Hands-on Chocolate Bon Bon Making Workshop (18+ Years) @ Cocoashala, Chennai

Learn to create stunning moulded Bon Bons and hand-dipped chocolates.

Venue: Cocoashala, Chennai (Google Maps Link: https://goo.gl/maps/rvdPbhThaG22); Ph: 9600064846

Dates: Please check the dropdown options towards the end of the page

Time: Mentioned above (keep in hand 1 hour for any time extensions)

Batch Size: Max 5

What will be Taught:

Our Chocolate Bon Bon Making Workshop is a phenomenal introduction to learning how to create tasty chocolate masterpieces over a 4 hour class.  A decadently fun class to experience with friends or loved ones, learn how to make Moulded and Dipped chocolate, a little chocolate history, and take home 18 Bon Bons that you have made yourself in our signature boxes! The workshop will cover the following:

• Short Introduction to how chocolate is made
• Difference between Compound & fine chocolates
• Difference between Truffles, Bon Bon, Praline and Praliné
• Introduction to equipment/chocolate required to make Bon Bons
• Tempering Techniques
• How to prepare cream and nut based fillings (and how not to!)
• How to make genache, infuse flavors and fill your ganache into moulds and what combinations are the best (and what are NOT!)
• How to make flavoured Bon Bons
• How to make coloured Bon Bons
• How to use a polycarbonate Mould and create a chocolate shell
• Piping of Genache and other fillings
• Setting/Demolding Process
• Chocolate Dipping and toppings
• Art on Chocolate
• How to use transfer sheets using Magnetic Polycarbonate Moulds
• How to conceptualize flavours/fillings and plan for production
• How to use dipping spoons/forks and other basic equipments
• How to decorate using dipping forks and edible decorations
• How to store your chocolate Bon Bons
• How to plate/present your Bon Bons
• Where to buy your chocolate and equipment for home chocolate making
• Equipment and Raw Material Sourcing (We will not be able to give you the contact for each ingredient but shall make some available for you to buy)

Who should take this course?

• This is relevant for Professionals, Amateurs and students alike as they progress in their chocolate journey!
• Anyone interested in making chocolates using pure chocolate
• Patisserie Chefs who have not worked enough with natural raw materials and pure chocolate
• If you’re thinking of starting a business making chocolate (and Bon Bons) and would like to get hands on experience and what it entails.
• Chocolate enthusiasts and tasters who want to broaden their experience with pure chocolates.
• Or simply a chocolate lover trying to increase your knowledge and make this a hobby!

Please Note: You will be requested to help in preparing the bon bons. You can additionally (at extra cost) request to buy a kit of ingredients to take home and start making delicious Bon Bons straightway! Please let us know in advance. You will leave the Workshop with a box of truffles for you to indulge in by yourself or to show off to your friends and family.

What to Bring Along

Yourself! We provide all equipment and raw materials to make delicious Bon Bons at Cocoashala. If you have long hair, you may want to tie it back (we do provide hairnets) and you may want to leave your jewelry at home. Footwear will not be allowed hence request you to wear socks. One more tip – we do keep the shop rather cool to facilitate chocolate tempering, so if you feel cold easily, you may wish to bring a light sweater. Since this is a FSSAI certified facility any ingredients from outside of the facility are not allowed.

Allergy Information

Our courses may not be suitable for people who suffer from nut allergies. Nuts are used as toppings, so can be avoided but may have come in contact with any equipment being used.

L Nitin Chordia is India’s 1st professionally certified cocoa/chocolate taster. Nitin shall take you through the journey of how chocolates are made and how you should taste chocolates. Poonam Chordia is a accomplished chocolatier trained in Belgium and travelled the world learning chocolate making in various parts of the world. She is the 1st of the many chocolatier to teach at Cocoashala. Cocoashala is her home to making her “Enchante” brand of chocolates.