Overview Salon du Chocolat NYC is the New York edition of the Paris chocolate show: two days at Center415 on Fifth Avenue where chocolate dresses stand on mannequins across the floor and chefs cook with chocolate on a theater stage. It runs as a trade show and a public tasting at once, with more than 80 exhibitors from over 20 countries selling and sampling, chef demonstrations in the Culinary Theater and exhibitor-led tastings. The organizers call it the largest international trade show dedicated to the chocolate and cocoa industry. Messe Frankfurt runs the New York edition; the Salon du Chocolat began in Paris in 1994. On site The 2026 show ran Saturday 10 to 6 and Sunday 10 to 5. Chefs in the Culinary Theater cook chocolate and confections on a published schedule, and the audience samples after each demonstration. The Fashion Showcase puts chocolate dresses by designers and chocolatiers on mannequins around the hall. In 2026 Chef Håkan Mårtensson built a live chocolate sculpture over both days, with progress posted online. A bean-to-bar area runs 10-minute sessions every hour on how raw cocoa becomes a bar, the Bite-Sized zone gives children hands-on chocolate making, and Taste and Learn sessions cover pairings, including with spirits, and sustainability. Audience Visitors come to buy as well as taste: the organizers put average spend at more than $75 a head, and exhibitors sell across the floor. Trade groups sit alongside the public: the Fine Chocolate Industry Association and PMCA are among the show's partners, and the Bite-Sized zone is built for children. Brand presence Exhibitors can apply to run their own Taste and Learn sessions, and a partner can present a whole area, as Diamond Custom Machines did with the 2026 bean-to-bar demonstration on its own equipment. The 2026 partner row put the New York Post, Acqua Panna and Maison Perrier beside chocolate-trade names such as Chef Rubber and The Chocolate Life.