These programs are usually
one week in duration at selected professional chocolatiers 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
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 students.
In each program, you attend workshops and programs led by professional
chocolatiers producing luxury chocolates with the help of professional
chocolate making equipment and experience instructor led tours
to important chocolatiers' boutiques and factories.
Prerequisite for programs and tours: Ecole Chocolate Professional
Chocolatier Certificate of Achievement. If there is still
space available after our graduates have registered, we do take
registrations from qualified individuals who are not graduates
of the Professional Chocolatier Program. Those individuals need
to understand that these are advanced curriculums that do not
include basic chocolate making skills.
Our current programs in order of date:
Exploring Cacao and Chocolate Production in Costa Rica
next program will be offered March 8 - 13, 2009
We explore wild and farmed cacao in the Caribbean lowlands of Costa Rica. This week long (six night) adventure will take you to the historical roots of cacao growing during harvest. Come home with a much better understanding of cacao cultivation and processing.
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Chocolatier Program in France
next program will be April 25 - 30, 2009
This is an opportunity to learn from
the French master chocolatiers. The one-week (6 nights) experience
combines a special program of hands on training at Valrhona's
Ecole du Grand Chocolat with visits to important chocolate boutiques
in Paris.
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Chocolatier Program in Vancouver
next program will be May 11 - 15, 2009
One week (5 days) of hands on training
for only six (6) students with Joanne Mogridge at Cocoa West Chocolatier,
Bowen Island, BC. Under Joanne's expert guidance you learn to
use professional equipment/ techniques and understand the business
of chocolate.
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Chocolatier Program in Tuscany
next program will be Fall 2009
This is an opportunity to learn from
the Italian master chocolatiers. The one-week (6 nights) experience
starts and ends in Florence while exploring the important chocolatiers
in Tuscany.
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Chocolatier Program in Belgium
next program will be offered in 2010
This is an opportunity to learn from
the Belgian master chocolatiers. The one-week (5 nights) experience
combines visits to a chocolatier's boutiques in Brussels with
a special program of hands on training at Barry Callebaut Chocolate
Academy in Wieze, Belgium.
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