The Chocolate Festival showcases Master Chefs

The Chocolate Festival showcases Master Chefs
Friday 26 – Sunday 28 March 2010

The Chocolate Festival returns to Southbank Centre this Easter with even more attractions and special activities. Just in time for Easter shopping, the popular Chocolate Festival runs from Friday 26 – Sunday 28 March. This event will feature an afternoon (Friday 26 March from 2-7pm) of demonstrations by top pastry chefs from some of the best five star hotels and renowned restaurants in the capital, all using Valrhona products in their chocolate infused recipes.

The chefs will include Valrhona’s own pastry chef Andrew Gravett, Abel Vieilleville from Skylon restaurant, Tal Hausen head pastry chef at The Lanesborough, Johannes Bonin executive pastry chef Connaught Hotel and Mourad Khiat The Berkeley's head pastry chef. BBC Master Chef winner Steven Wallis will also be using Valrhona chocolate for his demonstration of courgette flower tempura & duck salad with dark chocolate vinegrate on Saturday 27 March at 1pm. All demonstrations will take place in the main marquee.

Pastry chefs will also join master chocolatiers to create a beautiful display of sculptures made entirley from chocolate. Visitors can see this at Festival Riverside Level 1 entrance in the Royal Festival Hall. It will be open for the public on the days of the festival, from 10am - 11pm.

As always, the Festival will consist of dozens of stalls, all individually focused on one area of the delicious world of chocolate as well as a range of workshops, tasting talks, demonstrations and book signings.

Exhibiting companies include some of the best in the country - such as Best British Chocolatier William Curley, Damian Allsop and Paul Wayne Gregory, as well as renowned chocolate companies like Rococo and Hotel Chocolat.

If you are a chocoholic and want to learn more about the sweet brown stuff then you cannot afford to miss this event, and snap up some Easter treats into the bargain!

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