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The Chef’s Warehouse & Cookery School is all about food and promises exciting cooking classes and short courses by Dublin born Liam Tomlin and a host of local celebrated chefs and presenters.

Liam is the author of two highly respected books, “BANC” and “Season to Taste”. The school itself forms a part of Liam’s enthusiasm towards fine cuisine and his passion for training young chefs to the highest standards and giving them the skills to work in some of the finest dining rooms around the world.

The set curriculum of 20 classes presented by Liam, Chef and Owner of Chefs Warehouse and Cookery School on the “Basic Techniques & Methods of Cookery” forms the core of the Chefs Warehouse with additional classes and presentations covering such topics as Food Photography & Styling.

The course covers the essential principles of cooking based on the classic European traditions of Liam Tomlin’s training with an added Asian influence inspired by the fourteen years he spent in Asia and Australia.

Cookery demonstration classes consist of a maximum of 20 participants creating an intimate cooking experience where students have the opportunity to interact on a one-on-one basis with Liam, the guest chef or class presenters.

Chefs Warehouse will be staying warm this spring with an aromatic Indian line-up and the Taj Cape Town’s very own Executive Chef Harpreet Kaur will be joining the Warehouse crew as a guest chef for an evening of Regional Indian Cuisine that is not to be missed. The class falls on Tuesday 20th September, from 6.30pm till 9.30pm and costs R575 per person.

Dishes such as such as Galouti kebabs, Allepey fish curry, Methi murgh and Strawberry shahi tukra will be demonstrated and paired with favourite South African wines. Harpreet Kaur will also talk about her culinary journey through Indian regions where recipes and ingredients can change every 50km.

The Taj Cape Town provides luxury accommodation in the city centre and is home to the Bombay Brasserie where Executive Chef Harpreet Kaur wows patrons with some of the best contemporary Indian cuisine in Cape Town.

Chocolate is the one gift that is always welcome and it comes as no surprise that the near universal love of chocolate has become an integral part of global traditions and cultural holidays the world over. As we enter Easter month, many will recall fond childhood memories of hot cross buns, Easter egg hunts and, of course, all the chocolate we desired.

The rich history of chocolate takes us from the Mesoamerican era – where Maya and Aztecs mixed ground cacao seeds with various seasonings to make a spicy, frothy drink – through to Spanish conquistadors bringing the seeds back home to Spain, where new recipes were created. The drink’s popularity eventually spread throughout Europe.

New technologies and innovations have changed the texture and taste of chocolate over the years, yet it remains one of the world’s favourite indulgences.  So much so that no expense is spared in the creation and presentation of the finest chocolate.

The most expensive box of chocolates in the world is sold in Harrods and is made by Lebanese chocolatier, Patchi. At an incredible £5000, each box of 49 chocolates is personalised and wrapped with leather and handmade silk. The chocolates are made from organic cocoa and each is decorated with gold and a Swarowski crystal flower or silk rose.

The Most expensive bar of chocolate bar in the world went on sale in Selfridges on the 4th August, 2009. It was a Cadbury Wispa bar covered in edible gold leaf, the cost of the bar, £961.48, was the precise value of the bar’s weight in solid gold.

Chocolate lovers in Cape Town are in for a treat. The Taj is hosting a Chocolate Afternoon tea where you will be able to treat yourself to a serving a rooibos chocolate afternoon tea with a selection of chilli chocolate, éclairs, choc-chip scones, chocolate truffles and chocolate cake in the Lobby Lounge.

The Taj Cape Town provides luxury accommodation in Cape Town and will host a deliciously delectable chocolate experience along with their High Tea menus everyday this April leading up to a wonderfully memorable Easter in the City.