Intro to Chocolate workshop

Classroom

AN EVENING WITH A CHOCOLATIER AND A SOMMELIER

Join us for an evening of chocolate demonstrations, tastings, and wine pairings. Learn the art of complementing and contrasting flavors for a memorable combination with a chocolatier and sommelier.

We will start in the kitchen at CityGrit with a demonstration on chocolate marbling and enrobing bon bons. After the demonstration, we will move upstairs to the beautiful City Grit dining room for a curated tasting and pairing of handcrafted chocolates and wines. We'll discuss the art of pairing wines to compliment and contrast flavors, textures, and temperatures.

Prerequisites

Must be 21 years and over

Taught by Mehdi Chellaoui

Chocolatier

Chocolatier Mehdi started working with chocolate in the bustling pastry kitchen of Le Cirque 2000 at the age of 16. Mehdi apprenticed in the chocolate room under the guidance of master chocolatier Jacques Torres. Since then, Mehdi has graduated from the Culinary Institute of America, and went on to ...view full bio