Baruzzo Chocolate: January 2012

Olivino of Belgrave, London: Food & Wine selection including Baruzzo Fine Chocolate

Another place where you can find our fine chocolate in London: Olivino of Belgrave

Olivino is a beautiful speciality shop, part of the Olivo Restaurant's concept and indeed it offers the same amazing level of quality.

Baruzzo has been included in their selection and we could not be more flattered.

Olivino offers a large range of fine quality Italian and Sardinian wines as well as specially imported produce mainly from Sardinia.

LONDON TONIGHT, Art Exhibition sponsored by Baruzzo Fine Italian Chocolate - Only RSVP Invitation

by Greg Salvatori

Baruzzo Italian Fine Chocolate is glad to co-sponsor "This is The End of the Beginning"

Art Exhibition - Tonight 25th January, 5-8 pm - ArtMoorHouse Gallery - Ground floor of Moor House, 120 London Wall EC2Y 5ET

Norman Foster's wonderful Moor House building provides the setting for a successful synergy between art and business - a unique and very special backdrop to Art Moor House, Moor House’s new creative space in the heart of the City.

ArtMoor House to provides the best environment to host a rolling programme of high-profile shows and events, including visual arts, performances and installations. From internationally acclaimed and well-established artists to emerging talent, Art Moor House strives to engage, inspire and provide a talking point and an ice breaker in the banking and commercial environment.

At the event, you ll be able to sample Baruzzo Chocolate Winter Collection

Stefano Vallebona and an Italian food business with a soul - Chocolate and much more

by Greg Salvatori

Stefano Vallebona's taste is nothing but impeccable and when he choose your chocolate you can consider yourself lucky. It means your chocolate is excellent, or he would not include it.

Coming from an old family, Stefano, who lives in London, mixes old fashioned values with his love for modern technology and style. The elegance of his taste can be found everywhere in his collection of food and specialities.

Raffaella Baruzzo, Martin Christy & Paul A Young on @TimeoutLondon with tonight Chocolate Seminar

by Greg Salvatori

Guy Dimond, the brillian Food and Drinks editor at Time Out, wrote a lovely article on tonight's Chocolate Seminar at the University of London.

We are so happy to read his interest in this event! Raffaella, Martin and Paul have been preparing meticulously for the seminar and will be there to communicate their expert's point of view on everything chocolate.

The article on TimeOut:

"The sporadic London Gastronomy Seminars are a series of talks for then learned or just curious to immerse themselves in a food or drink topic for a couple of hours.

Baruzzo Italian Fine Chocolate to co-sponsor "This is The End of the Beginning" Art Exhibition London

by Greg Salvatori

Baruzzo Italian Fine Chocolate is glad to co-sponsor "This is The End of the Beginning"Art Exhibition

Wednesday 25th January, 5-8 pm at ArtMoorHouse Gallery Ground floor of Moor House, 120 London Wall EC2Y 5ET

23 January 2012 - 6:30 PM Senate House - University of London -Ticket: £10 -Book Online Now

Join us for a panel presentation and discussion with three of London's top chocolate specialists:

Martin Christy, editor and founder of the website seventy%.com, is one of the world's leading bean-to-bar chocolate experts. Ten years ago, a music producer trained in IT, Martin founded the one of the first websites to specialise in fine chocolate.

Raffaella Baruzzo got her start in chocolate working for Chantal Coady at Rococo. She brings to the UK an exclusive selection of fine Italian chocolates inspired from traditional recipes. She is passionate and meticulous in her research and sensorial exploration.

Paul A. Young is a creative and inspirational chocolatier who is at the forefront of the British chocolate scene. His passion for his craft and his cutting edge creativity have won him numerous awards and have led to him being ranked amongst the World’s best chocolatiers.

The rise and fall (and rise) of chocolate

by Greg Salvatori

Where does chocolate come from?

Chocolate is without a doubt the most tempting treat. Even those who are not crazy for sweets can be charmed by one of the darkest and richest foods you can think of.

Since the Age of Colonial Europe, chocolate and cocoa attracted attention and stimulated curiosity. And this is almost nothing compared to cocoa's previous luck, when its beans were used as money by Aztecs and Mayans, and cocoa was food and was an essential element to religion and local politics.

At first, Europeans were not so convinced by the flavour of this unknown drink. They struggled to understand the potential value of cocoa. The Spanish ships where coming back and presenting the court a dark, hot, bitter and cloudy drink. For chocolate, success in the Old World was not there yet.

Baruzzo and Vini Italiani: Chocolate meets Wine and the magic starts, in South Kensington, London

by Greg Salvatori

Another place where you can find Baruzzo Chocolate is Vini Italiani, an amazing new shop in Old Brompton Road.

Imagine a shop where eveything is Italian. Seriously Italian, from staff to design, from wines to chocolate, from concept to experience.

A group of Italian friends who have teamed up to create an ‘experience store’ in the heart of London entirely dedicated to Italian wines.