> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://thechocolatelife.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Fancy Food Show Update | #PodSaveChocolate Ep58 - URL: https://thechocolatelife.com/fancy-food-show-update-podsavechocolate-ep58/ - Published: 2024-07-11T17:41:51.000Z - Updated: 2024-08-02T18:09:51.000Z - Description: Episode 58 of #PodSaveChocolate features an exploration of chocolate seen (and tasted) during the recent Summer Fancy Food Show by ChocolateLife contributor Keith Ayoob. - Author: Clay Gordon - Tags: PodSaveChocolate, Live Stream **When and Where to Watch** 🗓️ The LIVE episode starts at 10:00 AM ****PDT**/****MST** (11:00 MDT, 12:00 CDT, 13:00 EDT), on Friday, July 12th, 2024\. UPDATED to include the links to the companies/products mentioned in the episode. ‼️ ****Join the conversation LIVE!** Watch on YouTube, LinkedIn, or Facebook to comment and ask questions live during the episode. [Fancy Food Show Update | #PodSaveChocolate Ep58Episode 58 OverviewTwice a year, since before I dipped my toe in the waters of my ChocolateLife, the Specialty Food Association has been hosting Fancy Food S…![](https://www.youtube.com/s/desktop/0fca9933/img/favicon_144x144.png)YouTube![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8bCTVhmtues/maxresdefault_live.jpg)](https://youtube.com/live/8bCTVhmtues?ref=thechocolatelife.com) Click to watch on YouTube in a new tab or window. Please subscribe (free!) to the [@PodSaveChocolate YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/@podsavechocolate/featured?ref=thechocolatelife.com), like this video, comment, and share to help grow the #PSC community. [Watch and comment on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/claygordon%5Flavidacocoa-thechocolatelife-cacao-activity-7217220397530824704-DgmG?utm%5Fsource=share&utm%5Fmedium=member%5Fdesktop) [Watch and comment on Facebook](https://fb.me/e/5EQUj9OCb?ref=thechocolatelife.com) --- ## **Episode 58 Overview** Twice a year, since before I dipped my toe in the waters of my ChocolateLife, the Specialty Food Association has been hosting Fancy Food Shows (FFS) twice a year. The Winter show was traditionally in San Francisco but recently moved to Las Vegas. The Summer show has been in NYC at the Javits Center since my first visit in 2001\. > The 2001 show was when I first met Gary Guittard as well as Frederick Schilling, founder of Dagoba. I visited all but one or two Summer shows between 2001 and 2019 and about ten Winter shows. Since COVID lockdowns began, I have visited just one FFS – the Summer 2022 edition. While my personal interest and focus have always been chocolate, of course, my long and regular history attending FFSs gave me an interesting opportunity to observe flavor and other trends as well as formulate a methodology for how I traversed the shows. (These were techniques I picked up during my tech career, having participated in or attended every SIGGRAPH from 1984 (in Minneapolis) – 1998 (Orlando).) I did not visit the Winter FFS in Las Vegas this year because I went to Nigeria in January and I did not attend the Summer FFS this year because I am currently based in Central Arizona, not in the NYC metro area, and I did not have a client picking up the tab. 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