So many champagne truffles!
Once in a while you get a PR invite you just can’t say no to. I mean would you say no to a chocolate and champagne reception at Harrods with the purpose to introduce William Curley‘s new Laurent Perrier champagne truffle creation, to mark Laurent Perrier’s 200th birthday? I thought so. Jealous?
Laurent Perrier anyone?
While everyone knows Laurent Perrier, the name William Curley may be less familiar. This young gentleman is a star high up in the chocolate universe and has won chocolatier of the year 4 times since 2007. What makes his chocolates special must be the fact that behind every successful man there is a woman. William Curley’s wife is Japanese and he uses oriental flavours and the minimalistic Japanese approach as an inspiration for his work.
William Curley came across as a genuinely nice, down-to-earth guy when he explained to us the art of making high quality chocolate.
Chocolate artist William Curley
from bean to chocolate
I tremendously enjoyed William Curley’s patisserie. I managed to try most of the beautiful little cakes, and admired the balance of flavours as well as the lightness and freshness that one seldom gets in supposedly heavy cakes.
Raspberry Macaroons
beautiful!
a little passionfruit delicacy
I don’t like champagne truffles usually, too sweet, too overpowering alcoholic taste, too thick a shell. William Curley’s champagne truffles however were beautiful. The thinnest shell possible contained a dark chocolate ganache with just a subtle hint of champagne.
THE champagne truffle
The reason why I was invited to this event was the introduction of this (Christmas) luxury present range: A 250g box of Laurent-Perrier Champagne Truffles by William Curley with a half bottle of Laurent-Perrier Brut Champagne retails at £52 and a 36 piece box of Laurent-Perrier Vintage Bellini Chocolates by William Curley with a 75cl bottle of Laurent-Perrier Vintage Champagne sells at £110. We are usually not doing luxury on Hungry in London, but maybe you won the lottery recently or are fortunate enough to still get a bonus. In any case, that’s certainly not a bad present to receive!
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