CHOCOLATE FOR CHRISTMAS – CRAFT vs BIG CHOCOLATE
Chocolate is the subject once again in our series Conversations Around The Cookery School Table. It is part of an insightful series of monthly panel events on food around topics that are close to our hearts at Cookery School. The events will offer opportunities for lively discussions, networking with like-minded food lovers, and, of course, the opportunity to taste some delicious Cookery School food.
We’re coming up to Christmas, probably the biggest annual event for chocolatiers and the chocolate industry with so many people consuming a lot of chocolate at Christmas time. We’re talking to craft producers and retailers of specialty or artisanal chocolate who have very different goals to the big, mass produced, highly sweetened chocolate brands that make up the majority of the chocolate consumed at Christmas.
For this new event we have brought together a fascinating panel of expert speakers including – leading chocolatiers in the UK chocolate industry Chantal Coady & Paul Young. They will be joined by two leading craft chocolate retailers Spencer Hyman – Co-founder and Chair of Chocolate at Cocoa Runners & Nathan Coyte – UK Sales Lead at Original Beans.
Our illustrious panel will share their thoughts on how we should be eating and savouring our chocolates this Christmas, to get the best out of them, and there will, of course, be samples to taste.
Agenda
6pm – 7pm: Enjoy welcome drinks, networking & canapes
7pm – 8pm: Panel Discussion with a Q&A
8pm – 8.30pm: Drinks & networking
This Christmas chocolate food talk & event will cover topics including:
- What is craft chocolate, how is it defined?
- Why is craft chocolate considered good for gut health?
- How does the panel ensure the chocolate they produce or buy is ethically produced?
- Can savouring chocolate be good for our health and the planet?
- How is chocolate marketed over the festive season to try to ensure the true cost of some chocolate is clear? In whose interest is it to hide the true costs of chocolate?
Places are limited, so book now to make sure you don’t miss out on this brand new event.
Upcoming Classes
- At Cookery School London
near Oxford Circus
