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150th Guittard Chocolate
Guittard chocolate 150th anniversary celebration

Guittard chocolate 150th anniversary celebration

Last year we had had the pleasure of ‘meeting’ San Francisco based chocolate producer Guittard at pre Christmas event in Shoreditch (we’ve written about it here). They are one of the few remaining family run chocolate producers in the US, and have a long history: in the mid 1800s, Etienne Guittard ventured from Tournus, France to the Barbary Coast in hopes of striking it rich during the California Gold Rush. He brought delicious chocolate from his uncle’s factory to trade…

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Grana Padano Masterclass
Pasta masterclass with Grana Padano & Chef Francesco Mazzei

Pasta masterclass with Grana Padano & Chef Francesco Mazzei

Week of the Italian Cuisine in the World 2018 Anything with Grana Padano, I love. If there’s also a pasta masterclass in the mix and a well known Italian chef added to it, then I am sold. That’s why I wasn’t going to miss one of the events which opened the 2018 Italian Cuisine Week in London. A yearly event organised via Italian embassies across the world, it aims to promote our food culture and excellencies. The session I was…

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Bompas & Parr event
Press release – Library of Shadows: A Garden of Fear by Bompas & Parr

Press release – Library of Shadows: A Garden of Fear by Bompas & Parr

We love Bompas & Parr on this blog, and we’ve attended many of their quirky, original and thought provoking events in the past. Having just received the below press release, we thought it might be worth sharing as it sounds as intriguing as ever. This Hallowe’en, don night vision goggles, explore the darkness and embrace the fear factor. Abandon hope all ye who enter Library of Shadows: A Garden of Fear Set to appear at the RHS Urban Garden Show, Library…

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Welcome Italia
Welcome Italia, Royal Agricultural Halls

Welcome Italia, Royal Agricultural Halls

Welcome Italia is the event organised by The Italian Chamber of Commerce and Industry for the UK dedicated to all food lovers that wish to discover and explore the best of Italian Food & Beverage. For us expats in London, the fair has now become a yearly event to try out some regional food, meet friends and colleagues and feel a little bit nostalgic too, because we can find products that we only usually buy back home.. from groceries to pasta…

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Chocolate Ecstasy Tour
Chocolate Ecstasy Tours – Mayfair

Chocolate Ecstasy Tours – Mayfair

Chocolate and sightseeing For a while I had been meaning to check out Chocolate Ecstasy Tours, run by my friend and chocolate connoisseur Jennifer Earle. She’s been running them for years now and has established herself as one of the UK’s top experts in anything cocoa related, as well as a business entrepreneur (she also runs Taster Tripper app, more to come). She’s a judge on a number of chocolate tasting awards and she’s overall a great girl with lots…

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