Chocolate Week

Chocolate Recipes with MyDish

Tuesday 13th October

We’ve teamed up with MyDish, the recipes site, who have gone Chocolate Crazy this week with plenty of delicious chocolate recipes for you to choose from. Visit http://www.mydish.co.uk to pick a dish or contribute your own recipe to win a chocolate experience with Rococo. You may have seen MyDish on Dragon’s Den recently, Carol   appeared on the show and won over Deborah Meaden who invested in her business. My Dish

Chocolate dinner with London Restaurant Festival

Monday 5th October

Chocolate Week and The London Restaurant Festival are collaborating to bring you a unique chocolate dinner with top London chefs and chocolatiers each creating a course.

This wonderful six course dinner on Saturday October 10th at The May Fair Hotel is created for you by Tristan Welch from Launceston Place, Maria Elia from Whitechapel Gallery, Gerard Coleman from Artisan du Chocolat, Bill McCarrick from Sir Hans Sloane and Paul a Young from Paul a Young Fine Chocolates.

If you love chocolate then book for this exclusive experience as the experts each bring you their own interpretation of the versatility of this wonderful food and show how chocolate can be just as delicious in savoury as well as sweet dishes.

The menu:

Amuse bouche
Parmesan and dark chocolate with smoked bacon and mango
from Bill MacCarrick of Sir Hans Sloane Chocolates

Starter
Pressed Cob chicken and foie gras, bitter chocolate and mayan spices
from Tristan Welch of Launceston Place

Fish course
Halibut with herb and cocoa nib crust
from Paul a Young

Meat course
Scottish pheasant supreme with girrol mushrooms, pumpkin and bitter chocolate infused jus
from Bert Nehle of the May Fair Hotel

Pre-dessert
Chocolate macarons with a chocolate and Bramble Liquor Parfait
from Maria Elia at Whitechapel Gallery

Dessert
Chocolate fondant tart with a cacao pulp sorbet
from Gerard Coleman at Artisan du Chocolat

Amba Restaurant, The May Fair Hotel, Stratton Street, London, W1J 8LT
£75 per person
Book on-line at: chocolate dinner

Chocolate Unwrapped

Saturday 26th September

Chocolate Unwrapped, a dedicated chocolate show with 25 of the best chocolate companies’ under one roof. We’ve got the finest UK chocolatiers and european chocolate producers. It’s going to be a very vibrant show with some wonderful exhibitors, a stunning exhibition of chocolate art and talks from the glitterarti of the chocolate world.

Artisan du Chocolat, Sir Hans Sloane, Melt, Paul a Young, Rococo, Chococo, Paul Wayne Gregory, Chocolate by Trish, Lauden, Galler, Gorvett and Stone, DeAngelis, Ooh La La, Hotel Chocolat, Thorntons and more. Chocolate producers are Askinosie, Pacari, and Mexico will be there with a live link to a cocoa plantation. Chocolate cakes from Sweet Things, chocolate books from Foyles and chocolate making kits from ChocChick.

For the first time in the UK we’ll have a fantastic exhibition of chocolate art for our visitors, with renowned artists such as Prudence Emma Staite and Warren Laine-Naida who is visiting from Germany. We’ll also have pieces created by our own chocolatiers. There are some great talks planned from very important chocolate people such as the head chocolatier from Thorntons, Keith Hurdman, the MD of Hotel Chocolat, Angus Thirlwell and Chantal Coady from Rococo.

To book call 0844 338 8000 or visit The Ticket Factory Tickets £12.50 in advance or £15 on the door.
10th & 11th October The May Fair Hotel, Stratton Street, London, W1J 8LT