The Australian Chocolate Festival Is Back with Over 70 Chocolate Tastings
Whether you self-identify as a sweet-like-chocolate boy, a card-carrying member of the Bruce Bogtrotter fan club, or just someone who has strong feelings about cocoa percentages — this is your kind of party.
The Australian Chocolate Festival is back, and it’s coming in hot (well, room temperature and exquisitely tempered) with more than 70 chocolate tastings included in your entry. That’s not a typo. That’s a full-blown buffet of bite-sized bliss, spread across 35 chocolate makers from 10 countries, all descending on Seaworks Precinct in Williamstown for one outrageously indulgent weekend: 5–6 July 2025.
From Japan to Ecuador, Samoa to homegrown Aussie makers, this festival is a chocolate lover’s fever dream come to life. There’ll be silky smooth slabs, snap-perfect bars, and flavour bombs that'll make you question everything you thought you knew about chocolate.
For those who like a little vino with their Valrhona, there’s also an optional Chocolate & Wine Tasting Upgrade ($80). Think grown-up pairings that actually make sense, expertly matched and far more satisfying than that panic block of Dairy Milk and a lukewarm Pinot.
The event is run by Bean to Bar Makers, which means this isn’t your average supermarket choc fest. These are the good folk doing it the proper way — small batch, ethically sourced, no filler. You’ll meet the makers, learn their secrets (or at least try), and probably leave with a tote bag full of bars you pretend are for gifting, but we both know they won’t make it to Monday.
It’s a golden ticket moment for anyone who’s ever lingered too long in the chocolate aisle or considered dessert a primary food group. And yes, it’s in winter, but frankly, it could be held during a bushfire and we’d still go.
General admission is $30 — which, when you do the maths, works out to roughly 43 cents per mouthful of magic. Try finding that kind of joy-per-dollar ratio anywhere else.
Book here, bring your sweet tooth and your stretchy pants. And if someone asks if it’s too much chocolate — you don’t need that kind of negativity in your life.
Whether you self-identify as a sweet-like-chocolate boy, a card-carrying member of the Bruce Bogtrotter fan club, or just someone who has strong feelings about cocoa percentages — this is your kind of party.
