Today, I began a 3 day chocolate flowers course, so I thought I'd give you some background on Savour.
Photo: Savour Chocolate & Patisserie School located in Wilson Ave, Brunswick
Savour Chocolate & Patisserie School was established in 2002 by Kirsten Tibballs. Kirsten is one of Australia's most internationally acclaimed chocolate & pastry chefs. She started out baking cakes with her friend at the age of 7, & from this humble beginning, progressed onto baking competitions, an apprenticeship & further education in Europe. Kirsten was a member of the Australian Pastry Team that competed in the World Pastry Championships in Las Vegas in 2004, where she was recognised as the best in the world for the hand-made chocolates she presented. She also won gold later that year at the Pastry Olympics in Germany. She is held in such high regard that she has judged the World Chocolate Masters in Paris, & in Japan at the Patisserie Grand Prix. Kirsten has appeared on Masterchef as a guest judge, & earlier this month, in the week of love, set the elimination challenge with the "Louros" entremet & later in the week, demonstrated the dessert "Eve".
Kirsten is very supportive of developing young talent in the field, & this evening, Savour is hosting an 8 course dessert degustation, featuring desserts from 4 top chefs including Adriano Zumbo. This is a fundraiser to support Deniz Karaca, who is the Australian representative at the World Chocolate Masters, to be held in Paris from 28/10/13 till 30/10/13.
The combination of business & family means Kirsten has to cut back somewhere, so most of the classes are ably taught by Paul Kennedy & Robyn Curnow. Both are amazing teachers & very knowledgeable in the fields of chocolate & pastry. There is a large variety of classes, including choux pastry & croquembouche, macarons, verrines, entremets, chocolates & pralines & chocolate showpieces & flowers. They cater to all levels of experience.
Savour also has a shopfront that enables chocolatiers & pastry chefs access to ingredients & equipment that aren't generally available.
Photo: the Savour shop
Photo: a wall of polycarbonate chocolate moulds. Above the moulds sits a display of chocolate showpieces & flowers. The flower piece we are doing is 2nd from the right & involves 4 different styles of flower.
Photo: Lunch is supplied for day classes.
At the moment, there are 2 other VIP students doing 3 month stints. Yuliana is due to finish next week & Ji Suk started around a week after me. Both girls are lovely & very friendly. Yuliana is from Sydney & is due to go back to Indonesia to finish organising her wedding in November. Once married, she & her husband will return to Sydney. Ji Suk has moved to Melbourne long term.
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