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Based in Big Bear, we serve most of California and are available to come to you. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62228e4a5e41774fc4c0e647/7694b97a-b229-4f70-8776-0ee2cb94a024/20220601_173427.jpg Home Specializing in private group tastings of all sizes, corporate events, weddings, holiday parties, and private residential parties, we work with the client in providing a level of customization that tailors their specific event needs, creating an unparalleled novel, memorable, and dynamic experience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62228e4a5e41774fc4c0e647/291cde99-7b56-4338-bded-9bc72074f6dc/0Q6A7696.jpg Home Led by Ryan, an expert chocolate maker - who has developed award-winning chocolate and has been in the chocolate industry since 2013 - there’s nothing else around like an Ardent Oso chocolate experience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62228e4a5e41774fc4c0e647/f1dc0d5b-ca33-429a-a126-b48ad937d415/Untitled+design+%282%29.png https://www.ardentoso.com/contact daily 0.75 2023-04-11 https://www.ardentoso.com/education daily 0.75 2024-06-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62228e4a5e41774fc4c0e647/69cc1cec-a61a-47c2-95da-6c820eae9699/Untitled+design+%282%29+copy.png Education https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62228e4a5e41774fc4c0e647/4b9c2394-4d87-42a0-ad4f-43dc1fc8517c/20220602_131241.jpg Education https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62228e4a5e41774fc4c0e647/ef2d0ba8-f7e9-4452-8e63-941623e325aa/shutterstock_145876616.jpg Education https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62228e4a5e41774fc4c0e647/722f9513-a63b-4afe-94c8-4e054a1efff2/Chocolate+Ingredients.jpg Education https://www.ardentoso.com/tastings daily 0.75 2026-01-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62228e4a5e41774fc4c0e647/eccf1d33-22fa-4fba-8b49-5ef03c9815df/Craft+Chocolate+to+Taste.jpg Tastings - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62228e4a5e41774fc4c0e647/17b16a90-85a3-4cda-9877-42e3162e1b4b/V-Day+Choco+%288%29.png https://www.ardentoso.com/making daily 0.75 2026-01-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62228e4a5e41774fc4c0e647/9a9ca87c-895e-4cdd-b538-e85adf0ab7ac/20220601_172825.jpg Making Chocolate Ingredients https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62228e4a5e41774fc4c0e647/6fc3b9eb-f09c-4549-a10a-d47a6047de5a/20220602_153121.jpg Making Chocolate Making in a Melanger https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62228e4a5e41774fc4c0e647/de515830-e7d0-4d96-a46b-57e4e9810187/20220602_153907.jpg Making Ready to Temper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62228e4a5e41774fc4c0e647/c711f5d8-3ed3-430b-86bc-90f2b41cca9a/shutterstock_1951492066.jpg Making Tempering https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62228e4a5e41774fc4c0e647/9da86e86-dc21-4ad6-a8b7-1a78059df86b/20220602_161643.jpg Making Casting in a Chocolate Mold https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62228e4a5e41774fc4c0e647/fdd8a2fd-b322-431c-b6c9-1c126e5dcd36/20220602_163704.jpg Making Tempered Bars https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62228e4a5e41774fc4c0e647/0d626c58-025d-4230-85db-ce32b1d9f5b8/20220602_164942.jpg Making Tempered & Wrapped Bars https://www.ardentoso.com/event-booth daily 0.75 2025-01-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62228e4a5e41774fc4c0e647/4509bd28-c8a8-4636-9703-efdae9fce0dc/2024_03_14_nikki_hildebrand_photography_nace_toast_cafe_event_0101_websize.jpg Event Booth - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62228e4a5e41774fc4c0e647/6c6feb0f-3cb8-49dc-b83c-0bbd9d3c7fcc/2024_03_14_nikki_hildebrand_photography_nace_toast_cafe_event_0243.jpg Event Booth - Contact us below and we’ll be in touch shortly. https://www.ardentoso.com/corporate-events daily 0.75 2025-01-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62228e4a5e41774fc4c0e647/0fd0b4c7-26bd-4201-a90e-60af64757f4f/Corporate+Event+Chocolate.jpg Corporate Functions - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62228e4a5e41774fc4c0e647/bc441bec-9fb4-4314-977a-76e7b3142eac/2024_03_14_nikki_hildebrand_photography_nace_toast_cafe_event_0177.jpg Corporate Functions - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ardentoso.com/private-classes-1 daily 0.75 2025-01-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62228e4a5e41774fc4c0e647/c711f5d8-3ed3-430b-86bc-90f2b41cca9a/shutterstock_1951492066.jpg Private Classes - This personalized class is where the theory and practice of making chocolate converge. 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From his first taste of the fresh cacao fruit in Ecuador's Amazon to learning of the different aromatic qualities intrinsic in cacao - accentuated through many steps leading up to and including chocolate making - he was hooked. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62228e4a5e41774fc4c0e647/19259552-4eec-4a7a-bc2e-d4e40717bc43/3156+%28720%C3%97540%29.jpg About the Founder Amazon rainforest near Tena, Ecuador https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62228e4a5e41774fc4c0e647/14cf88b2-8e28-455b-96c0-2cb425a66abb/3157+%28720%C3%97540%29.jpg About the Founder Ryan’s first fresh cacao, near Tena, Ecuador, in late 2011. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62228e4a5e41774fc4c0e647/38f18cfb-698b-4cfd-b60d-d97ba0ce7808/3175+%28720%C3%97540%29.jpg About the Founder During the latter period of his time in Ecuador, he spent three months engaged in a bean-to-bar chocolate volunteer exchange at El Quetzal in the cloud forest of Mindo. 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