Category: Top Notch Chocolate

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valrhona buches

The 12 Valrhona Buche de Noel – Limited Editions

It was a hot day in July when 12 different pastry chefs unveiled their creations to an expectant crowd. We were taken around individually, being introduced to each chef and talked through each of the twelve Buche de Noel. These ...

Urzi Cacao rar Merida Sur de Lago 65% Review

Urzi Cacao rar Merida Sur de Lago 65% Review

When I saw this chocolate in Selfridges, I thought I would buy it. Spendng £8 for a bar isn’t unknown to me and so I thought – why not? But I knew nothing about the chocolate or the company so I ...

Wilkie's Chocolate Amazonas 75% Stone Ground Chocolate Reviewed

Wilkie’s Chocolate Amazonas 75% Stone Ground Chocolate Reviewed

There seems to be a lot of new chocolate makers popping up all over the country. Wilkies Chocolate is, as any microbatch bean to bar company is, a very small chocolate making business based in Dun Laoghaire, Ireland. Wilkie's create ...

pralus pyramide

Pralus Pyramide Biologique Reviewed

François Pralus is a Master Chocolatier and his approach is exceptional because Pralus is one of the few companies in France to make their own chocolate from the bean to the bar. Today, there are nearly 100 tons of chocolate ...

Pierre Marcolini – A Tale of Two Vietnamese Bars

At the Salon du Chocolat I was talking with Emmanuel about the aging process in chocolate. They were demonstrating Vietnam and the whole bean to bar process and I asked the tough question – in a space like this how ...

Idilio Finca Torres Chocolate Bar Reviewed

Idilio Finca Torres Chocolate Bar Reviewed

This bar, Finca Torres 72 percent, was apparently discovered by Idilio about six years ago. Both of the owners were struck by the remarkable potential of this single-origin cocoa growing on the slopes of the national park on the coast ...

bouchee la maison du chocolat

La Maison du Chocolat Autumnal Bouchee Range

I am a big fan of Maison du Chocolat. I absolutely love their ranges from chocolates ro truffles to patisserie, everything is executed gorgeously. I am just a huge fan and I do buy chocolates for myself often from Selfridges ...

Idilio chuao

Idilio Chuao Chocolate Bar Reviewed

I was given four bars by the company themselves to review so I’ve chosen to do them individually so it’s easier to find information on them in search ;-) The company’s name "Idilio" apparently originally comes from the Spanish (not ...

Idilio porcelana

Idilio Porcelana Criollo Puro Chocolate Bar Reviewed

I was gifted these bars for review and each post will review a different bar mainly because it is easier for others to find out what they taste like that way :-) There are many parts to the company name – ...

illanka chocolate

Illanka Truffles by Nadege Toronto Reviewed

While I was in Toronto, and in fact I think less than 24h after I landed, I found myself in Nadege Patesserie on Queen St West with the owner herself, two Valrhona representatives and the Valrhona chef who was teaching ...

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