Rococo announce their Chocolate Week events

Monday 26th September

Chocolate shop Rococo Chocolate is throwing a whole host of exciting events during this year’s Chocolate Week, ensuring there are chocolate activities for all the family to enjoy.

How about starting the week as you mean to go on, with a luxury three-course dinner at Hardy’s Brasserie on 10th October, featuring a savoury and sweet menu based on recipes taken from Rococo founder, Chantal Coady’s ‘Real Chocolate’.  Or for something a little bit different, there’s an Extreme…

Cooking with Chocolate book launch

Friday 16th September

A plethora of chocolate books are being launched this year, we’re very much looking forward to William Curley’s Couture Chocolate and this encyclopedia of chocolate is also going to be a must have. ‘Cooking with Chocolate’ has been created by eight pastry chefs at the Ecole du Grand Chocolat - Valrhona’s chocolate schools in France and Tokyo with contributions from lots of experts and top pastry chefs including a forward by Pierre Herme. Eight great names from the…

Hotel Chocolat open new store at Westfield Stratford

Wednesday 14th September

Hotel Chocolat have opened a new store at Westfield Stratford, the largest shopping centre in Europe. Here at Chocolate Week we can’t quite comprehend the size of a shopping centre with 70 restaurants but will definitely be popping down there to check out Hotel Chocolat and the shoe shops.

The new store is a departure from their usual store concept featuring a weathered style inspired by the company’s own Rabot Estate plantation on St Lucia. Guests will also be able to pull…

The highlight of Chocolate Week, Chocolate Unwrapped at Vinopolis on 15th & 16th October

Friday 2nd September

Chocolate Unwrapped is a show where visitors can immerse themselves in a decadent feast of chocolate. This wonderful London chocolate show is host to more exhibitors than ever with 40 chocolate companies at the event. New, established, British and International, the range of stands is a showcase of the best of the chocolate world. It’s a day to marvel at chocolate sculptures, watch chocolate cooking demonstrations, taste a variety of exciting new flavours, new chocolate, unexpected pairings…

Peter Gordon and Paul a Young team up to create cacao menu for Chocolate Week

Wednesday 31st August

For Chocolate Week 2011 Peter Gordon, the godfather of fusion cuisine and Paul Young have collaborated to create a unique cacao dinner to be held at Gordon’s Marylebone restaurant, The Providores. Using chocolate from some of the world’s finest producers and pairing those with seasonal and unexpected ingredients the duo have created a 6 course menu with chocolate incorporated into each course.

The inventive pair have devised exciting methods of including chocolate such as smoking panizza…