Events

I hold privately booked tailored workshops and courses at the Taystful kitchen in Blairgowrie and at your own venue or home.

These are offered at a cost per session, so either have a tailored course all to yourself as a one to one for that price (depending on content), or invite several people and split the cost.

• 1 to 1.5 hour demonstration - from £100 (and travel costs), can include part participation and information on cocoa growing and processing and tasting of different chocolates
• 2 hour chocolate workshop - from £130 (up to 4 people total, can include children from 8 years upwards as long as at least one parent/guardian is present and participating)
• 4 hour (half day) chocolate course - from £300 (up to 4 people total, can include children from 12 years upwards as long as at least one parent/guardian is present and participating)
• 7 hour course (full day) chocolate or gourmet afternoon tea or patisserie course - from £400 (up to 3 people total, 16 years and over)
• 7 hour course at your home/work kitchen/venue (maximum distance 200 miles from Blairgowrie) - £400 day rate, plus 75p per mile to and from venue, overnight accommodation night of and night after the event (depending on distance), and all meals to be provided. Subject to workspace available, ease of set up and other conditions.

Thanks for your enquiries about Chocolate Showpiece courses! Here are a few details:

• Half day - make small components for a simple amenity size display piece approx 15-20cm high or as appropriate for subject - can be made for a particular season, eg Christmas, Easter (max 2 people can attend)
• Larger chocolate showpiece courses are held on a one to one basis (or two people making the one showpiece)
• One day - experience several techniques for you to use in future when building your own showpiece. A one day course is not enough time to produce a full built showpiece unless very simple.
• Two days - make all components and put together a generic type showpiece (ie to no particular theme), or along the lines of a showpiece I have created previously. See component information below.
• Three days - create something more tailored, this takes more planning and communications plus is likely to have more intricate skills involved.

Prices are dependent on the particulars of the showpiece course, but here is a guide: 

• Half day: £250 (includes the chocolate and other decorative ingredients, but if extra mediums are required, these will be charged too)
• One day: £300 plus all ingredients and disposables used in the showpiece (if wanted you can bring your own chocolate if it is of the correct standard required)
• Two days: £550 plus all ingredients and disposables used in the showpiece (if wanted you can bring your own chocolate if it is of the correct standard required)
• Three days: £800 plus all ingredients and disposables used in the showpiece (if wanted you can bring your own chocolate if it is of the correct standard required)
• Additional costs may include silicone or other materials for making moulds depending on structure. 3D printing for master shapes
• Disposables include items like piping bags and paper or card for structures, acetates, pvc guitar sheets, transparencies and mylar used on cutting machine
• With waste in mind, if you are happy with a piece that is completely non-edible we can use 'past its best' chocolate I have here, remelted from previous pieces, this would reduce chocolate costs a little.

Generic components of showpiece would include:

• chocolate flowers
• using chocolate putty
• chocolate vines 
• bases and other cast pieces, including granite effect
• chocolate cast, smoothed/planed and polished for main structures
• cocoa butter colouring to suit showpiece - painted and/or airbrushed

Email shona@taystful.co.uk or send a message here to discuss and set a date to suit, or to enquire about course gift vouchers!