The Melting Pot - chocolate making workshops for all

Sunday 28th June at 10.30am - it's a date for you, me and a large VAT of delicious Belgium milk chocolate!

I have space for one to four extras on this workshop. Come and get creative with chocolate and enjoy making, tasting and packaging your creations for a couple of hours of chocolate therapy on a Sunday morning, in my pretty summerhouse in Hitchin!

I've popped a link to the booking calendar in the comments below!

June is looking a little damp, perfect time to come and make some chocolate treats to cheer ourselves up!

Whether you are looking to book a children's party or a grown-up treat - everyone is welcome!

I've popped a link to the calendar below - if you can't see a date you want, do please ask as I can sometimes juggle my diary!

There are so many events that can include chocolate........

I visited a lovely school recently and supported their Mayan topic. Everyone made a lollipop, enjoyed a chocolate tasting as well as all the learning elements, which included history and the bean to bar story. Everyone was engaged and excited and I've been asked to return next year!

The hens are coming soon. A large group has booked a workshop before they head off to a bottomless brunch - nothing like a sweet treat to start the day, with lots of fun, laughs and a bag of chocolate treats to help the day along.

So many birthdays - small group sizes, lots of creativity, tastiness and fun is an ideal way to celebrate a kiddies or grown-ups birthday.

I have workshops for the little ones (my mini workshops are one hour long, and suitable for ages five and up), aged 10 and above can enjoy the two-hour workshop. Adult workshops also last two hours, unless you wish to go deluxe and add in a choctail and gourmet tasting, which last two-and-a-half hours.

Individuals are also welcome, just join in with a small group and come and make lots of chocolates!

I'm also happy to create something bespoke for your group if I can. Let me know what you are thinking and let's see what's possible.

Something for everyone, and hope to see you soon at the chocolate tanks.

I've popped a link to my website below, you can see availability on the calendar, or pop to specific page links to see more details on what's included in each workshop.

(This photo I took for my 10th anniversary - this year it's going to be 17 years at the choccie tanks - wow, where did that time go?)

Space for you this Saturday 2nd May at 10.30am at our chocolate workshop.

Before you arrive, I will have tempered a tank of delicious Belgium milk chocolate - happy to answer any of your tempering questions, and I have lots of helpful hints on how to do this at home on my website.......

Once you are with me, you will fill spheres with caramel (sea-salt option available), create a magic-make, design and pipe a lollipop - we do this freehand, so you can create anything you can imagine in lollipop form - dip some fillings, learning different finishing techniques before we settle down for a well-earned tea-break. I offer all the usuals, tea, coffee, soft drinks and of course a delicious hot chocolate if you prefer served with some chocolate cookies, of course! This is followed by a little talk on the bean-to-bar story, and a chocolate tasting, before you package up all your creations in bags with ribbons to take home and enjoy (or share if you prefer).

Everything you make at the workshop will last up to three months if you want it to and you have iron will power, or you wish to give a gifts :-)

The workshop lasts two hours, costs £50pp and at the time of writing there are four spaces remaining.

I welcome small groups in my dedicated summerhouse in my garden in

To book, please follow the link in the comments below.

Hope to see you there!

I've been naughty!
I've written a blog about 5 things I'd love to moan about......
Link in comments if you fancy finding out what they are!

I've got a chocolate-flavoured space with your name on it.........

Spaces available at forthcoming workshops, join us for two-hours of chocolate-making, tasting, fun, relaxing, and creativity on either of these events:

Saturday 25th April @ 10.30am (4 spaces remaining) @ £50pp
Saturday 2nd May @ 10.30am (3 spaces remaining) @ £50pp

I use quality Belgium milk chocolate, we taste lots of other couverture chocolate too, and try some real cacao. As well as making lots of goodies, it also includes your tea break (hot chocolate on offer, of course) with cookies, and all packaging. You just need to turn up.

Oh, and everything you make will last three months if you want it to!

For full details of what we get up to, please take a look at the link in the comments below.

To book, please follow the link below to the calendar.

PS Coco (the border terrier) is not allowed to join in :-(

Top up the Easter chocolate stash, but most importantly, come and decompress after the Easter hols and gain a little me-time getting creative with a vat of chocolate and having some fun.

Join us on 25th April at 10.30am for two hours of chocolate-making and tasting, and a bit of therapy! It's £50pp and includes lots of quality Belgium milk chocolate, caramel spheres, lollipops, fudge, honeycomb, mallows, tasting, tea/coffee/cookies and all packaging. You just need to bring yourself!

To book, please visit the calendar in the comments below (if the date doesn't suit, you can see other availability).

Life feels better when you add some chocolate......

What a week!

From delivering a talk and tasting in a Care Home to hosting Easter chocolate lollipop-making for the little ones, it's been a week of contrasts and fun.

80+ years between my audiences!!!

Thank you to all those that booked a space on a workshop or came along and listened to me.....

HAPPY EASTER if you celebrate and hope the Easter Bunny is generous with his chocolate treats.

**EASTER CHOCOLATE LOLLIPOP-MAKING**
What would your little ones like to make?

Come and join us on Good Friday, 3rd April at 10.30am for some Easter Chocolate Lollipop making.

It's one hour long, we use quality Belgium milk chocolate (and lots of sprinkles). Each child will make a themed lollipop, a 'magic make', enjoy a cookie and drink decorate bags to take their goodies home in (includes stickers, pens, crayons etc) and enjoy a chocolate tasting, including some real cacao.

At the time of writing this, there are just four spaces left. £20pp. Parents are welcome to stay and watch.

Please follow the link in the comments for the booking calendar.

Just had an enquiry for another Easter workshop on Saturday 4th April.

If I have more interest, I can run an extra session (as I need minimum numbers to make it viable). If you would be interested in Saturday 4th April for a chocolate lollipop-making session for your little one - please message me and we can make it happen!

There is still space on 3rd April at 10.30am if Good Friday is preferable for you!