Due to restrictions on gatherings during COVID-19, the Big Island Chocolate Festival in Hawaii is cancelled. The next festival will be held on April 30-May 1, 2021, at the Westin Hapuna Beach Resort.
Hosted by the Kona Cacao Association, festival profits help different local nonprofits. The selected 2020 beneficiaries will be asked to participate in 2021.
They include the culinary programs at Hawaii Community College Palamanui, Hawaii Island High Schools and Maui Community College and Hawaii Institute of Pacific Agriculture, Friends of the NELHA, Big Island Music & Arts Academy, and Kona Dance & Performing Arts.
Over the last eight years, the festival has awarded over $140,000 (£112,883) to beneficiaries.
