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Master class Chocolatier
From 18th to 20th February
''Easter eggs, outstanding decorations''
From 9th to 11th September
''Chocolates and Christmas decorations, 5 high quality
chocolate desserts.''
Pierre MIRGALET
Meilleur Ouvrier de France
Chocolatier
"Meilleur Ouvrier de France"
and President of the National
Confederation of French Pastry
chefs,
Pierre
Mirgalet
has
given significant importance
to
chocolate.
International
chocolatier
(Japan,
Russia,
China, Brazil), he has set up his
own enterprise and distributes
his high quality products with
the most unexpected blend
of flavours around the world.
He always encourages and
promotes original creations.
The Chocolatier perfectly masters all the basic work techniques for
chocolate and sugars. He masters the different creation and decoration
techniques. He can produce an artistic piece illustrating a theme.
Objective of Master class
Strengthen and deepen the knowledge of the trainee to enable him to:
• Know how to appreciate and preserve the quality of raw materials,
• Know the stages of product transformation,
• Create and shape the mass,
• Make coatings,
• Carry out specialties.
Content
The training is structured around 5 areas that are gradually tackled
through various practical exercises during the training.
• Knowledge of raw materials: knowledge of products and their
varieties (cocoa, chocolate, sugar), knowledge of storage and working
temperatures, knowledge of product processing stages,
• Making masses: making ganache and masses filling, pralines, making
hard cooked sugars (nougatine, berlingots ...), making soft cooked
sugars,
• Shaping masses: shape mono and multi-layer interiors; perform dressing,
framing, and detailing,
• 
Development and coating: developing the chocolate blanket,
developing the preparation of sugar coatings, glazing, making
chocolate blanket and syrup, mastering the coating techniques (fork,
manual),
• Decoration: create simple decorative elements.
Duration
3-day Master class.
1 or 2 days immersion.