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Beautifully packaged box of
chocolates by students!
Chocolate Class Materials
Chocolate Class Materials
Beautiful Flowers by LocaLife Flowers
in Bonny Doon
Persimmon Chocolate Lavender Tart
Class Materials
Magical Venue in Santa Cruz Mountains
Wine: Truvee Red Blend Central Coast 2013
Organic dried fruits & herbs
Organic dried fruits & nuts
Jean is having fun zesting orange!
Orange zest makes chocolate even
more delicious!
Melting chocolate & infusing it with
culinary lavender & orange zest is an art,
which my fabulous students perfectly did!
John & Jean having fun creating chocolate arts!
John & Jean having fun creating chocolate arts!
Jason loves chocolate, can you tell?
Lisa is creating chocolate arts!
Chocolate arts collaboration!
Chocolate arts made by students!
Demonstrating how to make a colorful,
beautiful & decadent chocolate barks
Chocolate barks completed pic
Chocolate arts collaboration
Chocolate arts collaboration
Chocolate arts collaboration
Chocolate arts collaboration
Chocolate arts collaboration
Herbed vegan beetroot & butter beans paté with
French & watermelon radishes,
rainbow carrots, apples, pears
Herbed vegan beetroot & butter beans paté with
French & watermelon radishes,
rainbow carrots, apples, pears and
Za'atar Moroccan spiced crackers.
Students enjoying coffee & tart before the class
Students enjoying coffee & tart before the class
Students & their beautifully packaged
chocolate arts, so proud of them!
Toque Blanche Discount on these items and
everything in their store and web site.
My students
are awesome!
They rocked my Holiday Artisan Chocolate and Wine Pairing Class
on Saturday, December 7th at the beautiful FlipJack Ranch nestled in the magical Santa Cruz Mountains.
Upon their arrival, in the beautiful, cozy,
warm and festive settings of the FlipJack ranch, they enjoyed a delicious
French roast coffee infused with Provence culinary lavender, a delightful red rooibos tea
and a decadent vegan
persimmon chocolate lavender tart.
Then, they each
took a set of class materials displayed on a perfect long table and beautifully
complemented with gorgeous flowers by Localife Flowers,
which is the local flowers source (Bonny Doon) for my culinary classes
and catering events, thank you Cristina!
Next, they
joyfully
put on their eclectic aprons and beautifully collaborated with each other to
make exquisite chocolate arts with Valrhona Manjari 64% Dark
Chocolate (infused with orange zest & Provence culinary lavender) and incredible
selections of organic
ingredients such as herbs,
flowers, chocolate
covered cocoa nibs, freeze dried raspberries, candied orange, dried fruits,
nuts & fleur de sel.
While waiting for their
beautiful chocolates to set, they enjoyed a delicious herbed vegan beetroot & butter
beans paté with French & watermelon radishes,
rainbow carrots, apples, pears and Za'atar Moroccan spiced crackers.
They also enjoyed sampling their beautiful chocolates with a delicious wine, the Truvee Red Blend Central Coast 2013 by McBride Sisters. They took home a bottle of this delicious wine, a box of their beautifully packaged chocolate arts and a small bag of Provence culinary lavender!
Plus, they'll enjoy one-time 10% discount offer on all items available in the Toque Blanche kitchen store in downtown Santa Cruz and on their website.
Thank you, my fabulous students for your
presence in my class and your beautiful testimonials. You are the center of my culinary world and a great
inspiration!
At last,
but not the least, a special thanks to Robin & David, the owners of the
FlipJack Ranch for the most beautiful venue for my class, everyone loved
it.
Chef Ellie Lavender
Vegan Mediterranean Personal Chef
Culinary & Wine Pairing Instructor
Lavender Design + Cuisine
Chef Ellie Lavender
Vegan Mediterranean Personal Chef
Culinary & Wine Pairing Instructor
Lavender Design + Cuisine
on
upcoming chocolate, culinary & wine pairing classes and special events!
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