PANELISTS & SPEAKERS
GREGORY BERGER
GREGORY BERGER is the author of the cookbook, "Burgers & Buns", and founder of TheFreshBreadDaily.com.
Greg Berger was a full time, stay-at-home dad running his own successful company when he was first inspired to make bread. Between diaper changes and the graphic design work he does for restaurants and nonprofits through his company, Pomegranate Design, Greg read a book about sourdough bread. He baked one loaf and it sparked a passion. He has earned Blue Ribbons four years in a row at the California State Fair, and now creates original bread recipes for some of the top restaurants in Northern California. Greg is also well known for baking buns and rolls for charity events that draw thousands, including the Sacramento Burger Battle and the Sacramento Sausage Fest. If you ask nicely, he might bake a loaf just for you.
JOEY GARCIA
Joey Garcia is celebrating 20+ years as the Sacramento News & Review’s advice columnist.
She is the author of the award-winning book, “When Your Heart Breaks, It’s Opening to Love: healing and finding love after an affair, heartbreak or divorce,” and is Fox 40 TV’s Relationship Expert. Born in Belize, Joey learned about the healing power of chocolate from her Mayan grandmother.
ART POLLARD
Master Artisan Chocolate maker Art Pollard of Amano Artisan Chocolates, Utah.
Amano has won multiple chocolate awards in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, Napa, Sacramento, London and beyond.
Located high in Utah’s Wasatch Mountain range in the heart of the Rockies, Amano is dedicated to creating some of the world’s most exquisite chocolate through traditional techniques. Amano means “by hand” and “they love” in Italian, and that describes the care and perfection that Amano brings to chocolate and in turn to the people who savor it. www.Amanochocolate.com
BRIAN WALLACE
BRIAN WALLACE is the Founder / Maker / Alchemist of Endorfin Foods.
Endorfin presents a unique style of chocolate that utilizes fresh coconut for a smooth mouthfeel and coconut blossom sugar for a delicate sweetness. Some of their unique ingredients include Absinthe. Endorfin is currently being spotlighted in Williams-Sonoma’s Artisan Market in Bay Area stores.
JENNIFER SUND
Jenn is Co-Owner/chocolatiers of Rainy Day Chocolate with Chris Sund. She is a Sonoma County local, with diverse employment backgrounds, a foodie obsession, and a desire for a better world: "We created Rainy Day Chocolate to bring real chocolate flavor to our Bay Area community and more.
Proudly part of the American Chocolate Revolution: It is our goal to awaken people to the true flavors available from Single-Origin Chocolate."
