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The second Winelands Chocolate Festival takes place at the Blaauwklippen Wine Estate this weekend, celebrating all things chocolate!\u00a0<\/p>\nThe second Winelands Chocolate Festival takes place at the Blaauwklippen Wine Estate this weekend, celebrating all things chocolate!\u00a0<\/p>\n
Visitors to the Winelands Chocolate Festival can expect to see a mix of chocolate demonstrations by leading chocolate experts; fashion shows by Stephan Olivier; exhibitions of a Victorian kitchen, cocoa plantations, and photography; the movies Chocolat and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; display of creative cakes for weddings, celebrations, and a Creative category; relaxation in the MCC \u00a0Courtyard with a glass of bubbly and oysters; chocolate treats in the Patisserie Garden; and chocolate treats in the Chocolate Emporium. A number of events for children are also offered.<\/p>\n
Chocolate from more than 40 artisanal producers will be offered.<\/p>\n
A number of demonstrations are offered during the Winelands Chocolate Festival, at an additional charge:<\/p>\n
Dimo Simatos<\/strong><\/p>\n Dimo Simatos, the head chocolatier at Lindt SA, will do live demos at the festival. With impressive work experience, including being Head Chef at Cape Town\u2019s One & Only Hotel, Dimo will be demonstrating the process of tempering chocolate and making truffles. \u00a0Dimo\u2019s demo will take place from 10h00 today and tomorrow. R50<\/p>\n Abigail Donnelly <\/strong><\/p>\n Editor of Eat Out magazine and food editor for Woolworths Taste magazine, Abigail Donnelly will be doing a lunchtime \u2018chef\u2019s table\u2019 demo at the festival. Having given up her full-time job to become a food artist, Abigail will be sharing ideas on how to blend various flavours with chocolate, and how to use it in savoury dishes. At 12:30pm today and tomorrow. R150<\/p>\n Alice Toich<\/strong><\/p>\n Alice Toich is an accomplished artist and a baker of contemporary cakes in Cape Town. In 2015 she released her recipe book \u201cBake\u201d, which showcases Alice\u2019s love for baking and her passion for art. Alice will explore the deliciousness of dark chocolate desserts. Her demo will take place from 14h00 today and tomorrow. R50<\/p>\n Winelands Chocolate Festival, 20 and 21 August. Blaauwklippen, R44, Stellenbosch. Tel (021) 880-0133. www.winelandschocolatefestival.co.za Twitter: @WChocFest\u00a0<\/strong>Tickets at Webtickets. Cost R120 for adults, with wine glass, scholars R60.\u00a0Saturday 9h00 – 17h00 Sunday 9h00 – 16h00<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The second Winelands Chocolate Festival takes place at the Blaauwklippen Wine Estate this weekend, celebrating all things chocolate!\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[3,124,1918,266,32565,19],"tags":[2803,34470,34471,9928,34473,34472,34469,32378,34468,138,7977,7408,503,32376,34474,9799,1279,1528,34467],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\tChris von Ulmenstein, WhaleTales Blog:\u00a0www.whalecottage.com\/blog<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0 Tel 082 55 11 323 Twitter:@WhaleCottage \u00a0<\/strong>Facebook: \u00a0<\/strong>click here<\/a>\u00a0Instagram: @Chris_Ulmenstein<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n