FROM THE PLANTATIONS OF PANAMA TO THE ARTS CLUB WITH BILL MCCARRICK OF SIR HANS SLOANE CHOCOLATE COMPANY 
Time: 6.30-8.30pm
Date: Thursday 16th October
Venue: The Arts Club, 40 Dover Street, London W1S 4NP
Tickets: £30 (see here for how to book)
Bill's chocolate making is a constantly evolving process,
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with the conching machine enabling him to experiment and re-write the chocolate making rule book. Vital to the ‘mix’ is developing a relationship with cocoa farmers whereby Bill is able to adapt cocoa growing techniques in order to create the finest chocolates in the world. "Currently, the growers have little idea what the chocolatiers want or how their product is being used," explains Bill. "I want my beans to be properly fermented for a purer intense flavour and gently roasted, for a lighter, fresher sensation to bring out the true characteristics and rounded profile of pure cocoa at its very best."