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Chocolate Fantasy

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KPMG Presents
Lights,
Camera, Action:
A Red
Carpet Chocolate Fantasy
The 33rd Annual
Chocolate Fantasy

The 33rd Annual Chocolate Fantasy, presented by KPMG:


Saturday, March 8, 2025 from 6:00 p.m. - Midnight
at Sandia Resort & Casino.

 

The evening will include a welcome champagne, entertainment, a silent auction (live viewing with online bidding), a plated sit-down dinner, dancing, and of course, we can’t forget, CHOCOLATE! New Mexico's leading chocolatiers will be preparing chocolate sculptures based on the gala’s theme for our guest's visual enjoyment, along with bonbons for culinary enjoyment!

Black tie or cocktail attire is recommended.

Tickets are $250 per person, plus a processing fee, and a portion of your ticket may be tax deductible.

This gala fundraiser benefits the New Mexico Museum of Natural History Foundation, and supports our mission of advancing the educational, scientific, and cultural programs of the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science.

Chocolate Fantasy sells out every year, and tickets are limited - get yours today!

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Dinner Menu

Starter

California Organic Garden Greens Salad

watercress, house candied cinnamon pecans, fresh figs, goat cheese, sun-dried apricots

Prickly Pear Vinaigrette

 

Main

Grilled Filet Mignon Au Poivre and Buttered Lobster Tail

truffle mashed potatoes, steamed Brussels sprouts with smoked bacon

- or -

Quinoa and Roasted Baby Vegetable

Stuffed Acorn Squash

Red pepper coulis

vegetarian and vegan 

 

Dessert

White Chocolate and Vanilla Bean Mousse

mango filling, dark cocoa sponge cake, candied lime peel

 

Menu created exclusively for the 33RD Annual Chocolate Fantasy by:

Executive Chef Tony Trujillo

Banquet Chef Kaitlin Lange-Armstrong

Pastry Chef Bruno Gras

Support Chocolate Fantasy

Sponsorships

Chocolate Fantasy sponsorships are available at $10,000, $7,500, $5,000, and $2,500 levels. If you are interested in becoming a sponsor for Chocolate Fantasy in 2025, please use the buttons below, or contact aeaton@naturalhistoryfoundation.org.

Donations

Donations are always welcome to help support our efforts. Please consider a contribution to the New Mexico Museum of Natural History Foundation. To donate now, use the button below.

Chocolate Truffles

Chocolate Fantasy Auction

The 2025 online auction will open at 4:00 p.m. MST on Friday, February 21.

A live auction will take place at Chocolate Fantasy after the silent auction closes, and will feature exclusive items which can be previewed in the online auction, but can only be bid on in-person at the event.

Diamond Dig

Your chance to win a one-carat round diamond!

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Participate in the Lee Michaels Fine Jewelry Diamond Dig the night of the event for your chance to win a dazzling diamond.

 

Sift through sand and select your gemstone of choice. You may end up with a quartz crystal... or you may find one of three genuine diamonds! A professional jeweler will be on-hand to determine the authenticity of each gem.

Three Diamond Winners!

Grand Prize - 1.12ct Round Diamond

0.50c Marquis Diamond

0.61c Round Diamond

Diamond Dig Tickets

Diamond Dig will be a live event the evening of Chocolate Fantasy. You must be present to purchase dig chances.

 

$40 a chance

$60 for 2 chances

$100 for 3 chances*

 

*receive a complimentary specialty cocktail at the $100 level

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Chocolatiers

Sculpture & Bonbons

Breadhead Bakery - Stephanie Valerio & Brian Lipps

 

Fram's Desserts - Michael Fram

Heavenly Chocolates - Dolores Aragon & Ali Maes

 

Tatsuki Hewson & Tracy Aragon

Navajo Technical University - Sheila Begay & Melvina Jones

Navajo Technical University - Walter Cloud & Lorena Giesbrecht

 

Cameron Owens & Monica Saavedra

 

Sandia Resort & Casino - Alfonso B. White, Jaden Ortiz,
Michelle Lente, Megan Vallo, and Carlos Diaz Campos

Fawn Saicawalo

Santa Fe Community College - Jack Hargraves & Sandra Nitschke

 

Snow Heights Productions - Austin Phillip

Sculpture Only

Ashley Briand, Tori Briand, & Stephanie Briand

 

Cake Ingenuity - Joe & Amber Torres

 

Kristine Mills & Adrienne Toubbeh

Southwest Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI) - Culinary Program

James Yoo, Eamon Quigley, & Cody Limaby

Bonbons

DebbieRae's Cakes & Treats - Yvonne Maes, Debra Maestas, and Marisa Maes

Darren Maes & Sierra Hanson

Ms. Bea's Sweet Treats - Malina Sangre, Kaylynn Gallegos, and Arienne Tenorio

 

Jamie Semarge, Emma Wolverton, and Myra Williams

Shamrock Foods USA - Dan Gilpatrick and Rodney Estrada

Raquela Trujillo

Joseph G. Valles

Judges

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Charity Teague

Charity Teague is the owner of Charity Teague Confections in San Antonio,
Texas. She specializes in small batch, hand-painted artisan chocolate and
crafted bars. She’s an award-winning Pastry Chef and Chocolatier, attending
Culinary School in New Mexico. She’s furthered her studies with the French
Pastry School in Chicago, and Melissa Coppel Chocolate and Pastry School
in Las Vegas. She’s competed locally and nationally, winning Best Dessert
Course, People’s Choice, Best in Show, and is a two-time winner of the
Chocolate Fantasy competition.

Charity uses colorful cocoa butter to hand paint each bon bon and focuses
on using local and organic ingredients. She continues to widen the eyes of
chocolate lovers with her innovation and artful execution of her crafted
chocolate bars.

Kim Rothrock

Kim Rothrock is the East Account Manager for the Blommer Chocolate Company, who is the largest bean to bar chocolate manufacturer in North America, and the maker of Founder’s Reserve fine chocolate couvertures.

Kim has been a buyer for Balducci’s and Dean & LeLuca specialty food retailers in New York City, built a pastry & chocolate ingredient division for Chefswarehouse, a leading national specialty foodservice importer-distributor, spent four years as a consultant to a chocolate-focused marketing & innovation company, and been a key account manager with ADM Cocoa International, and Cargill Cocoa North America.

She has also been a Pastry Chef, holds a BA in Fine Arts, and is a graduate of the Institute of Culinary Education in NYC. She has completed professional confectionery courses at European chocolate manufacturers in France and Spain. 

Paul Edward

Since he can remember as a small boy, Chef Paul Edward was involved with Chocolate and Pastry.  He worked in family-run pastry shops then moved into the hotel industry, including San Francisco’s Westin St. Francis, Four Seasons Clift Hotel, and Sheraton Palace; Atlanta’s Ritz Carlton Buckhead; and Beverly Hills’ La Bel Age Hotel and Peninsula Beverly Hills.

Paul trained at various institutions in Europe and Asia and he has been invited guest faculty at many culinary facilities here in the United States.

Currently, Paul runs R&D at Chef Rubber, a manufacturer and distributor of specialty items for World Pastry Champions, Artisan Chefs and Confectioners, and consults on many new innovative products for companies throughout the world.

Thank You to Our Sponsors

 Director Level Sponsor

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Partnering with Chocolate Fantasy for 29 years.

Studio Executive
Level Sponsors

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Executive Producer Level Sponsors

Cinematographer Level Sponsors

Production Designer Level Sponsors

The Cool Kids

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Screenwriter Level Sponsors

Brett & Linda Cooper

Cinema Legends: Debbie & David Dozier & Friends

Girard & Vi Flores-Tighe

Dr. Angela Gallegos-Macias

Rachel, Billy, & London Gupton

Mike Logan

Bob & Sally Lowder

Jim Mayo/Tao Technology

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Chocolate Truffles

Photos from Chocolate Fantasy 2024
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