I'm Not the Only Chocolate Expert Who Thinks Whittard of Chelsea Is Awesome

Here's another tea-infused chocolate dessert recipe.

As I've mentioned before, when I'm not working with chocolate, I'm blessed to work with fabulous clients through my main endeavor at Zemack PR. And whenever those two worlds connect somehow, I get really excited. So I was totally surprised this morning to get a Google alert for (my client) Whittard of Chelsea that linked to an article about the Chocolate Idol contest at Boston's Langham Hotel... (Whittard of Chelsea is an English tea boutique that opened its first US shop in Boston this past spring.)

Here's a little background about the contest: Several weeks ago, I posted about a chocolate recipe contest being held by the Langham Hotel Chocolate Bar in Boston. The Chocolate Bar at the Langham is a huge lavish chocolate buffet featuring every chocolate dessert you've ever dreamed of that's open every Saturday through the fall and winter. This year, they wanted to do something fun and new, so they organized a chocolate recipe contest. Whoever wins the contest, which was called "Chocolate Idol," gets a season pass to go to the Chocolate Bar whenever they want, and their recipe will also be featured in the chocolate buffet for the rest of the season. The Boston Globe just ran a story about the creator of the winning recipe.

The winning recipe was created by Blanche Ip, a self-taught chocolate and sweets enthusiast who has been crowned Chocolate Idol for her Earl Grey Brownies recipe. In the Globe article about her, she explained that she's become a bit tea-obsessed over the past year, and Whittard of Chelsea's Earl Grey tea is her favorite kind of tea! And this comes at an interesting time, because Whittard has recently done a bunch of exploration in the world of tea-infused desserts with the South End Buttery - I just posted an Earl Grey Green Tea Truffle recipe from a Green Tea Desserts event that we organized at Whittard a couple weeks ago. Blanche's recipe is made up of a classic brownie topped with an Earl Grey ganache frosting. The recipe is posted on the Globe website or if you want someone to make it for you, you can try Blanche's brownies at the Chocolate Bar at the Langham any Saturday.

Blanche's Earl Grey Brownie recipe.
South End Buttery's Green Earl Grey truffle recipe.

Posted by Dana Zemack on October 18, 2007 4:45 PM |
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