Have you ever wanted to know how to make chocolates? I’ve always admired chocolatiers as it seems to be a lot of work to produce a perfect tasty morsel of chocolate art. The first step for would-be chocolatiers might be to take chocolate making classes. Imagine tasting your way through assignments?
A local college, Vancouver Community College (VCC), offers chocolate making courses this September. The course, “Chocolate Tempering & Making”, teaches the theory of tempering couveture using different techniques. The class includes the use of molds to make various shapes and preparing fillings and truffles in tastes of mocha, raspberry, hazelnut and more.
Another course, “Chocolates”, is part of their Baking and Pastry program so if you wanted to take your foodie love to a new level, you could sign up for their complete program and learn how to make professional pastries and desserts. How delish would that be?
Recently, two students won medals at the Baking Congress wedding cake competition so their programs are top notch turning out top talent. VCC sent me chocolates made by some of the students of the Baking and Pastry Arts from the ESL class (English Second Language) where they use the program to bridge English language learning and career.
The chocolates were perfectly formed; some with sparkly bronze dusting and others painted with colour. There were ganache fillings of lemon, caramel and cardamom chili wrapped in Belgian chocolate and in white chocolate. Some pieces had intense flavour like the cardamom chili however the lemon ganache could have achieved a more intense lemony citrus flavour.
If you prefer to leave it to someone else to make the chocolates, you can purchase them at the school’s Seiffert Market on the downtown campus at 250 West Pender. The chocolates are only available when the course is offered but you won’t be disappointed if you drop by. Freshly baked goods made by the students are always offered Monday to Friday.
I think your friends and family won’t mind you taking a chocolate or baking program given the sweet benefits they would reap from your homework. Check out your local school board or community college to see what they are offering this fall. It’s the perfect time to get your culinary skills ready for holiday baking and gift giving. Check out VCC’s website for their full list of culinary programs.
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I`m living in Vancouver Ca. I would like to know if all your professional chocalatier programas? if it is possible to be enroll this year?
Mabel
Hi, My father have a chocolate factory in lebanon and i am interested to make my father’s chocolate better than it is know , so i want to take a course about chococlate … can somebody help me : ) and does that course above help me in making the taste of our chocolate better ?
Hi, for more information about the chocolate making course, contact Susie Findlay at sfindlay@vcc.ca. Good luck!
I`m living in Bangladesh. I want to learn Professional chocolate making course in Bangladesh.
I’m not aware of any chocolate making courses in your country. If you ever visit Vancouver, check into the courses at Vancouver Community College. Good luck!