Rehoboth Beach Chocolate Festival

Chocoholics Paradise at the Rehoboth Beach Chocolate Festival

The Rehoboth Beach Chocolate Festival, held Saturday, March 2, 2013, was a wonderful community day for all and raised funds for Rehoboth Beach Main Street and the Friends of the Rehoboth Beach Library.   Over 2,300 attendees feasted on over 225 different entries of delectable chocolate concoctions including the items made by the winners listed below:

Grand Prize Winners:

Restaurant – Salt Air – Maggie Cellitto – Chocolate Pie

Professional – Marti Austin- Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake Mousse

Bakery – The Point Coffee House & Bakery- John Del Vecchio- Macadamia Chocolate Chip Tart

Amateur – Elizabeth Roskowski –Chocolate Orange Peanut Butter Crèmes

Kids 12 and Under – Grayson Boyette- White Chocolate Mousse Pie

Showpieces – Elizabeth Roskowski- Lobster Bake made out of chocolate

Kids Showpiece- Nolan Witman – Treasure Chest of chocolate goodies

Elizabeth Roskowski's Lobster Bake

Nolan Witman's Treasure Chest of Goodies

Restaurant Category:

Cookies
1st – The Cultured Pearl

2nd – The Cultured Pearl

3rd – Café Azafran

Brownies
1st – Irish Eyes Pub & Restaurant

2nd – Arena’s

3rd – The Cultured Pearl

Pie
1st –Salt Air

2nd –Salt Air

3rd –Salt Air

Cheesecake
1st –Café Azafran

2nd – Salt Air

3rd – Irish Eyes Pub & Restaurant

Candy
1st – Blue Moon

2nd – Blue Moon

3rd – The Cultured Pearl

Cake
1st – Irish Eyes Pub & Restaurant

2nd – Arena’s

3rd – Irish Eyes Pub & Restaurant

Most Unusual
1st – Salt Air

2nd –Salt Air

3rd – Salt Air

 

Professional Category

Cookies
1st – Aileen Hearn

2nd – Dolce Bakery

3rd – Kevin Kable
Brownies
1st – Dolce Bakery

2nd – Aileen Hearn

3rd – Marti Austin

Pie
1st – Bob Cirelli

Cheesecake
1st – Kevin Kable

2nd – Robert Cirelli

3rd – Dolce Bakery

Candy
1st – Sweet Serenity Chocolate

2nd – Renaissance Chocolate

3rd – Sweet Serenity Chocolate

Cake
1st – Denise De Rosa

2nd – Bob Cirelli

3rd – Bob Cirelli

Most Unusual
1st - Marti Austin

2nd- Susie Bond

3rd- Susie Bond

Bakery Category

Cookies
1st – The Point Coffee House & Bakery

2nd - The Point Coffee House & Bakery

3rd – The Bake Shoppe

Brownies
1st - Sugar Bakers

2nd – Touch of Italy

3rd – The Bake Shoppe

Pie
1st - The Point Coffee House & Bakery

2nd - The Bake Shoppe

3rd- The Bake Shoppe

Cheesecake
1st - The Point Coffee House & Bakery

2nd – The Bake Shoppe

3rd – Cake Break

Candy
1st – The Sweetness Cake Company

2nd – The Point Coffee House & Bakery

Cake
1st – Cake Break

2nd – The Point Coffee House & Bakery

3rd – Cake Break

Most Unusual
1st - The Point Coffee House & Bakery

2nd – The Bake Shoppe

3rd – Adel’s Sticky Buns

Amateur Category

Cookies
1st – Joost Elling

2nd – Treacy Boyette

3rd – Nancy Stauffer

Brownies
1st – Elizabeth Roskowski

2nd – Mitch Geasler

3rd – Kaylee Giacomini

Pie
1st – Heather Smith

2nd – Terri Carr

3rd – Nancy Stauffer

Cheesecake
1st – Treacy Boyette

2nd – Aileen Hearn

3rd – Elizabeth Roskowski

Candy
1st – Elizabeth Roskowski

2nd - Nancy Stauffer

3rd – Marlene Dulis

Cake
1st – Jackie Bossard

2nd – Terri Carr

3rd – Mitch Geasler

Most Unusual
1st – Kevin Parsons

2nd – Skyler Currie

3rd – Leslie Baer

Kids 12 and Under

Cookies
1st – Linnea Poulsen

Brownies
1st – Grayson Boyette

2nd – Faith Thompson & Alexis Reyes

3rd – Sophie Czerwinski & Kat Moore

 Cheesecake
1st – Nolan Witman

2nd- Jessica Thompson & Alyssa Reyes

3rd- Daphne Branner

Candy
1st – Race Caruso

2nd – Race Caruso

3rd – Allie Parsons

Cake
1st – Brianna Willams

2nd – Nolan Witman

3rd – Allie Parsons

Most Unusual
1st – Emily Gampp

 

Showpiece Winners

1st– Elizabeth Roskowski

2nd– Rachel Meoli

3rd– Pam McCoy

 

Kids Showpiece

1st- Nolan Witman

2nd- Devon Giacomini

 

Cake Break, Kilwin’s Rehoboth Avenue, and the Village Improvement Association sold tasty delights including chocolate candy, cake pops and some goodies made from old family recipes.  There was more chocolate in one place than anyone could ever imagine!

Delicious milk was poured by the Lewes Dairy maidens.   Kids had fun creating chocolate delights of their own with Katie Freer the Sprouting Chef. The room was adorned with “Kisses” decorated by Kids Cottage children.

Special thanks to all those who entered the chocolate contest, our many volunteers, judges and food contributors as well as all our neighbors who came to taste the goodies this year!

For more information about the Chocolate Festival, Rehoboth Beach Main Street and volunteer opportunities call 302.227.2772 or visit www.downtownrehoboth.com.