Brussels is the chocolate capital of the world. Surely your chocolate consumption must have skyrocketed after you arrived here. And by now you probably have also chosen your favourite brand. Which one is it? Neuhaus, Leonidas, Wittamer, or Marcolini? This brown gold is just delicious. But how much do you actually know about chocolate? Where does it come from? What is its history? Who were and are the key players? And of course how is it made? Lets try to get an answer to each of these questions.
During an exclusive 45-minutes presentation at Planète Chocolat you will learn everything about chocolate. To get into the right mood you will first be welcomed with a real and rich hot chocolate. Consequently we go over its entire history and how it arrived in Belgium. We talk about where cacao beans are produced. How it travelled through various countries before it arrived here. How the beans are carefully selected and further treated before they are ready to be used for the production of chocolate as we know it. And what the differences are between the vast variety of chocolates between some other top chocolate producing countries, such as Switzerland, France, Germany and England. This lecture is highly informative and needless to say that you can ask questions to the chocolate expert. At the same time it is entertaining as you will be able to see how the various types of chocolates are made.
This time we offer a special 1-hour guided chocolate tour through Brussels Center before the demonstration. It will lead us along various key spots in the city that have been and are important for Brussels chocolate history and chocolate sector. This tour costs €7 and is optional. Note that the guided tour will start 1 hour earlier, so already at 15h30.
Hearing about and discussing chocolate is one thing, but for most of us this is meaningless without tasting what we’re talking about. So that is why Planète Chocolat will offer us a special selection of chocolates so you can taste the amazing differences in chocolate variety. After this you will think twice to call a candybar chocolate and you will definitely also discourage your visiting friends from abroad to buy that special tourist offer of 6 boxes for €10.
This workshop is offered completely for free for official Expat Club members. To qualify you first need to register for free for our online community (click here). Upon approval of your membership you will first receive a €10 discount code and a free e-book with over 50 tips to (re)discover Brussels. To qualify for this free chocolate making demonstration & tasting you would need to answer a few additional questions. Your profile needs to be correctly and completely filled out (profile status bar = 100%), including a nice and clear picture of yourself. After that you will receive a code that allows you to check out for free for this event. CURRENT MEMBERS WILL RECEIVE AN EMAIL WITH THEIR PERSONAL CODE BEFORE OR ON FRIDAY 12 FEBRUARY. Note, we carefully review each application, for instance by studying your LinkedIn profile, so tourists and visiting friends cannot join for free. They are welcome to join, but they have to buy a ticket in advance. The same goes for children (€5).
Brussels is the chocolate capital of the world. Surely your chocolate consumption must have skyrocketed after you arrived here. And by now you probably have also chosen your favourite brand. Which one is it? Neuhaus, Leonidas, Wittamer, or Marcolini? This brown gold is just delicious. But how much do you actually know about chocolate? Where does it come from? What is its history? Who were and are the key players? And of course how is it made? Lets try to get an answer to each of these questions.
During an exclusive 45-minutes presentation at Planète Chocolat you will learn everything about chocolate. To get into the right mood you will first be welcomed with a real and rich hot chocolate. Consequently we go over its entire history and how it arrived in Belgium. We talk about where cacao beans are produced. How it travelled through various countries before it arrived here. How the beans are carefully selected and further treated before they are ready to be used for the production of chocolate as we know it. And what the differences are between the vast variety of chocolates between some other top chocolate producing countries, such as Switzerland, France, Germany and England. This lecture is highly informative and needless to say that you can ask questions to the chocolate expert. At the same time it is entertaining as you will be able to see how the various types of chocolates are made.
This time we offer a special 1-hour guided chocolate tour through Brussels Center before the demonstration. It will lead us along various key spots in the city that have been and are important for Brussels chocolate history and chocolate sector. This tour costs €7 and is optional. Note that the guided tour will start 1 hour earlier, so already at 15h30.
Hearing about and discussing chocolate is one thing, but for most of us this is meaningless without tasting what we’re talking about. So that is why Planète Chocolat will offer us a special selection of chocolates so you can taste the amazing differences in chocolate variety. After this you will think twice to call a candybar chocolate and you will definitely also discourage your visiting friends from abroad to buy that special tourist offer of 6 boxes for €10.
This workshop is offered completely for free for official Expat Club members. To qualify you first need to register for free for our online community (click here). Upon approval of your membership you will first receive a €10 discount code and a free e-book with over 50 tips to (re)discover Brussels. To qualify for this free chocolate making demonstration & tasting you would need to answer a few additional questions. Your profile needs to be correctly and completely filled out (profile status bar = 100%), including a nice and clear picture of yourself. After that you will receive a code that allows you to check out for free for this event. CURRENT MEMBERS WILL RECEIVE AN EMAIL WITH THEIR PERSONAL CODE BEFORE OR ON FRIDAY 12 FEBRUARY. Note, we carefully review each application, for instance by studying your LinkedIn profile, so tourists and visiting friends cannot join for free. They are welcome to join, but they have to buy a ticket in advance. The same goes for children (€5).
