Cargill Offers Chocolate Workshop

LITITZ, Pa.Cargill will offer its 15th session of The Chocolatier's Workshop to help confectioners and chocolatiers build and operate successful businesses on September 23-25, 2013, in Lititz, Pa.

The workshop is beneficial to anyone working in the confectionery industry. It's an interactive three-day seminar that focuses on opening and operating a successful confectionery business. The first day is centered on selecting a location site for a successful confectionery business, determining the proper product mix, purchasing the right equipment, choosing the appropriate packaging and launching a successful brand identity. On day two, the focus is on teaching attendees how to manage their business including marketing, advertising, promoting the brand, the legal and operational landscape of business and who to contact to help navigate it. The final day of the workshop is spent in Cargill's cocoa and chocolate product development laboratory. Attendees will learn the theory of tempering chocolate and utilize the lab to test each method to gain a broader understanding of making confections through hands-on practice. This includes making clusters, moulded truffles, rolled truffles and solid pieces.

"We attended The Chocolatier's Workshop and the amount of knowledge and expertise we received from the staff as well as other workshop participants was priceless," said Tom Ocasio who with his wife owns The Chocolate Lounge in Long Branch, N.J. The workshop is limited to 10 participants who meet the workshop qualifications. To register contact Heather Stierly at (717) 626-3246 or email [email protected].