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“Chocolate: The Sweet Secret of Wellness.”

by Silvio Bessone | October 22, 2023 | Bean To Bar, Best wishes to the CioccoMoms, Cacao in cosmetics, Cacao in pharmaceuticals, Chocolocanda, Solidarity Cocoa, Special Products, The Solidarity Cocoa, Unique experiences | 0 Comments

Dear readers, today I want to reveal a delicious secret that could change your perspective on health and wellness: chocolate. Yes, you read that right, chocolate can bring joy not only to the palate, but also to the mind and body. In this article, we will explore the...

the Couple’s Bath in Chocolate

by Silvio Bessone | October 19, 2023 | Bean To Bar, Best wishes to the CioccoMoms, Chocolocanda, Solidarity Cocoa, Unique experiences | 0 Comments

Love is a sweet and passionate feeling, just like chocolate. What if we could combine these two elements to create a unique and memorable experience for couples? Welcome to the world of Couple’s Bath in Chocolate, an experience that promises to spark and ignite passion in a deliciously intimate way

Chocolate, Health Wellness and Happiness

by Silvio Bessone | October 17, 2023 | Bean To Bar, Best wishes to the CioccoMoms, Chocolocanda, Course Photos, Solidarity Cocoa, Unique experiences | 0 Comments

Chocolate: A Dive into Wellness Dear readers, today I want to reveal a delicious secret that could change your perspective on health and wellness: chocolate. Yes, you read that right, chocolate can bring joy not only to the palate, but also to the mind and body. In...

Ferragosto In the scent of cocoa

by Silvio Bessone | August 6, 2022 | Best wishes to the CioccoMoms | 0 Comments

Winning Chocolatier the new online course

by Silvio Bessone | August 16, 2021 | Bean To Bar, Best wishes to the CioccoMoms, Cacao in cosmetics, Cacao in pharmaceuticals, Cocoa in the kitchen, Course Photos, Silvio Bessone's Recipes, Solidarity Cocoa, The Solidarity Cocoa, Video Gallery | 0 Comments

The secrets of the great professionals Success is that intangible thing, which rewards you for all the efforts you have made. That feeling of having dedicated one's life to something and having received the proper recognition for it in the back! Unfortunately, too...

A special Dove for the 35th anniversary

by Silvio Bessone | March 24, 2021 | Best wishes to the CioccoMoms, Special Products, Unique experiences | 0 Comments

Almost 35 years have passed since June 6, 1986, when we opened our company's first office in Loano at 45 Gazzi Street. It was called Delight Bakery, and Mary and I were little more than kids. I was 20 and she was 18. A lot has happened since that day; two daughters,...

Easter, the festival of colors

by Silvio Bessone | April 11, 2020 | Best wishes to the CioccoMoms | 0 Comments

Easter has always celebrated resurrection, joy after sorrow. In this time of suffering from human losses and restrictions on affections and friendships, I can only contribute virtually to the joy of the eyes and soul with this short clip I recorded some time ago. And...

Passion Chocolate online course gift idea for Christmas

by Silvio Bessone | December 4, 2019 | Bean To Bar, Best wishes to the CioccoMoms, Chocolocanda, Course Photos, Silvio Bessone's Recipes, Solidarity Cocoa | 0 Comments

Venezuela’s Cacao

by Silvio Bessone | August 5, 2019 | Best wishes to the CioccoMoms | 0 Comments

Cacao Porcelain from Venezuela Venezuela: it is an extraordinary country, it has maintained for two centuries its cocoa culture and method of process. He developed knowledge and techniques until the 1970s-80s with truly amazing results. CHUAO, the most famous cocoa in...

No more junk Easter Egg surprises!

by Silvio Bessone | March 26, 2019 | Bean To Bar, Best wishes to the CioccoMoms, Solidarity Cocoa, The Solidarity Cocoa | 0 Comments

Every time you buy or give a useless thing you harm yourself and the environment! https://vimeo.com/327531210 Have you ever thought about how much crap is put as surprises in Easter eggs every year? Plastic chinooks without the slightest value! Ruminate! that children...

🍫 Il cacao nella cucina

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Designer chocolates, for a unique Christmas!

by Silvio Bessone | December 12, 2017 | Bean To Bar, Cocoa in the kitchen, The Solidarity Cocoa | 0 Comments

From Nature Endless Emotions of Milk and Cocoa. Tom Hanks said in Forest Gump "Life is like a box of Chocolates, you never know what you're going to get!" (Yeah because no one has ever given him a box of my Chocolates as a gift! otherwise he could not have claimed...

Chocolate a Hoax? From the report on Report

by Silvio Bessone | October 25, 2017 | Bean To Bar, Cocoa in the kitchen, The Solidarity Cocoa | 0 Comments

Monday night's coverage of Chocolate on Report, was not the best it could be! It did not shed light on all the aspects that should be reviewed and that really make such a magical and fantastic world as the world of Chocolate miserable! However,...

New Chocolate experts are urgently needed!

by Silvio Bessone | July 22, 2016 | Best wishes to the CioccoMoms, Cocoa in the kitchen, Course Photos, The Solidarity Cocoa | 0 Comments

It might sound strange but we really need new Chocolate experts! Too many chocolatiers over the years have been trained by hearing the stories, some of them good, but not always entirely true! Of the various multinational chocolate companies. Silvio bessone during the...

Chefs and Pastry Chefs TV Stars

by Silvio Bessone | July 2, 2016 | Best wishes to the CioccoMoms, Cocoa in the kitchen, Course Photos | 0 Comments

Meanwhile, I premise that I was definitely one of the first, if not the first to do a live cooking show on TV, Program "Numero1" with Pippo Baudo on February 13, 2015 during TG1 with over 20 million viewers. Before me only the great Gualtiero Marchesi in a program...

Cacao as a spice for meats, cheeses and cold cuts

by Silvio Bessone | June 23, 2016 | Cocoa in the kitchen | 0 Comments

The cocoa is really amazing! To think that chocolate was the most unlikely form to be used. Today actually it is the only way it is used if we exclude the sporadic and occasional applications of a few pioneers. It is often used in cooking applications, but the most...

💄 Il cacao nella cosmesi

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“Chocolate: The Sweet Secret of Wellness.”

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Silvio Bessone presents the new collection of Chocolates for 2019.

by Silvio Bessone | May 11, 2018 | Bean To Bar, Best wishes to the CioccoMoms, Cacao in cosmetics, Video Gallery | 0 Comments

New Praline Collection 2019 by Silvio Bessone After months of research first and work later, I was finally able to finalize the collection that will feature boxes for Christmas 2018 and Valentine's Day 2019. I wanted to use fruit from my local area, but especially the...

🌿 Il cacao nella farmaceutica

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“Chocolate: The Sweet Secret of Wellness.”

Winning Chocolatier the new online course

Mbingu 75% Dark Chocolate

by Silvio Bessone | February 29, 2020 | Bean To Bar, Cacao in pharmaceuticals, Course Photos, Solidarity Cocoa, The Solidarity Cocoa, Video Gallery | 0 Comments

Thischocolate was born out of the need to make a Chocolate with the highest quality African cocoa and 100% controlled supply chain. Having met the Sisters of Mbingu was providential; in one year I made two trips to Tanzania to help the sisters improve their production...

Chocolate was born from a passion.

by Silvio Bessone | August 5, 2019 | Bean To Bar, Solidarity Cocoa, The Solidarity Cocoa | 0 Comments

Franciscan Sisters of Mbingu Tanzania 2016 Passing on knowledge to increase everyone's satisfaction In 2016 I made two visits to Mbingu, with my friends Marco Bosio and Enzo Gaboardi. Lo purpose was to help a core group of Franciscan Sisters optimize and Make their...

No more junk Easter Egg surprises!

by Silvio Bessone | March 26, 2019 | Bean To Bar, Best wishes to the CioccoMoms, Solidarity Cocoa, The Solidarity Cocoa | 0 Comments

Chuao, Jhodairis Fondant 70%.

by Silvio Bessone | December 12, 2018 | Bean To Bar, Solidarity Cocoa, The Solidarity Cocoa | 0 Comments

This has always been called the best cocoa in the world, yes the first and legendary Chuao, the only cocoa in the world to have certification of origin. I have known Sora (the president of the Chuao cooperative) for many years, and although her grandson now runs the...

Pincay Metate 60%

by Silvio Bessone | December 12, 2018 | Bean To Bar, Solidarity Cocoa, The Solidarity Cocoa | 0 Comments

This chocolate is a first among my productions i as it is a Raw cacao. I took the best cocoa I had and had firsthand knowledge of fermentation and drying. Maximilian has always inspired me with confidence. I analyzed it from raw and looked for any pathogens that might...

Profession Chocolate the New Online Course by silvio bessone

by Silvio Bessone | October 22, 2018 | Bean To Bar, Best wishes to the CioccoMoms, Silvio Bessone's Recipes, The Solidarity Cocoa, Video Gallery | 0 Comments

CHOCOLATE PROFESSION BY SILVIO BESSONE. Finally after years of work, the first Italian online course for chocolate professionals is finally ready. Many friends and colleagues asked me to share this knowledge of mine with them; I was reluctant to want to put the fruit...

The new online course Conscious Consumer

by Silvio Bessone | June 13, 2018 | Bean To Bar, Course Photos, Solidarity Cocoa, The Solidarity Cocoa | 0 Comments

An online course for Conscious Consumers? It has been a few weeks since the start of my online Video Course "Conscious Chocolatier." Some participants were for real chocolatiers and some enrolled in the "Chocolate Profession" course. Many who enrolled in the course,...

Profession Chocolate the New Online Course by silvio bessone

by Silvio Bessone | April 21, 2018 | Bean To Bar, Best wishes to the CioccoMoms, Silvio Bessone's Recipes, The Solidarity Cocoa, Video Gallery | 0 Comments

🖐 Il cacao solidale

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