These programs are usually
one week in duration at selected professional facilities.
At Ecole Chocolat we made a decision early on that our hands-on
advanced programs would not be taught in an artificial classroom
setting but in professional laboratories with actual chocolatiers, chocolate makers
and chefs as teachers. This has made our opportunities to offer
programs each year more limited but the resulting programs are
much more beneficial for the participants.
In each program, you attend workshops and programs led by professionals producing fine chocolates with the help of professional
chocolate making equipment and experience instructor led tours
to important chocolatiers' boutiques and factories in the region.
Prerequisite for programs: Ecole Chocolate Professional
Certificate of Achievement or equivalent level of experience, knowledge and skills.
Our current programs in order of date:
Chocolatier Program in Tuscany
next program will be October 10 - 15, 2010
This one-week (6 nights) experience is an opportunity to learn from the Italian master chocolatiers. Not only will this program be full of chocolate flavor and texture, demonstrations and workshops by important Italian cioccolatieri but you will also be in the factories and laboratories.
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Chocolatier Program in Vancouver
next program will be February 21 - 25, 2011
This one week (5 days) experience combines hands on training with Joanne Mogridge at Cocoa West Chocolatier, Bowen Island, BC with guided visits of important chocolate shops in Vancouver. Under Joanne's expert guidance you will use professional equipment and techniques to produce and decorate chocolates.
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Exploring Cacao and Chocolate Production in Costa Rica
next program will be March 2011
This week long (six night) adventure will take you to the historical roots of cacao growing during harvest. Not only will your chocolate making benefit from a much better understanding of cacao cultivation and processing but you will engage in spirited dialogue on the future of fine chocolate flavor.
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Chocolatier Program in France
next program will be April 2011
This unique week long (6 nights) opportunity to learn from the French master chocolatiers. The experience combines a special program of hands on training at Valrhona's Ecole du Grand Chocolat in Tain l'Hermitage, France with guided visits to important chocolatiers in Paris.
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Chocolatier Program in Belgium
next program will be October 2011
This is an opportunity to learn from the Belgian master chocolatiers.
The one-week
(6 nights) experience combines a special program of hands on training
at the original Barry Callebaut Chocolate Academy in Wieze, Belgium with guided visits to important chocolatier's
boutiques in Brussels.
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