Private Chocolate Tasting Experiences
Craft chocolate experiences for discerning hosts and leading companies.
Guided tastings of rare craft chocolate, on their own or paired with wine, champagne, whiskey, bourbon, rum, agave or cheese. In your home, your office or your venue.
When the occasion matters, the usual will not do.
When the occasion matters, the usual will not do. We design a private craft chocolate experience around your guests, from the bars to the pairings, and lead it from start to finish. Your guests leave talking about it.
An event is a reflection of its host.
For a company, it speaks to clients and colleagues about who you are. For a private host, it speaks to friends. Make sure it says the right thing.
Your Guide
Meet your chocolate guide.
A memorable event takes work. I make it easy. I have hosted events from private homes to the Amangiri resort. I have tasted hundreds of craft chocolate bars and walked cacao farms from Hawaii to Peru. Now I bring all of it to your guests.
Mark Svejda, The Chocolate Savant
Featuring chocolate from
Spinnaker · Goodnow Farms · Dandelion · Stone Grindz · Fruition · Lonohana
Testimonials
“We have had a whiskey and chocolate tasting that has been absolutely delightful. My favorite, the rum, paired with the JCoco white chocolate with Valencia orange and cayenne pepper, and it was absolutely delightful.”
Tina Kramer
Simply Learning LLC
“Thanks, Mark. Thanks for having your event here. It looks like it was a wild success. Lots of whiskey, lots of chocolate.”
Sue Rigler
Owner, 100 Mile Brewing Company, Tempe
“Excellent choices with the various pairings. Wonderful event. Had a great time. If you have an opportunity, you should really connect with the Chocolate Savant for your own private special pairing.”
Dennis Brookshire, Attorney
Chocolate and Spirits Pairing, Wild Hare Distillery
“Each one has been a highlight of our year. Mark brings knowledge, warmth and real showmanship, and that is why we keep bringing him back.”
Joyce Petrowski
Founder and Board President
R.O.S.E. (Resources/Outreach to Safeguard the Elderly)
“Mark hosted a chocolate and agave spirit tasting for 25 of our clients and team members. I was amazed that chocolate could be paired with agave spirits and taste so great. We are looking forward to the next tasting event.”
Craig Darling
Founder and CEO
Darling Digital, Scottsdale, Arizona
The Process
How it works.
i.
Share Your Occasion
We design a proposal around your guests and your setting.
ii.
Discover Each Palate
Every guest completes a brief flavor quiz before the event.
iii.
Gather and Taste
I guide your guests through rare bars and fine pairings.
The Experiences
Seven ways to taste.
Craft Chocolate Tasting
Taste chocolate the way a sommelier tastes wine. Discover the flavor profiles of rare single-origin bars, from bright fruit to deep earth and spice.
Chocolate & Wine
Red, white and dessert wines, each matched to a bar that draws out something new in both.
Chocolate & Champagne
Champagne and sparkling wines, their bright acidity and fine bubbles matched to bars and truffles that turn them rich and round.
Chocolate & Whiskey or Bourbon
Whiskey or bourbon, your choice. Rich, complex pours paired with bars that echo their oak, spice, caramel and smoke.
Chocolate & Rum
Aged rums from the cacao-growing regions themselves, paired with bars from the same lands.
Chocolate & Agave
Tequila and mezcal, with their smoke and earth, matched to bold, bright bars.
Chocolate & Cheese
An unexpected pairing that surprises every guest. Creamy, salty and sweet in perfect balance.
Private events begin at $2,500.
Also available online. The chocolate ships to you in advance, ready for your guests.
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An evening that reflects well on you.
Your guests leave relaxed, delighted and talking. Clients remember the company that hosted them. Friends remember the host who surprised them. Guests ask when you will do it again.
Complimentary
Taste the experience before you book it.
Every guest at a Chocolate Savant event begins with this quiz. Try it yourself, free. Receive your personal chocolate flavor profile, with three craft bars recommended for your palate and where to buy them.
Get your free chocolate flavor profile
Chocolate Brunch
A world of chocolate indulgence, twice a month.
Chocolate Brunch is your private guide to the finest chocolate experiences on earth. From Peruvian cacao estates to Parisian salons, each issue brings the places, the makers and the bars that define true luxury. First issue January 2027.