Chocolate & Confections Workshops/Classes Index

**Smithy** · January 9, 2021

One of our missions here at the Society for Culinary Arts & Letters is culinary education and information exchange. Since 2004, members have developed and/or attended courses and workshops, then reported on them. This index of courses and workshops devoted to confections and chocolates should assist people in finding the topics. Thanks go to @Kerry Beal for suggesting that an index be developed, and to @curls for actually developing it.

Workshop Reports

2009 workshop Niagara on the Lake, Ontario, Canada
2010 workshop Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA
2011 workshop Niagara on the Lake, Ontario, Canada
2012 workshop Woodbridge, Virginia, USA
2013 workshop Niagara on the Lake, Ontario, Canada
2014 workshop Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
2015 workshop Merrifield, Virginia, USA
2016 workshop Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2017 workshop Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
2018 workshop Niagara on the Lake, Ontario, Canada
2019 workshop St. Louis, Missouri, USA
(2020 workshop Buffalo, New York, USA – postponed due to COVID-19)
2023 workshop Buffalo, New York, USA (at last!!)
2024 workshop Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Workshop Planning

2010 workshop planning Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA
2011 workshop planning Niagara on the Lake, Ontario, Canada
2012 workshop planning Woodbridge, Virginia, USA
2013 workshop planning Niagara on the Lake, Ontario, Canada
2014 workshop planning Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
2015 workshop planning Merrifield, Virginia, USA
2016 workshop planning Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2017 workshop planning Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
2018 workshop planning Niagara on the Lake, Ontario, Canada
2019 workshop planning St. Louis, Missouri, USA
2020 workshop planning Buffalo, New York, USA – postponed due to COVID-19
2023 workshop planning Buffalo, New York, USA
2024 workshop planning Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2025 workshop planning Cedar Park, Texas, USA

Outside Courses Attended and Reported on by Members

3-day sugar class w/ Anil Rohira, 2005
Andrew Shotts Class at Notter School, 2007
Norman Love at the French Pastry School, 2007
Gourmet Chocolate confection class given by Richardson Research labs, 2008
Notes from Callebaut workshop, 2008

World Pastry Forum

Jean-Pierre Wybauw

Advanced Chocolate Class with Jean-Pierre Wybauw, 2006
Wybauw Class, 2007

Ongoing Topics

Santa's Spectacular Tonawanda Workshop, 2016 - present
Andrey Dubovic online classes, 2018 - present
Chocolate Classes - what have I learned, 2017 - present

eGullet Culinary Institute (eCGI) Courses on Confections and Chocolate

Confectionery 101, 2006
Q&A: Confectionery 101, 2006

Demonstration Topics

There are also many topics demonstrating techniques! @gfron1 compiled a fine index of them during his tenure as a host. Be sure to check them out in this index, which includes but is not restricted to chocolate and confectionary techniques.