Planning: eG Chocolate and Confectionery Workshop 2016

[Dilettante]

Wife and I will be coming in on Thursday May 12 for the Morato demonstration. Airline tickets secured; and Holiday Inn Toronto-Yorkdale reservations made (in Thurs. 5/12/16 - out Sunday 5/15/16).

 

Very excited about the event and looking forward to meeting everyone.

 

Thanks, Kerry, for all your efforts in setting this up.

 

Dilettante (Greg)

[jim loellbach]

I'll be there from Thursday night through Sunday and later.  Turns out my wife has to be in Toronto later in the week, so I'm extending my stay. 
Anybody who wants to have dinner Sunday night, let's get together.  She'd (and I'd) like to meet any or all of you.

[MelissaH]

Here's a question for those of you familiar with traffic in Toronto.

 

I live diagonally across Lake Ontario from Toronto. When I checked Google Maps from my house to Humber College, the time difference between driving via Buffalo (without using the expensive 407 ETR) and driving via Kingston was negligible. Which route is likely to be easier, or at least less frustrating driving? Will the time of day make a difference?

[patris]

My sister and I are both trying to make up our minds (and I just found out I will need to spring for a new roof on the house this year, which... expensive) and wanted to get a sense of non-hotel costs. If I recall from previous events, the workshop fee is in the $150 neighborhood, right? And Saturday dinner is organized separately? The exchange rate helps quite a bit, but it's good to know the scope of it before we confirm.

[Kerry Beal]

Yup - suspect similar prices this year - sat dinner likely around $50

[Kerry Beal]

Learned today that Morato might be held at George Brown rather than Humber - because like Niagara College Humber is renovating. It is a much smaller venue and in order to make sure people show up at the events at George Brown Cocoa Barry charges a $30 fee. They send you home with a bag of origin chocolate and feed you grazing food.

 

Can I get a new show of hands for Morato taking this new info into account?

[Dilettante]

 

Hi Kerry,

 

Two hands going up here -> my wife and I will attend.

 

$30 does not seem unreasonable for an evening with Morato. It will also be interesting to have the opportunity to visit George Brown.

 

Dilettante (Greg)

[Kerry Beal]

Definite

 

RobertM

Sue Casey

Chocolot

curls

MelissaH

Gwbyls

tikidoc

Robyn 

sarahdwyer

Dilittante + 1

YetiChocolates

dhardy123

Beets3

jim loellbach

kimberly m

omar c

 

Tentative 

 

lambrecht gourmet

prabha

Mark Heim (strong tentative!)

patris and sib

 

Lurking waiting to decide

 

DianaM

 

 

Morato for Sure

 

dilittante +1

 

[Chocolot]

3 hours ago, Kerry Beal said:

Learned today that Morato might be held at George Brown rather than Humber - because like Niagara College Humber is renovating. It is a much smaller venue and in order to make sure people show up at the events at George Brown Cocoa Barry charges a $30 fee. They send you home with a bag of origin chocolate and feed you grazing food.

 

Can I get a new show of hands for Morato taking this new info into account?

 

Me

[Kerry Beal]

 

Definite

 

RobertM

Sue Casey

Chocolot

curls

MelissaH

Gwbyls

tikidoc

Robyn 

sarahdwyer

Dilittante + 1

YetiChocolates

dhardy123

Beets3

jim loellbach

kimberly m

omar c

 

Tentative 

 

lambrecht gourmet

prabha

Mark Heim (strong tentative!)

patris and sib

 

Lurking waiting to decide

 

DianaM

 

 

Morato for Sure

 

dilittante +1

chocolot

 

[YetiChocolates]

If the time of the demo hasn't changed I'm in!

[Kerry Beal]

It won't be any earlier in the day for sure.

 

 

[Kerry Beal]

 

Definite

 

RobertM

Sue Casey

Chocolot

curls

MelissaH

Gwbyls

tikidoc

Robyn 

sarahdwyer

Dilittante + 1

YetiChocolates

dhardy123

Beets3

jim loellbach

kimberly m

omar c

 

Tentative 

 

lambrecht gourmet

prabha

Mark Heim (strong tentative!)

patris and sib

 

Lurking waiting to decide

 

DianaM

 

 

Morato for Sure

 

dilittante +1

chocolot

YetiChocolate

[Gwbyls]

I'm in!

 

[curls]

Currently I'm a maybe for Morato. What time is his class/demo?

[Kerry Beal]

It was to be 5:30 when at Humber - I'll check with the girls from Cacao Barry today when I see them 

 

 

[Kerry Beal]

Slight complication today when I spoke to the girls from Cacao Barry - they have said given the smaller size of the auditorium at George Brown that we may not all be able to get in to Morato. They may force us to only offer it to those who have chocolate businesses - which I think so far we are OK with.

 

There is a possiblity that they may end up with a larger auditorium for Morato but we can't count on that right yet.

 

It might be 5 pm rather than 5:30 - I got myself a little disturbed when they told me about possible limitations and I mentioned that I had offered it to the entire group on the understanding that it was not an issue!

 

Definite

 

RobertM

Sue Casey

Chocolot

curls

MelissaH

Gwbyls

tikidoc

Robyn 

sarahdwyer

Dilittante + 1

YetiChocolates

dhardy123

Beets3

jim loellbach

kimberly m

omar c

 

Tentative 

 

lambrecht gourmet

prabha

Mark Heim (strong tentative!)

patris and sib

 

Lurking waiting to decide

 

DianaM

 

 

Morato for Sure

 

dilittante +1

chocolot

YetiChocolate

Gwbyls

Edited March 2, 2016 by Kerry Beal (log)

[YetiChocolates]

1 hour ago, Kerry Beal said:

Slight complication today when I spoke to the girls from Cacao Barry - they have said given the smaller size of the auditorium at George Brown that we may not all be able to get in to Morato. They may force us to only offer it to those who have chocolate businesses - which I think so far we are OK with.

 

 

Well if more business owners want to go to the demo then there are spots, I'll give up my place as I technically am not officially in business yet and I don't want to take away from someone who is...

Edited March 2, 2016 by YetiChocolates (log)

[Gwbyls]

2 hours ago, YetiChocolates said:

 

Well if more business owners want to go to the demo then there are spots, I'll give up my place as I technically am not officially in business yet and I don't want to take away from someone who is...

Bah! Can I un- like this? 

[Dilettante]

Kerry,

 

Don't take it so hard.  Cacao Barry is in the business of selling product, and clearly dilettantes such as myself are not #1 on their collective corporate mind.

 

We will rightfully, and cheerfully, stand last in line for attendance.

 

Dilettante

 

 

 

 

[RobertM]

I'm in if available to me but can allow another to have my spot....

[Kerry Beal]

Definite

 

RobertM

Sue Casey

Chocolot

curls

MelissaH

Gwbyls

tikidoc

Robyn 

sarahdwyer

Dilittante + 1

YetiChocolates

dhardy123

Beets3

jim loellbach

kimberly m

omar c

 

Tentative 

 

lambrecht gourmet

prabha

Mark Heim (strong tentative!)

patris and sib

 

Lurking waiting to decide

 

DianaM

 

 

Morato for Sure

 

dilittante +1

chocolot

YetiChocolate

Gwbyls

RobertM

[Kerry Beal]

Definite

 

RobertM

Sue Casey

Chocolot

curls

MelissaH

Gwbyls

tikidoc

Robyn 

sarahdwyer

Dilittante + 1

YetiChocolates

dhardy123

Beets3

jim loellbach

kimberly m

omar c

Chocolatespassion +1

 

Tentative 

 

lambrecht gourmet

prabha

Mark Heim (strong tentative!)

patris and sib

 

Lurking waiting to decide

 

DianaM

 

 

Morato for Sure

 

dilittante +1

chocolot

YetiChocolate

Gwbyls

RobertM

Edited March 3, 2016 by Kerry Beal (log)

[Chocolatspassion]

Hello, this is Catherine, new on the list of attendees.  I am a long-term reader of the pastry thread, and was a student of Kerry's at Ecole Chocolat.  I have a small online molded chocolates business ( chocolatspassion.com ) which I started a little over a year ago.  Kerry saw that I was taking a course with Morato in Montreal in early May and suggested I attend your wonderful workshop.  I will be coming with my mother, who is visiting from France.  We are very much looking forward to meeting everyone, and learning a lot!

 

[lambrecht gourmet]

Kerry,

I must be in la la land.  I booked my hotel and plane, but never put myself down as a definite.  I would also like to attend the Morato event.  I'm under Lambrecht Gourmet.  Still need to change that in the system.  Wife is joining me, but not for any of the classes, etc.  Just along for the ride...