Date/Time
7/17/2025
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Eastern
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Eastern
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Event Type(s)
Webinars
Event Description
Date: July 17, 2025
Time: 1:00 p.m. ET
Cost:
- Members - FREE
- Non-Members - $75
A special virtual event for chocolate lovers, chefs, chocolatiers, and chocolate makers based on the new 5th Edition of the cookbook, "FRENCH CHOCOLATE: Recipes, Language & Directions to Français au Chocolat."
The FRENCH CHOCOLATE cookbook is devoted to the rich world of French chocolate and global dessert traditions, as well as to the intimate relationship between international French culture and global chocolate cuisine.
This 45-50 minute interactive online session includes:
- The story behind the book and its theme
- French in chocolate and language tips
- A virtual chocolate-making demo
- Stories from French kitchens and chocolate artisans
- (Depending on the date, we might also be able to bring on a special guest contributor the book, eg. a chef or chocolatier)
- A fun audience Q&A
A.K. Crump is founder of TasteTV -- the world's first Multiplatform Digital Lifestyle Media Network, launched in 2004 as the Indie Food Channel. He is also the guiding visionary behind the TASTE AWARDS.
Prior to founding TasteTV, A.K. Crump applied years of strategic and tactical experience in market leadership at well-known companies such as Apple Computer, Sun Microsystems, Apropos Technology, SAP, Citadon, Asyst Technologies, Merck Pharmaceuticals, G.D. Searle, and AT&T.
A.K. Crump received his MBA from one of America's top-ranked business schools, and also holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance, and a Diplome of French Commercial Studies. He has authored bestselling books such as "The Cafes of San Francisco", "Chocolate French (now FRENCH CHOCOLATE)", and "The Best Waterfront Dining," as well as been editor and publisher of limited edition luxury tomes of international photographers such as "Incredible Eyes" and "Like Sand from Orchid's Lips." He is also the founder and chair of the World Dog Surfing Championships.
Mr. Crump holds Inventor status with the U.S. Patent Office, where he is registered on several patents. His business travels and projects have taken him to the four corners of the Earth, including to Tokyo, where he was interim Dean for the Akio Morita School of Business, named after the founder of the Sony Corporation, Akio Morita. He also holds a Doctorate Honoris Causa.
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