Norman Love Confections announces its 2016 classes: Cooking with Love. Beginning March 16 through September, the Hall-of-Fame chef chocolatier Norman Love and his award-winning team will share some of their techniques and lead participants through the process of creating artisan confections and exquisite desserts.
Norman Love Confections is offering an assortment of evening classes that begin at 6:30 p.m. with a wine reception and typically end around 9:30 p.m. The cost is $95 per person, per class. Classes are limited, so early reservations are encouraged. Due to health and safety regulations, closed toe shoes, minimal jewelry and sleeved shirts are required. For more information or to make reservations, call 239-561-7215.
Cookies:
Learn how to create a delicious array of cookies, including rich French Diamant butter cookies, beautiful jam-filled Linzer cookies and absolutely outstanding chocolate chip cookies with Norman Love Confections’ pastry chefs. Dates: April 6, July 13 and Sept. 21
Tarts:
Learn to make simple and delicious gourmet tarts guided by our pastry chefs. From decadent baked chocolate tarts to bright and festive fruit tarts, have fun along the way and take home your creations. Dates: March 23 and June 15
Easter Eggs:
Create your very own Easter egg chocolate sculpture filled with delicious Swiss milk chocolate truffles. Norman Love chocolatiers will guide you in creating and hand painting your own dark chocolate egg, which will also be beautifully packaged and ready to give or enjoy yourself! Dates: March 16 and March 23
Truffles:
Master the 100-year-old art of truffle making, from the luscious dark chocolate hand-formed truffle to the modern Swiss chocolate shell with fillings. Bring the finished treasures home to enjoy. Dates: April 20 and July 13
Chocolate and Wine tasting:
Prepare to enjoy a deliciously elegant night of chocolate and wine pairings hosted by Chef Norman Love. Learn the unique qualities of each of the featured chocolates, the history of chocolate making and the confection-making process, as well as the art of pairing chocolate and wine. Dates: May 18 and July 27
Molded Candies:
Let the chocolate masters at Norman Love Confections teach you how to make their famous jewel-like chocolate treasures including how to cast liquid chocolate, hand-color the shells and mixing the custom ganache to fill your candies. Dates: April 6, May 4, June 1, June 15, June 29, Aug. 10, Aug. 24, Sept. 7 and Sept. 21
Cupcakes:
Create custom cupcakes that will delight your friends and family. You will learn how to construct these sweet masterpieces from the rich chocolate batter start to fluffy buttercream finish. Dates: March 16, June 1 and Aug. 10
Layered Cakes:
Learn how to make rich dark chocolate cake, sweet and tart strawberry shortcake, and creamy chocolate peanut butter cake. Stack and finish your own cakes and enjoy a tasting at the end with the pastry chefs. Date: May 4 and Sept. 7
Home Desserts:
Norman Love Confections’ pastry chefs will teach you an array of dessert options you can comfortably make in your own kitchen. From the most popular Liquid Center Chocolate Cake to classic Vanilla Panna Cotta and decadent Chocolate Mousse Verrine. Dates: June 29 and Aug. 24
Founded in 2001 by Norman and Mary Love, Norman Love Confections creates and distributes handcrafted artisanal chocolates from its corporate headquarters at 11380 Lindbergh Blvd. in Fort Myers. The award-winning Fort Myers-based chocolatier has been lauded more than a dozen times by a leading consumer ratings magazine, including recognition six times for producing the best ultra-premium chocolates in the nation. Forbes.com included Norman Love Confections BLACK line on its list of the nation’s top 10 truffles; The Huffington Post listed it among the six best U.S. destinations in its Chocolate Lover’s Travel Guide; and USA Today named Love as one of its top 10 entrepreneurs for 2014. Love has recently been named as the inaugural inductee of Dessert Professional Magazine’s Chocolatier Hall of Fame, partnered with local chefs to present a six-course meal at the James Beard House in New York and Norman Love Confections was ranked among the top 10 shops in the world for chocolate lovers by U.K. media outlet Daily Telegraph.
Norman Love Confections has Chocolate Salons in Fort Myers, Estero and Naples, and Artisan Gelato by Norman Love is next door to the Fort Myers salon, off Daniels Parkway east of I-75. Chocolates, gift baskets, sipping chocolate and Love’s book, “Artistry in Chocolate, A Story of Love,” also can be ordered online at www.normanloveconfections.com. In addition, Norman Love Confections chocolates and desserts are offered on 18 Princess Cruises’ ships through the “Chocolate Journeys” partnership and at independent retail locations throughout the U.S. For more information visit www.normanloveconfections.com or call 239-561-7215.
