NYC: Guided Craft Chocolate Tasting

Explore the world of craft chocolate with an expert instructor in this hands-on workshop and tasting experience. Sample 24 origin chocolates, learn ganache techniques, hand-roll truffles, and take home your creations and recipes.

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(4.9-star rating across 73 reviews)

Location Lower East Side - Btwn Rivington & Delancey Streets

Pricing

$510 for up to 6 people; $85 per additional person

$850 for up to 10 people
$85 per person thereafter

Duration

Up to 1 hour

For a shortened session, please request desired length in special requests at checkout.

Group Size

Up to 30 people

Group size can be changed after booking if needed.

Materials All materials provided

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General Notes

Alcoholic Beverage Options:

You may bring your own alcohol (BYOB) to this venue

Non-Alcoholic Beverage Options:

Non-alcoholic beverages are available for purchase at this venue
You may bring your own non-alcoholic beverages to this venue

Food Options:

Participants can bring their own food to this venue
Catering options are available at this venue

Policies

If you find a similar event with a competitor at a lower price, we’ll gladly match it. This applies to events of comparable description and duration. Simply provide the details when booking, or within 72 hours of your booking, and we’ll ensure you get the best value. Contact an event concierge to get started.

Reschedule or cancel your event by emailing us at [email protected].

Days before event	3 days or less	7 days or less	30 days or less	More than 30 days
Reschedule	No reschedule allowed	$150 fee	Reschedule for no fee
Cancellation	No cancellation allowed			15% fee

Rescheduled events must occur within 1 year of the original event.

Explore craft chocolate with Chocolate Queen Rhonda Kave, including its origins, how it is made and what distinguishes its quality.

This experience takes you on a journey from bean to bar, traveling across the cocoa-growing world through 24 individual samples featuring origin cacaos from multiple countries and regions. Along the way, you will taste chocolates from acclaimed craft makers and develop a genuine vocabulary for evaluating and appreciating chocolate at a new level.

Note: Guests must show proof of vaccination to attend.

Event Itinerary:

Guests arrive, check in, and store coats and bags.
Weather permitting, guests are welcome to wait in the backyard garden while the full group assembles.
Once everyone has arrived, the group moves inside to begin the guided tasting at dedicated tasting stations.
Wine is served, and guests enjoy an interactive guided tasting and discussion lasting approximately 40 minutes.
Each guest receives one of the shop's handcrafted chocolate truffles as an inspirational interlude.
Participants don aprons and learn the craft of making chocolate ganache; the ganache container is taken home as "homework" for further practice.
Gloved and ready, everyone hand-rolls and finishes a dozen truffles, choosing from a selection of toppings.
Finished truffles and ganache are packed up to take home, along with a printed recipe card for basic truffles.
Satisfied guests depart with chocolate memories and full bellies.

About the Instructor:
Classes are taught by Roni-Sue herself or by Shop GM Sharon. Roni-Sue has been crafting confections for more than 30 years and has spent the past five years teaching a bean-to-bar STEM-focused after-school program for the New York City Department of Education. Both Roni-Sue and Sharon are partners in a bean-to-bar chocolate factory in Belize, where they learned firsthand the full arc of cacao cultivation and chocolate production.

About the Venue:
Classes take place in the production kitchen, classroom, and event space on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, featuring 1,000 square feet of flexible indoor space and a spacious, partially tented backyard garden. As venues go, a working chocolate shop is hard to beat.