#PodSaveChocolate Archive – Episodes 101+
News, views, and conversations on topics in cocoa and chocolate streamed live to YouTube, LinkedIn, and Facebook. #PodSaveChocolate! [ Updated May 6th, 2025. ]
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May
Interview/Tasting: Ali Gower, Chocolate Tree | #PodSaveChocolate Ep 118
May is Tasting Month on PodSaveChocolate, with at least five episodes featuring tastings – most of them with interviews with makers. Episode 118 is dedicated to an interview and tasting with Ali Gower of Chocolate Tree in Scotland.
Clay Gordon
Ep 118 | Friday May 9tn
Interview/Tasting: Tania Molina, VillaKuyaya | #PodSaveChocolate Ep 117
May is Tasting Month on PodSaveChocolate, with at least five episodes featuring tastings – most of them with interviews with makers. Episode 117 is dedicated to an interview and tasting with VillaKuyaya Chocolate’s Tania Molina. [ Updated to include discount code ]
Clay Gordon
Ep 117 | Tuesday May 5th
Tasting Random Chocolate & Stuff | #PodSaveChocolate Ep 116
Episode 116 of #PodSaveChocolate will feature a tasting of some chocolate bars I have rattling around the office, as well as some ingredients to consider. [ Updated ]
Clay Gordon
Ep 116 | Friday May 2nd
April
The 2025 Craft Chocolat Challenge Awards | #PodSaveChocolate Ep 115
Episode 115 of #PodSaveChocolate is dedicated to recognizing the winners, sponsors, judges, and organizers of the 2025 Craft Chocolat Challenge.
Clay Gordon
Ep 115 | Tuesday April 29th
The 2025 Chocolate Scorecard & Tony’s “Fair” Report | #PodSaveChocolate Ep 114
Episode 114 of #PodSaveChocolate features a discussion of two recurring topics: The Chocolate Scorecard (released just in time for Easter), and the most recent “Fair” Report from Tony’s Chocolonely. [ Updated ]
Clay Gordon
Ep 114 | Friday April 25th
The ChocolateLife Forums | #PodSaveChocolate Ep 113
Episode 113 of #PodSaveChocolate features a re-introduction to TheChocolateLife Forums.
Clay Gordon
Ep 113 | Tuesday April 22nd
The Nature of Innovation | #PodSaveChocolate Ep 112
Episode 112 of #PodSaveChocolate features an exploration of what makes a chocolate bar “innovative” – one of the judging categories in the 2025 Craft Chocolat Challenge.
Clay Gordon
Ep 112 | Tuesday April 15th
April 2025 News & AMA | #PodSaveChocolate Ep 111
Episode 11 of #PodSaveChocolate features chocolate news that’s fit to eat and AMA/Ask me Anything (about chocolate and cocoa) for April 2025. [ Updated ]
Clay Gordon
Ep 111 | Friday April 11th
Grading Cocoa | #PodSaveChocolate Ep 110
Episode 110 explores how cocoa quality is evaluated and expressed. [ Updated ]
Clay Gordon
Ep 110 | Tuesday April 8th
Chocolate in NYC 2025 Trip Report | #PodSaveChocolate Ep 109
Episode 109 of #PodSaveChocolate takes a look back at the time I spent at the recent Salon du Chocolat in NYC as well as thoughts about NYC as a chocolate destination after two days of walking. The Things We Do For Chocolate.
Clay Gordon
Ep 109 | Tuesday April 1st
March
Chocolate in NYC | #PodSaveChocolate Ep 108
Episode 108 of #PodSaveChocolate takes a look at my first steps back in Manhattan and a search for new chocolate experiences after being away for two years. [ Updated with links ]
Clay Gordon
Ep 108 | Tuesday March 18th
Judging Chocolate | #PodSaveChocolate Ep 107
Episode 107 of #PodSaveChocolate is an exploration/explanation of judging entries in the 2025 edition (Season 4) of the Craft Chocolat Challenge.
Clay Gordon
Ep 107 | Friday March 14th
March 2025 News & AMA | #PodSaveChocolate Ep 106
Episode 106 of #PodSaveChocolate features the chocolate news that’s fit to eat and AMA/Ask me Anything (about chocolate and cocoa) for March 2025.
Clay Gordon
Ep 106 | Friday March 7th
Elements of a Successful Chocolate Festival | #PodSaveChocolate Ep 105
After attending and/or participating in well over 100 chocolate/food festivals and conferences between 1998-2025 (and a similar number between 1983 – 1998 during my high-tech career), Episode 105 of PodSaveChocolate takes a look at what makes a festival successful and why some fail. [ Updated ]
Clay Gordon
Ep 105 | Tuesday March 4th
February
A Threat to Craft Chocolate? | #PodSaveChocolate Ep 104
Episode 104 is a response to an OpEd penned by Alastair (Ali) Gower of Chocolate Tree (Scotland), published in the industry newsletter Cocoa Radar. While the OpEd posits questions about the definition of craft, it questions how (some) companies market themselves as being craft. [ Updated ]
Clay Gordon
Ep 104 | Friday February 28th
Salon du Chocolat NYC 2025 Preview | #PodSaveChocolate Ep103
Episode 103 .... previewing the upcoming Salon du Chocolat in NYC to be held March 21-23 at the Javits Convention Center.
Clay Gordon
Ep 103 | Tuesday February 25th
Equipping a Startup Craft Chocolate Biz | #PodSaveChocolate Ep102
Episode 102 explores options for equipping a startup craft chocolate business for success and where the CapEx equipment budget is a key concern. I will only cover build-out issues incidentally.
Clay Gordon
Ep 102 | Friday February 21st
Equipping a Budget Workshop Pt 2 | #PodSaveChocolate Ep101
Episode 101 explores options for smallwares and low(er)-cost items that fill in the gaps when kitting out a budget chocolate/confectionery workshop. [ Updated ]
Clay Gordon
Ep 101 | Tuesday February 18th
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Hosted by Clay Gordon, the creator and moderator of TheChocolateLife.com, #PodSaveChocolate covers a wide variety of topics in the worlds of cocoa and chocolate. The video versions of this podcast are hosted and archived on YouTube, LinkedIn, and Facebook. Click on the PodSaveChocolate link in the top nav on TheChocolateLife for the links to the post accompanying each episode.
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