Chocolate Week is from October 10-16th
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If you like chocolate then you are in for a treat as Chocolate Week returns
From October 10-16th, for the seventh consecutive year, some of the best chocolate brands around the world will join forces to celebrate the fine flavour of chocolate.
Chocolate Week aims to encourage consumers to pay a fairer price for their chocolate by exhibiting independent artisan chocolatiers and the chocolate companies who work in direct partnership with the cocoa farmers.
During the week over 350 events will be taking place, including tastings, talks, demonstrations and sampling.
Just some of these events include
• Chocolate Unwrapped
On October 15 and 16 over 4000 visitors and 40 exhibitors will attend Chocolate Unwrapped. The exhibition features top British chocolatiers and chocolate companies along with chocolate makers from France, Italy, Switzerland, Hungary, Holland and Germany. Visitors have the opportunity to view chocolate art, meet the chocolatiers, attend talks and demos, taste the very best chocolate, paint with chocolate onto a giant canvas and watch chocolate being made in the smallest chocolate factory in the world.
• The great chocolate cake-off
Home bakers can enter their favourite chocolate cake to be judged by a panel of experts.
• Pop-up chocolate shop
William Curley’s pop up shop on St Martin’s Lane, London
• Chocolate launches
Hotel Chocolat will launch its tasting adventures pack. The pack will provide tips and advice to enable people to host their own chocolate tasting events at home.
• Paul A Young and Peter Gordon
Paul A Young and Peter Gordon are collaborating to create a 6-course chocolate dinner at Providores on Monday 10th & Friday 14th October.
• Chocolate tasting
Jason Atherton will host a chocolate tasting at Harvey Nichols, Knightsbridge to launch an exclusive chocolate dessert at Pollen Street Social.
• Exclusive desserts
The famous restaurant has created an exclusive chocolate bombe dessert for the week.
• Free chocolate
Thorntons continues its centenary celebrations by giving away a chocolate smile to everyone who visits their shops during the week.
• Chocolate recipes
Divine Chocolate are launching recipes from baking extraordinaire and Great British Bake Off judge Mary Berry, Baking Made Easy’s Lorraine Pascale and Masterchef judge Gregg Wallace. The chocolate brand will also hold a plethora of events around the country.
For more information on all these events, visit www.chocolateweek.co.uk
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