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What an amazingly fun evening spent with David our chocolate master as he taught our group the art of truffle making last night! Chocolate Tales is a service business so it does not have a bricks and mortar location, however that doesn't stop them from servicing Southern Ontario at an assortment of host venues all over the 416 and 905. One of their regular locations is the Goemans Appliance store located on Chirsalea rd in Vaughan, which is where we took our class last night. David sets up a tasty, interactive and fun learning kitchen right in one of their working model kitchens. Wasting no time he took our group through a brief history of chocolate before bridging the history lesson into the type of chocolate we'd be making that night - Truffles! I'm no expert at making chocolates but with David's easy to follow approach to chocolate making anyone (even a guy like me who is all thumbs) feel like a master Chocolatier! Over the course of 2 hours we made about 20+ truffles each (whilst eating a lot of the supplies along the way). The class is casual, fun, interactive and easy (good for all skill levels) David was very reassuring throughout and I can totally see myself booking a session like this for a private group of friends in the future! Speaking of other bookings, I recommend you check out the chocolate tales website to see all the different kinds of events they do, which are perfect for Bachelorette parties, girls nights out, kids birthday, etc, etc A great way to break up the work week and hey... i got chocolate out of the deal!! Eatcrest Out!
Our Vaughan's "truffles making workshop" takes place at Goemans Appliances, the kitchen appliance store (a maze of refrigerators and ovens, and a working kitchen). Water and coffee are provided, as well as - GENEROUS amount of chocolate - generous amount of decorations - a big fridge to cool the chocolates asap - the microwave to keep the chocolates warm and easy to work with - did I mention the GENEROUS amount of chocolate? Even if you're tempted to snack on everything, there will be ample left. And: A history lesson on chocolate. Lots of laughter. Daniel is our talented chocolatier and teacher. He's super friendly and the class was well-organized. He kept our working area clean, nobody fought for space or tools, and he kept the class moving fairly quickly. I was afraid chocolate will drip onto my camera, it didn't. Liquidy chocolate is messy!!! In our class, we did: Truffle set #1: fill pre-made truffle cups Truffle set #2: stamp shapes out of a soft chocolate bar, mine were triangles. Truffle set #3: roll the remaining soft chocolate bar into little chocolate balls We dip all of the above into his beautiful, tempered chocolate and decorate. I made a snowman. I recommend this delicious class!!
What a fun and interactive way to spend the evening! I did the chocolate truffle workshop at the Vaughan location inside the Geomans Appliances store. The workshop took place in this beautiful functioning model kitchen. The kitchen is well equipped with modern appliances and kept in spotless condition. David was such an awesome chocolate master. He started off the workshop with a fun history lesson on chocolate. And we got to make our own chocolate truffles (different variety of truffles). I had no experiences with making truffles before but David made it easy and fun. A generous amount of chocolate supplies were provided. We got to snack on the chocolate and toppings as we were making our truffles. The best part of the workshop was that we got to take our finished products home in nice little gift bags and boxes. They tasted so rich and heavenly. I made about 25 pieces of truffle to take home; well not all 25 of them survived the car ride home as I couldn't resist the temptation of putting them in my mouth (don't judge, you can't pass on such good chocolate :)) Overall, we had a great evening. This workshop is a great idea for girls night out, birthday party, or bachelorret events. Will definitely return for future events.
I went to the yelp event and had an amazing time!! Our host Dave was super nice and very informative. I learned a lot about chocolates, Truffles and the background of chocolate making. We filled chocolate shells and decorated them. I had the most fun covering them in chocolate and getting my hands dirty. Making the truffles was just as fun. you cut them into shapes and dip them in chocolate. While still wet you can coat them in 5 different materials (design prints, milk chocolate crunch, dark chocolate crunch, coco powder, maple crunch). I loved it so much I rold my friend who is getting married she needs to heir them and my sister in law to get them for my niece and nephew's birthday parties. I highly recommend everyone try the. more than once!!! Who doesnt love chocolate!! And the white chocolate gnash is to die for
Great nut free macaron making class. We arrived a bit late but the instructor was very nice. I was surprised at how easy it was to make macarons - I have taken a regular (almond flour) macaron making class which was much more expensive (I did use a groupon for this class) and it was much more complicated and a more "delicate" process and the results were not as good as this. Pros: -NOW this is what I call a REAL class - each of us made our own macarons - our own blender and bowls and we didn't have to share anything other than maybe a recipe card which we didn't even need since the instructor had everything measured out. What I find annoying about other classes is that you work in groups and then cannot be responsible for the dish fully from start to finish or half the class is really just watching someone else cook. -Technique was more simple than the "french or italian method" of making the usual almond macarons -Instructor was great and energetic and very helpful - though I think she may have either needed more time or she could have used a smaller class or had us only make half the dough and save the rest to make at home. Cons: - More like suggestions for the class to improve.... state that it is 3 hours instead of 2, so the instructor doesnt need to rush and it is always much nicer to finish class early. - maybe test out the ovens first or have the trays timed perfectly so that the baking has fully finished before going on with the class instructions. It is hard to coordinate and also the sizes of the macarons were all different from person to person. - Pre make the ganache - so that it has cooled a bit and saves time, the demo can be done quickly but the prepped ganache can be used. - also, the company should make it easier to contact them by phone on weekends when classes are running.....I was late and would have liked to let them know, plus it was awkward looking for the place, since the class was held in an appliance store. (Great kitchen though btw). I say the cons more as suggestions because in my class there was a particularly belligerent mother who came in with her daughters and was unhappy with the results of her macarons. The first batch came out hard like cookies as with others. She made this known to the instructor in front of the class as if she was speaking for all of us. She kept complaining that she spent soooooooo much money on this class and it did not turn out like "real french macarons". First off - when you make a substitute for any ingredient of the original recipe (nut free) you cannot expect it to be exactly like the original (btw the good batch I had was pretty darn close to the original). Second, she made her own from start to finish and cannot even take any responsibility for the fact that maybe her technique just sucked. And 3rd, she kept complaining that it was sooo expensive! - She also had a groupon, but I think it was reasonable for what we got and like I said better than the "original macaron class" I took through another company and better results and this cost less. If this woman wanted original almond and exactly french macarons - which are difficult to make (hence the 3-4$ per macaron) then she should've taken some freakin Cordon Blu class on french pastries and paid an arm and a leg. Yes - so in the end my beef was more about this annoying mother who simply wanted her money back. I even gave her one of my good batch cookies so she can see it actually does turn out good. She was just a bully, non tactful. One star off and suggestions to improve and I am sure they will be a 5 star! I would recommend this class.
3 stars for a few reasons. 1) This is a chocolate DECORATING class, not a chocolate MAKING class. We didn't learn how to make chocolate using raw ingredients. Instead we were given slabs of chocolate, cookie cutter tools specifically for candy making, melted chocolate (milk and white), and toppings like shredded coconut, coco powder and maple bits to decorate the chocolate. We were also given cupcake sized mini foil cups with chocolate cake batter and got to decorate those with chocolate (these were supposed to be lava cakes...but there was no lava). 2) This was a 90 min class and too long imo for decorating 8 pieces of chocolate. The instructor, Julia, was a pleasure to work with. We also got to taste dark chocolate Ganache mixed with various flavours bur how those flavoured chocolate ganaches were made was not shown. They were premade unfortunately. It was a fun thing to do once but I wouldn't go again. It's a great idea for a children's party.
2 years ago
11 years ago
What a fun night. Thanks Kris and YelpGTA!!! I attended a truffle making workshop put on by chocolate tales. It was held at goemans appliances of all places. We took over the fantastic dream model kitchen for the evening. An aside: this place is awesome will be back to shop - I need a new washer! David from chocolate tales was our instructor for the night. Great teacher. You might wonder why the heck we were at an appliance store making truffles. Was it a store promotion?Do they regularly have classes? Am I punking you? Nope. Chocolate tales is an event service business. They don't have a store front, or workshop room. They travel around the GTA holding workshops in cafes, pubs, appliance stores, homes, businesses. You can rent them. They bring all the supplies, set up and clean up! So we started piping chocolate into a chocolate shell and topping it with more chocolate. Easy and not messy. That comes later. We were given chocolate blocks and cut out to punch out shapes, dip them in chocolate and decorate them. Fun and easy and messy. Well messier for some *cough me cough* Then we got to make chocolate balls with the left over chocolate. Everyone made perfectly formed pretty round balls. Mine looked more like cat poop. They were ovalish no matter what I did. Still tasted darn good when I ate it!! Best part of this, if you messed anything up you just ate the mistakes. Note: I made a lot of mistakes! Hands covered in chocolate we rolled the first shelled balls in chocolate and chilled them in the model fridge. They gave us fancy bags and ribbons to put our confections in. And boxes. This was such a fun night. Chocolate tales was great. Can't wait to hire them for the next bachlorette party or baby shower I host!! read more
5 years ago
11 years ago
What an amazingly fun evening spent with David our chocolate master as he taught our group the art of truffle making last night! Chocolate Tales is a service business so it does not have a bricks and mortar location, however that doesn't stop them from servicing Southern Ontario at an assortment of host venues all over the 416 and 905. One of their regular locations is the Goemans Appliance store located on Chirsalea rd in Vaughan, which is where we took our class last night. David sets up a tasty, interactive and fun learning kitchen right in one of their working model kitchens. Wasting no time he took our group through a brief history of chocolate before bridging the history lesson into the type of chocolate we'd be making that night - Truffles! I'm no expert at making chocolates but with David's easy to follow approach to chocolate making anyone (even a guy like me who is all thumbs) feel like a master Chocolatier! Over the course of 2 hours we made about 20+ truffles each (whilst eating a lot of the supplies along the way). The class is casual, fun, interactive and easy (good for all skill levels) David was very reassuring throughout and I can totally see myself booking a session like this for a private group of friends in the future! Speaking of other bookings, I recommend you check out the chocolate tales website to see all the different kinds of events they do, which are perfect for Bachelorette parties, girls nights out, kids birthday, etc, etc A great way to break up the work week and hey... i got chocolate out of the deal!! Eatcrest Out! read more
Our Vaughan's "truffles making workshop" takes place at Goemans Appliances, the kitchen appliance store (a maze of refrigerators and ovens, and a working kitchen). Water and coffee are provided, as well as - GENEROUS amount of chocolate - generous amount of decorations - a big fridge to cool the chocolates asap - the microwave to keep the chocolates warm and easy to work with - did I mention the GENEROUS amount of chocolate? Even if you're tempted to snack on everything, there will be ample left. And: A history lesson on chocolate. Lots of laughter. Daniel is our talented chocolatier and teacher. He's super friendly and the class was well-organized. He kept our working area clean, nobody fought for space or tools, and he kept the class moving fairly quickly. I was afraid chocolate will drip onto my camera, it didn't. Liquidy chocolate is messy!!! In our class, we did: Truffle set #1: fill pre-made truffle cups Truffle set #2: stamp shapes out of a soft chocolate bar, mine were triangles. Truffle set #3: roll the remaining soft chocolate bar into little chocolate balls We dip all of the above into his beautiful, tempered chocolate and decorate. I made a snowman. I recommend this delicious class!! read more
11 years ago
What a fun and interactive way to spend the evening! I did the chocolate truffle workshop at the Vaughan location inside the Geomans Appliances store. The workshop took place in this beautiful functioning model kitchen. The kitchen is well equipped with modern appliances and kept in spotless condition. David was such an awesome chocolate master. He started off the workshop with a fun history lesson on chocolate. And we got to make our own chocolate truffles (different variety of truffles). I had no experiences with making truffles before but David made it easy and fun. A generous amount of chocolate supplies were provided. We got to snack on the chocolate and toppings as we were making our truffles. The best part of the workshop was that we got to take our finished products home in nice little gift bags and boxes. They tasted so rich and heavenly. I made about 25 pieces of truffle to take home; well not all 25 of them survived the car ride home as I couldn't resist the temptation of putting them in my mouth (don't judge, you can't pass on such good chocolate :)) Overall, we had a great evening. This workshop is a great idea for girls night out, birthday party, or bachelorret events. Will definitely return for future events. read more
11 years ago
I went to the yelp event and had an amazing time!! Our host Dave was super nice and very informative. I learned a lot about chocolates, Truffles and the background of chocolate making. We filled chocolate shells and decorated them. I had the most fun covering them in chocolate and getting my hands dirty. Making the truffles was just as fun. you cut them into shapes and dip them in chocolate. While still wet you can coat them in 5 different materials (design prints, milk chocolate crunch, dark chocolate crunch, coco powder, maple crunch). I loved it so much I rold my friend who is getting married she needs to heir them and my sister in law to get them for my niece and nephew's birthday parties. I highly recommend everyone try the. more than once!!! Who doesnt love chocolate!! And the white chocolate gnash is to die for read more
8 years ago
Great nut free macaron making class. We arrived a bit late but the instructor was very nice. I was surprised at how easy it was to make macarons - I have taken a regular (almond flour) macaron making class which was much more expensive (I did use a groupon for this class) and it was much more complicated and a more "delicate" process and the results were not as good as this. Pros: -NOW this is what I call a REAL class - each of us made our own macarons - our own blender and bowls and we didn't have to share anything other than maybe a recipe card which we didn't even need since the instructor had everything measured out. What I find annoying about other classes is that you work in groups and then cannot be responsible for the dish fully from start to finish or half the class is really just watching someone else cook. -Technique was more simple than the "french or italian method" of making the usual almond macarons -Instructor was great and energetic and very helpful - though I think she may have either needed more time or she could have used a smaller class or had us only make half the dough and save the rest to make at home. Cons: - More like suggestions for the class to improve.... state that it is 3 hours instead of 2, so the instructor doesnt need to rush and it is always much nicer to finish class early. - maybe test out the ovens first or have the trays timed perfectly so that the baking has fully finished before going on with the class instructions. It is hard to coordinate and also the sizes of the macarons were all different from person to person. - Pre make the ganache - so that it has cooled a bit and saves time, the demo can be done quickly but the prepped ganache can be used. - also, the company should make it easier to contact them by phone on weekends when classes are running.....I was late and would have liked to let them know, plus it was awkward looking for the place, since the class was held in an appliance store. (Great kitchen though btw). I say the cons more as suggestions because in my class there was a particularly belligerent mother who came in with her daughters and was unhappy with the results of her macarons. The first batch came out hard like cookies as with others. She made this known to the instructor in front of the class as if she was speaking for all of us. She kept complaining that she spent soooooooo much money on this class and it did not turn out like "real french macarons". First off - when you make a substitute for any ingredient of the original recipe (nut free) you cannot expect it to be exactly like the original (btw the good batch I had was pretty darn close to the original). Second, she made her own from start to finish and cannot even take any responsibility for the fact that maybe her technique just sucked. And 3rd, she kept complaining that it was sooo expensive! - She also had a groupon, but I think it was reasonable for what we got and like I said better than the "original macaron class" I took through another company and better results and this cost less. If this woman wanted original almond and exactly french macarons - which are difficult to make (hence the 3-4$ per macaron) then she should've taken some freakin Cordon Blu class on french pastries and paid an arm and a leg. Yes - so in the end my beef was more about this annoying mother who simply wanted her money back. I even gave her one of my good batch cookies so she can see it actually does turn out good. She was just a bully, non tactful. One star off and suggestions to improve and I am sure they will be a 5 star! I would recommend this class. read more
11 years ago
10 years ago
3 stars for a few reasons. 1) This is a chocolate DECORATING class, not a chocolate MAKING class. We didn't learn how to make chocolate using raw ingredients. Instead we were given slabs of chocolate, cookie cutter tools specifically for candy making, melted chocolate (milk and white), and toppings like shredded coconut, coco powder and maple bits to decorate the chocolate. We were also given cupcake sized mini foil cups with chocolate cake batter and got to decorate those with chocolate (these were supposed to be lava cakes...but there was no lava). 2) This was a 90 min class and too long imo for decorating 8 pieces of chocolate. The instructor, Julia, was a pleasure to work with. We also got to taste dark chocolate Ganache mixed with various flavours bur how those flavoured chocolate ganaches were made was not shown. They were premade unfortunately. It was a fun thing to do once but I wouldn't go again. It's a great idea for a children's party. read more
We did the Truffle Making 101 class at The Mad Bean. It was a lot of fun and the instructor was super fun and friendly. We got to work with really good quality chocolate and various tools, including some that I'd never worked with before, such as the edible design transfer sheets. It was relaxing to shape and decorate the chocolates, and since there were a couple of no shows, we all got extra. And I got even more extra at the very end of the class since I couldn't say no to the leftover ganache. It was a good night! read more
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