When we were invited to attend Choc Tales, a pairing of chocolates and cocktails, we didn’t need much persuading to visit Dean Street for this première event, in celebration of Chocolate Week. And with Cocktail Week claiming the same calendar dates Choc Tales is the perfect way to honour both events.
The Chocolate Festival returns to London's Southbank Centre from the 7th - 9th December 2012. Like the very best Advent calendars, The Chocolate Festival will be packed full of surprises, gifts and chocolates. Exhibitors include Rococo, Valrhona, Original Beans, William Curley, Damian Allsop, Paul Wayne Gregory, Sir Hans Sloane, Paul A Young, L'Artisan Du Chocolat and many more.
The Midlands' own Dave Hill, legendary guitarist from Slade, is to launch the Childline Rocks' Guitar Challenge for a Guinness World Record on the 14th October 2012. Taking place at Coventry's Ricoh Arena on Sunday afternoon several hundred guitarists of all types and ages will attempt to break a Guinness World Record for The Most Guitar Amplifiers Used Simultaneously.
A celebration of Tea and Coffee will be coming to London's Southbank Centre from the 2nd - 4th November 2012. Organised by Yael Rose, Festival Director for the popular Cheese & Wine, Real Bread and The Chocolate Festivals, The Tea & Coffee Festival will allow visitors to not only shop and learn, but also to speak and interact with some of Britain's best tea and coffee producers, including Choi Time, Tea Pigs, Dark Fluid and Sea Island Coffee.
From the 22nd - 28th October 2012, London's top Spanish restaurants and Maltby Street Food Market will be celebrating the produce and typical recipes of Mallorca. Located just over 450miles from Spain, this Balearic Island is known for its olives and almonds, with over 4 million trees dotted throughout this 1,400 square mile island.
Grilled, Blue, Goat's, Raw, Baked: the ultimate festival for Curd Nerds returns this Autumn, from the 12th - 14th October 2012, as London's Southbank Centre once again play host to The Cheese & Wine Festival. Celebrating the ultimate coupling of cheese and wine, this autumn's festival will not only feature Master of Wine Tim Atkin, who will be running tutored wine tastings, but also cheese guru Patricia Michelson and a host of chefs demonstrating their favourite cheese recipes and key note speakers.
