Event
Group Sizes 5 -1000+
Duration: 1 to 3 hours
Location: Nationwide
Belgian Chocolate Making
Key Skills
- Inspiring & creative
- Networking & team bonding
- Chocolate bean to bar
- Ganache making
- Chocolate tempering
- Sourcing finest fair trade chocolate
Level
Introduction
Our Belgian chocolate making workshops are perfect for any corporate occasion. We have run these sessions for many different companies for a variety of purposes such as staff rewards and incentives, networking events and client entertainment. If you want to make your guests feel special and give them something different then look no further this is the activity for you.
Event Outline
Enjoy a fascinating talk about the cocoa bean, its origins, history and how it becomes a chocolate bar from a bean, we will bring along cocoa pods and beans for guests to touch and taste.
Watch a professional Belgian chocolate making demonstration from our Michelin Star trained chocolatier, this will include ganaches, the art of tempering and dipping techniques using the finest fair trade chocolate.
Guests then taste, shape, dip, and decorate some luxury chocolates using their new found skills, a perfect “hands on” activity if you want your guests to talk and interact with each other in an informal way. We will demonstrate lots of tips and tricks helping you create a memorable experience for all who attend.
Each guest will be expected to make and elegantly gift wrap 20 chocolates to take home as a memento of the day.
What’s included?
- Michelin Star Trained chefs and Chocolatiers with professional event managers
- A dedicated project manager who will liaise with you directly and other companies involved on the day.
- Public liability for up to £1,000,000
- Risk Assessments and Haccaps
- All Specialist equipment, ingredients and recipes.
- Medals and Aprons
- All pre- and onsite event management if required.
- We will do our upmost to give you an outstanding event, and to deliver the desired outcomes and objectives which you have requested and ensure that everyone has a totally enjoyable, memorable and rewarding experience.
- Within 2 working days we will be in contact with your feedback and share memorable photos taken by our event managers with you within 5 working days.
Additional Extras to consider
- Photography and filming
- Venue finding services
- Facilitation
- Prizes
Itinerary
12:00 Events crew arrive onsite and set up, this can be at any venue or location nationwide and beyond.
13:50 Room is set and our event host will meet your point of contact.
14:00 We warmly welcome your guests, Hats and aprons are put on, your events host will cover some good housekeeping with a health and safety briefing relevant to the tasks and venue is given, we round off with a yes chef from the group for a bit of fun.
14:20 The Chocolatier gives a short but fascinating talk on chocolate from bean to bar which is followed by a ganache making demonstration to include flavouring and piping techniques
14:40 Guests. Guests make, flavour and pipe ganaches with the skills taught by the chef
15:00 A second demonstration commences with the Chocolatier to include chocolate tempering (we encourage guest participation with the tempering) dipping and finishing techniques.
15:20 Guests begin dipping and finishing their chocolates
16:00 Chocolatier demonstrates how to gift wrap their chocolates and shares the most amusing moments and highlights from the activity, for a small sur charge we can judge chocolates and award medals and spoons for the best chocolates. The activity concludes with a Q and A with the chef followed by a thank you to the organiser and goodbyes from our team
16:30 Event crew commence derig (we leave the event space clean and tidy)
``All the teams and I all had a very enjoyable afternoon. Paul was very welcoming and accommodating, the task and objectives were clear as were the demonstrations. A great afternoon and enjoyable event.``
