearing homemade ‘I love Geoff’ and ‘I love Duff’ t-shirts. Who would of thought that a team of cakemakers would attract the hearts of so many? We caught sight of Geoff and got a quick photo off of our cell phone. 
Geoff’s a nice guy, by the way, very much like himself on television.
The next morning we gave them a few of our chocolates and had Duff sign our new Mahal bar, which we debuted at this event. We did a short run ‘beta batch’ of this bar. The response of this bar was so great, that we probably won’t mess with the recipe too much and hopefully we’ll get the Mahal bar to market within a few months. One of the ingredients in this new bar is ylang ylang, which is more commonly used as an aromatic in perfumes.
Jade Chocolates won 2nd place for best packaging for our Chocolate Fan Samplers at the event.
Also at the event was Aaron, famous for his role in last season’s Hell’s kitchen. He stopped by our booth and was glad to see what we were up to. Here’s a photo of Chef Aaron doing a demo for the audience.
Along with chef demonstations, there was a cake contest. Here’s a photo of the winner, a cake dedicated to Las Vegas and another photo of a close winner, the Liberty Bell. The participants of the cake contest were all culinary students.
We met a lot of great people at the Anaheim event, watch for the next posting on Downey Chocolates.
