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Filed in Event Details by on 20th August 2009 0 Comments • views: 5324

I love all the events that are coming up.

The Wirral Food and Drink Festival is a particular favourite of mine as it is near home, the setting is amazing, particularly in the courtyard and the team running it are all absolutely fabulous. The atmosphere is wonderful … for the past 3 years they’ve even managed to get the weather right! (Well almost!) If there is only one event you go to all year, make it this one! We will be launching our Chocolate Tasting Club here!

Last year was the first “opening event” for Liverpool Food and Drink Festival … very different in style to the Wirral, but equally fantastic. The organisation was fabulous and I felt very safe taking along my two little ones. The Festival opens with an event at Sefton Park and then restaurants (and chocolateries)  hold special events through the week – we have a cheese, chocolate and wine tasting on the Monday and a chocolate tasting on the Tuesday. The week closes with Feast on Hope Street!

For me these events are an eye opener as I see all the amazing foods that are available to us!  I always come away with bag fulls of food and brilliant ideas … it is so different buying food from a producer! Their passion for their food is always so intense and they can tell you so much about their food that you would probably never know if you only stuck to supermarkets.

Can you tell I’m getting excited?! Anyway I hope this year will be fabulous again and look forward to seeing both old and new visitors. Enjoy!

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FORTHCOMING EVENTS ….

Filed in Event Details by on 4th August 2009 0 Comments • views: 1887

Wirral Farmers Market – This Saturday …..  8th Augut 9am onwards

Wirral Food and Drink Festival  – Sunday 30th and Monday 31st August

Our next Chocolate Half Day Workshop -  Saturday 5th September 1pm onwards

Wirral Farmers Market - 12th September 9am onwards (2nd Saturday of every month)

Liverpool Food and Drink Festival Launch Day – Sunday 13th September

Liverpool Food and Drink Festival Week – 14th – 20th September

Hope Street “Feast” – 20th September

Join our facebook group!

Filed in Blog by on 26th July 2009 0 Comments • views: 2044

I love Facebook and Twitter – it gives us all a chance to catch up with each other and make announcements but avoids cluttering in boxes. Join our facebook group here and /or follow us on twitter here. We will be announcing any events /markets / news items on both facebook and twitter.

Summer’s here

Filed in Blog by on 22nd July 2009 0 Comments • views: 2105

 

I can’t believe how predictably the disappearance of our heat-wave co-incided with the beginning of the summer holidays.

 I have to say I can’t say I’m devastated by this – no one wants our delicious hot chocolate when the sun’s out in full strength – maybe we need to consider selling ice creams next summer? But then this takes us into a whole new dimension!

So – as you can guess we’ve been a little quiet in the aftermath of Easter …. what have we been hatching whilst the sun’s been out?

Well, our summer cupcakes made by the delightful Helen went down a treat. Lime and Coconut! They looked absolutely divine and tasted amazing.

We changed the layout in the shop to allow all of our goodies to be more visible – please let me know what you think of the layout when you have visited the shop!

We watched the final of The Apprentice with interest! I loved the packaging chosen by the winner, Yasmina and am looking for something similar now – obviously containing our fine handmade chocolates instead of those designed by The Apprentice Team.

We have planned our chocolate tasting club – this is being launched towards the end of August. Let me know if you are interested in attending the launch party!

We have now formalised our workshops – details available HERE 
 
For the summer holidays we are offering children’s workshops every Tuesday at 11am – call us on 0151 200 2202 if you would like further details.

We have also booked our place for the Wirral and the Liverpool Food and Drink Festivals.

 Our signage is well on its way now and should hopefully be up in the next 4 weeks – free box of chocs for the first person (not employed by us!) to e-mail me and say they’ve seen it in place!

Chocolate Workshop Details

Filed in Event Details by on 22nd July 2009 0 Comments • views: 2535

WORKSHOPS

 

The Chocolate Cellar offers a range of workshops. The workshops are taught by Award Winning Chocolatier, Bala Croman.

Bala’s passion for chocolate is totally infectious and all who have attended have come away inspired and enthralled by the art of chocolate making.

Sessions are run at The Chocolate Cellar in Liverpool City Centre and at Claremont Kitchens on the Wirral.

Workshops can be arranged for groups on mutually agreeable dates or for individuals on pre-arranged dates.

 

Our workshops are popular for corporate events, birthday parties, hen /stag parties and special individual treats.

 

All items created during the workshop are packaged and taken home by participants.

 

Call now to book your place on 0151 200 2202 or e-mail bala@thechocolatecellar.co.uk

 

 

Dabble               2 hours                 £20/head

 

Talk on chocolate and chocolate making

Demonstration on chocolate tempering

Practical session:

          making your own chocolate pieces (lollies, discs, decorative pieces)

 

 

Creative           Half day               £35/head

 

Talk on chocolate and chocolate making

Chocolate Tasting Techniques

Demonstration on chocolate tempering and using moulds

Practical session

·         tempering chocolate 

·         making your own chocolate pieces (lollies, discs, decorative pieces)

·         using chocolate moulds

 

Chocoholic         Full day                  £85/head

 

Talk on chocolate and chocolate making

Chocolate Tasting Techniques

Demonstration on chocolate tempering and using moulds

Chocolate pairings for truffle making

Practical session

·         chocolate tasting

·         tempering chocolate 

·         making your own chocolate pieces (lollies, discs, decorative pieces)

·         using chocolate moulds

·         creating truffles

 

 

 

 

 

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