Chocolate Week

Chocolate: from bean to bar to fantasy with London Gastronomy Seminars

Last week, the Chocolate Week team attended a lecture on chocolate hosted by the London Gastronomy Seminars, an organisation aiming to put the technical back into the understanding of what makes food good and why. Entitled Chocolate: from bean to bar to fantasy, we were treated to talks and tastings from Seventy%’s Martin Christy and founder of…

Bloggers’ top chocolates for 2011

With the end of the year fast approaching, we asked some of the top bloggers with an expertise in chocolate to tell us about their five standout chocolates of 2011. Bars seemed to dominate but filled chocolates weren’t ignored, with four out of the six bloggers choosing Demarquette’s Royal Merina ganache as one of their favourites.

There’s a lovely international feel to the selection, with a variety of origins making an appearance as well as chocolate makers and chocolatiers from…