Ghirardelli Chocolate Festival

Saturday-Sunday, September 13-14, 12:00-5:00PM

Ghirardelli Square and on Beach Street between Larkin and Polk Streets, San Francisco

$20 includes 15 chocolate samples

http://sresproductions.com/ghirardelli_square_chocolate_festival.html

http://www.ghirardelli.com/chocolatefestival

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/19th-annual-ghirardelli-chocolate-festival-tickets-10729202333

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFI92iaxeZQ

http://www.openhand.org

“Ghirardelli Square will host the 18th Annual Chocolate Festival attracting about 40,000 visitors from the Bay Area and around the world. This family-friendly event features prominent local chefs creating chocolate inventions during cooking demonstrations, live musical entertainment, children’s activities and the popular Earthquake Ice Cream Sundae Eating Contest. Over 30 different booths from local restaurants, bakeries and chocolate companies will provide dessert samples during the two-day event.

Ghirardelli Square hosts several signature events throughout the year to attract both local and tourist business.

Ghirardelli Square is one of the most well-known and best-loved icons of San Francisco. The enormous illuminated Ghirardelli sign and the smell of chocolate beckons over 4 million visitors per year to Ghirardelli Square.
All proceeds from the event are donated to Project Open Hand, a non-profit organization that provides food and compassion to people living HIV/AIDS, homebound and critically ill people, as well as seniors in San Francisco.  In 2010 we raised over $60,000 for Project Open Hand.”