*The Essential Slattery Choclate Experience

The Essential Slattery Chocolate Experience (5 day course)

We have received lots and lots of requests for more in-depth chocolate courses and so here it is... The Essential Chocolate Experience - a 5 day course of nothing but working with chocolate! This course will ideally suit the person with little or no experience of working with chocolate, as it will start from the very basics. You will learn how to correctly temper the chocolate using a variety of different methods. You will become familiar with the ways to handle and work with chocolate as well as receiving 'Tips & Hints' on quicker, tried and tested methods that the professional use. The course will allow you to gain hands on experience of working with moulds in order to create small moulded chocolates as well as larger chocolate figurines and decoration pieces. You will create a range of fillings including ganaches and fondants as well as pralines etc. The course will cover making a large variety of hand-finished chocolate including truffles, rochas, pretzels, knackerli and hand dipped pralines, which are all quick and easy to produce - when you know how! You will refine your skills and learn about creating chocolates using more delicate and unusual flavours. Imagine being able to use herbs and spices to create exotic tasting chocolates including coriander, lavender, cardamom, juniper and even curry. One of the most important things you will learn is how to create individual and personalised chocolates - a must if you intend to set up in a professional business. We will devote a good amount of time to the cutting, shaping and creation of chocolate cakes and decoration pieces. You will learn how to coat cakes with chocolate and coating sauces that could be used for birthdays, weddings or simply as an extravagant dessert. By the end of the course you will be able to create chocolate "cigarillo" curls, ruffles, shards and fans - all of which can be used to create elaborately decorative cakes or can be used as simpler decorations on tortes and gateaux. By learning how to colour cocoa butter and spray chocolateyou will be able to achieve highly unusual and striking effects. Some time will be devoted to the fundamentals of running a successful chocolate business. This will cover packaging ideas and sources, legal requirements for labelling and selling products as well as getting the most from your products by learning effective display methods. By covering elements from all our popular chocolate courses you will take away a rounded working knowledge of chocolate. You will also learn techniques and receive information on ideas that are not covered on any of our other courses - so this really is the course for anyone who is serious about working with chocolate.

DATES · Mon 20th - Fri 24th Oct 2008 · Mon 16th - Fri 20th Feb 2009 · Mon 20th - Fri 24th Apr 2009 · Mon 26th - Fri 30th Oct 2009

TIME 8.30am - 4.00pm each day

INCLUDES Breakfast, lunch and drinks, course notes, all ingredients & finished work.

COST £685