Taste of the Peninsula, Oct 18th, 11-3, Arborvine Restaurant, Blue Hill, Maine.
Join us for this showcase tasting event on the grounds of Arborvine featuring over 40 food vendors, wine purveyors, live music, as well as local artists and authors. $5 admission at the gate.
Artisan Chocolate Making, October 17th, 1-4, The Blue Hill Inn.
Join Kate as she guides you through a 3-hour introduction to artisan chocolate making. Be prepared to get your hands a little chocolatey. $45.00. Call the Blue Hill Inn at 374-2844 to reserve a space.
Chocolate and Wine Tasting, October 11th, 12-3, Cellardoor Winery Tasting Room, Lincolnville Maine.
Come on out and visit with Steve and the good folks at Cellardoor Winery. For more info visit their website.
Cellardoor Winery Vin Fest, Saturday, October 3rd, 10am-5pm, Cellardoor Winery, Lincolnville, Maine.
We will be selling our chocolates at this event. Come on by and say hello. For more information about this activity packed Fest go to the Cellardoor Winery website.
Annual Pancake Breakfast, Benefit for Steve Chesney, July 4th, 7:30-10:00am, The Black Dinah Cafe, Isle au Haut
Black Dinah Chocolatiers Annual Open House, Saturday, May 23rd, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m., The Black Dinah Cafe, Isle au Haut.
Come celebrate the beginning of our third season by sampling the goodies you’ve gone without all winter, and some new ones Kate’s trying out this year.
Black Dinah Cafe opens for the season, Friday, May 22nd 7:30 a.m.
Culinary Getaway with the Island Gourmet Girls, June 13-15 or June 15-17, Inn at Isle au Haut.
Kate teams up with girlfriends Diana Santospago (innkeeper, Inn at Isle au Haut) and Linda Greenlaw (fisherman, author) for 3 days of hands-on cooking lessons. Visit the Inn at Isle au Haut website for details, or give Diana a call at 207.335.5010.
Everything You Need to Know About Chocolate–and More, Saturday, May 9th, 1:30-3:30pm, Stonewall Kitchen Cooking School, York, Maine.
Join Kate in the gorgeous facilities at Stonewall Kitchen, and learn–if not everything–then at least many things about the art of small-batch chocolate making. Call the Stonewall Kitchen Cooking School at 877.899.8363 to save your spot!
Cinco de Mayo Dinner, May 5th, El El Frijoles Mexican Restaurant, Sargentville, Maine.
That’s right, folks, Steve and Kate are kicking off the season with Michael and Michele at El El Frijoles with an outside fiesta. More details soon.
Artisan Chocolate Making Workshop, Saturday, April 25th and Sunday April 26th, 1:00-3:00pm, Hartstone Inn, Camden, Maine.
Join Kate as she teams up with award-winning chefs Michael Salmon (chef, owner of the Hartstone Inn) and Zeph Belanger (sous chef at the Hartstone Inn) for two packed hours of hands-on chocolate making. Kate will demonstrate chocolate tempering techniques, shell and figurine moulding, and the making of chocolate decorations. She will do her best, too, to answer your burning questions about chocolate.
Harvest on the Harbor, Culinary Marketplace at the Gateway, Saturday, October 25, 10:00 am-4:00 pm, Portland’s Ocean Gateway Waterfront Park, Portland, Maine.
Click here for more details on this fabulous event.
Foliage Food and Wine Festival, A Taste of the Peninsula, Blue Hill, Maine October 19th
This event winds up an entire weekend of fabulous food and events celebrating the Peninsula’s chef’s and artisan food producers.
We will be introducing our new Farm Market Collection at this event! Eleven new truffles, each featuring a product from a farm or garden on the Blue Hill Peninsula!
Thursdays and Fridays, all summer and fall
You can visit with Steve, sample our chocolate and even buy some and take some home at the Rockland Farmers’ Market on Thursdays, 9-1; and at the Stonington Farmers’ Market (located at the old high school), Fridays, 10-12.
Maine Fare, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Boothbay, Sept 12-14
Details coming…This event has been canceled.
Antiques in the Gardens, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Boothbay. Preview Gala, July 16th at 5:00pm
This event is sponsored by the Maine Antiques Association, and we’ve just heard that Martha Stewart will be the honorary presider. We will be displaying at the Preview Gala. Find out more here.
Building Bridges, Island Student Art Show on loan from Julia’s Gallery for Young Artists (at the Farnsworth Museum), Black Dinah Cafe, Sunday, July 6th
We are honored to host artwork by students from Isle au Haut, Matinicus, Islesboro, North Haven and Vinalhaven, as part of a project funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts (find out more about it here). Artwork will be on display Sunday, 7:30am-4:00pm. Come celebrate our young island artists!
Pancake Breakfast to Benefit the Isle au Haut Fire Department, Black Dinah Cafe, Isle au Haut. July 4th, 8am-10am
Kate and co. will be flipping flapjacks like nobody’s business to get things cranking on the Fourth of July. Come ’round to fuel up for an awesome day of parade, boat races, games and BBQ’s. Pay what you want–all $ goes to the Isle au Haut Fire Department. If you can’t make it to the breakfast, make sure you thank your Fire Department this Fourth!
Garden Fair and Native Plant Sale, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Boothbay, June 6th-8th
Come celebrate the beginning of garden season in some of the most amazing gardens you’ll see on the east coast! We’ll be handing out samples and selling assortments of our handmade chocolates made with locally grown herbs and flowers. Get more info here.
Black Dinah Cafe Opens, May 24th
Come out and see us on Isle au Haut for our first day of the season. We’ll be handing out samples of some new flavors we’ll be rolling out this summer, plus serving up Kate’s fresh pastries (made, as always, with organic flours, sweeteners, local butter and eggs), fresh organic Maine-roasted coffee and hot tea. And the wi-fi is still free. We’ll be open weekends through June, then will begin our regular summer schedule (Wednesdays-Sundays) on July 2. Check out the cafe here.
