Are you passionate about chocolate? Want to learn everything about chocolate? Then our Chocolate Connoisseur Appreciation course is the answer. We will cover everything from the history of chocolate and how it is made through to origins and blends, specialty chocolates and chocolate desserts.

Your chocolate connoisseur appreciation evening starts off with a tasting of our special Belgian hot chocolate.

During the evening you will learn:

-How chocolate came to be discovered,
-How chocolate has influenced the history of the world,
-How chocolate came to be one of the top three traded commodities in the world,
-How to test for great chocolate by its smell,
sight, touch, sound and taste
-How to store chocolate,
-How to match different drinks such as coffee, with chocolate,
-How to taste different origins of chocolate for the true connoisseur experience,
-How chocolate is presented by specialty chocolatiers; truffles, pralines, butter creams etc and;
-How chocolate is best used in creating gourmet desserts.

Throughout the evening you will taste single origin chocolates, blended chocolates and specialty chocolates made by our European trained chocolatier.

Michel Cluizel Chocolate Connoisseur Tasting Pack

Four Michel Cluizel 1ers Crus de Plantation chocolate bars from the major cacao growing regions of the world and detailed tasting notes!

Michel Cluizel 1ers Crus de Plantation Mangaro Lait (Madagascar)

Simply put, Cluziel's Mangaro Lait is one of the best milk chocolates in the world, bar none. Bad pun aside this bar is a perfect balance of sugary sweetness and melt in your mouth creaminess. Eating this bar is like eating a super rich, warm, gooey desert at a five star restaurant. A perfect milk chocolate bar.

Cluziel's Mangaro Noir Lait is produced from a distinct and highly flavored bean grown on a former mango plantation on the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar. Michael Cluizel is one of the world's premiere chocolate makers. The 1ers Crus de Plantation series highlights chocolate made with beans from exceptional cocoa plantations throughout the world.

Michel Cluizel 1ers Crus de Plantation Los Ancones (Santa Domingo)

Cluizel's "Los Anconès" is a dark chocolate masterpiece. Tasting this bar is like twisting through Monaco in an Italian race car, the pro will revel in its ability and the novice will be thrilled at the chance to take it for a spin. With an almost unending palette of flavors, from licorice to berries to hazelnut to green olive, the exceptional quality of his bar is undeniable.

Cluizel's "Los Anconès" is made with beans from a family owned coca plantation on Santo Domingo Island in the heart of the Caribbean. Michael Cluizel is one of the world's premiere chocolate makers. The 1ers Crus de Plantation series highlights chocolate made with beans from exceptional cocoa plantations throughout the world.

Michel Cluizel 1ers Crus de Plantation Maralumi (Papua-New Guinea)

Like a good Cuban cigar Cluziel's Maralumi chocolate bar is smoky, but not bitter. This bar combines a deep chocolate flavor with a hint of fruit and an almost imperceptible spiciness of red pepper and habanera. Like Fidel once claimed, this is a bar of the people, never bitter; this is a chocolate that even those usually put off by dark chocolate will enjoy.

Cluziel's Maralumi gets its distinctive taste from beans grown in Papua New Guinea, home of one of the most unusually located coca plantation in the world. Michael Cluizel is one of the world's premiere chocolate makers. The 1ers Crus de Plantation series highlights chocolate made with beans from exceptional cocoa plantations throughout the world.