London chocolate show makes fashion statement
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E-mail CNTV, October 20, 2014
Around 15,000 chocolate lovers are also heading to London's Chocolate Show for a feast of sweet-toothed fun. This year, chocolatiers are harvesting the seasonal flavours to add a distinctive bite to the dark stuff.
This sumptuous design is also rather tasty.
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Meet the 'Fairy Choc Mother'. It's made by chefs including Marc Tilling, a UK Chocolate Master and the Master Chocolatier at Squires Kitchen, a cake decorating and sugar craft company.
It's part of Salon Du Chocolat's world famous chocolate fashion show, and it's stealing the show on the cocoa-themed catwalk. One newcomer to the catwalk stage is Aneesh Popat. His creation is called 'Saree Du Chocolat' and is influenced by Asian fashion. His couture outfit features chocolate jewellery including bangles, earrings and rings.
"It really is unusual," Chocalatier Aneesh Popat said. "Salon Du Chocolat really created and invented this whole concept and I think it's the only one in London."
And with the presence of numerous master chocolatiers on the runway, is there a hint of competition?
"Oh, it's ferocious," Chocalatier Aneesh Popat said.
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"No, it's all good fun. Everybody helps each other we've got people who are far more experienced like Marc Tilling and Paul Wayne Gregory who really know what they're doing and the likes of us who are dipping jewellery in chocolate. So, it's all good fun, it is pure fun it really is. There's no awards for it, there's no money for it, we're just doing it because it's something we really all enjoy."
Due to the rising prices of traditional raw ingredients, many chocolatiers are getting creative with new ingredients and recipes. Paul Young for example is showing off his new slow-roasted garlic chocolates. He says the big chocolate trend in the coming months will be to source local, seasonal ingredients, and incorporate unusual flavours into recipes.
"Local ingredients, so chocolatiers and patissiers using chocolate with ingredients from their local area," Chocolatier Paul Young said.
"Seasonal ingredients are going to be huge, especially seasonal fruits and vegetables. The big companies are also going to be taking on board unusual flavours, so things that aren't always seen in chocolate. They're going to be taking inspiration from the smaller chocolatiers."
The Chocolate Show London runs til Sunday at London's Olympia West.
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