Birthday cake by Paul A Young
he creme de la creme of the fine chocolate world gathered to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Seventy% with founder Martin Christy. Guests from all over the world enjoyed a night to remember as they embarked on a chocolate journey, discovering hidden flavours and a unique sensorial experience.
The new International Chocolate Awards were announced and Connoisseur Chocolate Tours to Ecuador, France and Italy were launched for 2012 with travel partner Arena Travel.
- When: Monday 10/10/2011
- Who: Damian Allsop, Maricel Presilla, Chantal Coady, Angus Thirlwell, Duffy Sheardown, Eric Rovira, Monica Meschini, Santiago Peralta, Mott Green, Lourdes Delgado, Alex Rast, Georg Bernardini, Sara Jayne Stanes, James Cronin, Richard O’Connor, Yael Rose to name just a few.
- Where: The Adam Street Club, London
- Chocolates and cocktails: Chocolate origin layer cake specially baked by Paul A. Young, sweet shop ‘minis’ by William Curley, water based ‘pure’ ganaches by Damian Allsop, tea chocolate collection by Enric Rovira and two chocolate cocktails designed for the night by Carlos Lorenzo.
- 10 years of changing the way we eat chocolate
- Chocolate tours with Martin Christy
- The Adam Street Club venue
- Damian Allsop’s ‘Pure collection’ origin water based ganaches
- Long time chocolate friend of Martin, Daphne Roubini and Marcela Llosa of the Peruvian Embassy
- Eugenia Cruz demonstrating a sensorial chocolate experience
- Angus Thirlwell of Hotel Chocolate
- Ana Hernandez Piferrer (right) introducing the 2011 Pure Collection
- Massimo Ianni
- Damian Allsop’s chocolates
- Richard O’Connor of Chocolate and Love
- Angus Thrilwell, founder of Hotel Chocolate
- Seventy% chocolate reviewer Georg Bernadini
- Freddy Wynne, Susana Cardenas Overstall and Santiago Peralta, founder of Pacari Chocolate
- Ambassador of Ecuador, Ana Alban
- Enric Rovira presents his tea chocolate collection
- Martin Christy, Susana Cardenas Overstall and Massimo Ianni of Alrov Hotels
- The cocktail party
- Martin Christy and Steve Chung tell us the story of Seventy%
- Martin Christy welcomes Cuban-American writer Maricel Presilla
- Monica Meschini, Lourdes Delgado, Martin Christy and Maricel Presilla
- Martin Christy and Ambassador of El Salvador, Werner Romero
- Dom Ramsey of Chocablog and Chloe, The Faerietale Foodie
- Founders of Seventy% Steve Chung and Martin Christy
- Duffy Sheardown enjoys Paul A. Young’s chocolate cake, with a layer made of Duffy’s Panama!
- Discovering the true flavours of chocolate
- Anna Hernandez Piferrer, Martin Christy and chocolatier Damian Allsop
- Enric Rovira, Monica Meschini and Martin Christy
- Tea chocolate collection by Enric Rovira
- William Curley’s “back to childhood” minis
- Zoe Pillar, Sarah Pillar and Steve Chung
- Enyoing chocolate cocktails
- Guests discover new chocolate bars
- Martin’s long-time-chocolate-suffering sister, Sarah Pillar, Martin and Santiago Peralta of Pacari
- Massimo Ianni and Richard O’Connor
- Martin Christy and Lourdes Delgado
- Monica Meschini, Ali Naqvi, Steve Chung and Enric Rovira
- Martin Christy and his sister Sarah
- Martin taking a bite out of his chocolate cake!
- Judith Lewis of Mostly About Chocolate
- Chocolate Tours to Ecuador, France and Italy
- Launch of the International Chocolate Awards
- Martin Christy, Maricel Presilla and Santiago Peralta
- Birthday cake by Paul A Young















































