Oliver Kita To Participate In New York Chocolate Show

Oliver Kita, world-renowned Chocolatier, will be present at the 15th Annual New York Chocolate Show, November 9-11th, at the Metropolitan Pavilion in New York, New York. A graduate of the Culinary Institute of America in New York's Historic Hudson Valley, which is also home to his chocolate studio (located in the quaint village of Rhinebeck), Oliver also received diplomas from L'Ecole Lontre, Paris; L'Ecole du Grand Chocolat Valrhona, Tain L'hermitage; and Academy du Chocolate Barry Callebaut of Montreal. Formerly a pastry chef at the legendary Russian tea room and a scholarship award-winner for the Beringer Vineyard School for American Chefs in the Napa Valley, Oliver now shares his passion for cooking and baking with chocolate aficionados from all over the world with organic chocolate bars, vegan chocolate bars, fair trade chocolates, corporate chocolate gifts, chocolate lectures, and a beautiful chocolate shop .

"We are very excited about this event, and I am looking forward to featuring our Hudson Valley Natural Bars, our Woodstock Organic Chocolate Buddhas, our studio collection of Bon Bons, and our Vegan collection of Artisan Bon Bons. We are deeply committed to providing people with an artful, blissful, socially responsible culinary experience. There is no greater joy for me than to share my passion for high-end confections with the masses, and I truly believe that it is in these simple pleasures in life that we experience moments of true happiness that buoy us up and help us embrace other aspects of our journey", shares Oliver Kita.

Oliver Kita's work has been recognized in publications such as Bon Appetit, Denver Post, Chronogram, New York Times, Yoga Journal, among others, and he has been highlighted on NBC's Today Show for four straight years. He recently received designation as the 2012 Best of the Hudson Valley Chocolatier. For more information on his commitment to bringing fair trade and organic chocolates to the masses, or to see a selection of corporate chocolate gifts, vegan chocolates, organice chocolates, and the like, please visit oliverkita.com.