Chocolate Workshop in Brussels, Bruges & online:

  Learn how to make your own delicious Belgian chocolates from scratch; we offer two different Chocolate Workshops daily:

• 🤎🤎 Our most popular workshop is a 2.5h hands on activity during which you will learn the process of tempering chocolate to make delicious Belgian chocolate pralines from sratch as well as mendiants and a hot chocolate!


• 🤎 We also organize a 1.5h chocolate truffle making workshop that is less technical that our other class and but will let you express your creativity in a very hands on fashion!
  
  For both of our classes, NO previous cooking experience is required and assistance, ingredients, recipes & cookware are included

Presential Chocolate Workshops in Brussels & Bruges - Belgium

Special diets: all of our workshops are naturally gluten free & alcohol free; they can also be made vegan / dairy free / nut free. We do not charge an extra fee for special diets. If you follow a special diet, please ask our staff at the start of the workshop and they will be happy to adapt the recipe for you. Note that we don't eat during the workshop, so you can still make chocolate that you won't eat and gift them to someone special! Unfortunately sugar free, white chocolate and milk chocolate workshops are not available.

Praline & Mendiants

What you will learn: we will split into teams of 2 or 3 (you always stay with whom you booked) and we will explain some theory on chocolate tempering techniques before letting you express your creativity! The workshop is devided into different parts, we will first temper the chocolate, then mold the outside of the praline shells. After that, we will work together on making some chocolate ganache - that will be used as one of our filling -, then crafting the mendiants before filling up & closing our chocolate shells. While we wait for the chocolate to harden, we will have a chat with everyone while sipping on of the best hot chocolate, ever!

The fee includes: our 2.5h chocolate making workshop animated in English by one of our skilled facilitator, the use of an apron (non compulsory), all the ingredients + all the necessary cookware to craft yourself 20 pralines & 10+ mendiants chocolates from scratch, a nice box take them home with you and a delicious hot chocolate!

Adult: 46€ / person
Children (12 to 16 years old): 40€ / person
Student discount: 42€
Note: we might charge higher prices on weekends and certain holidays.

Kids need to be at least 12 years old to take part, younger kids & babies are NOT admitted. The workshop is long and designed for adults. We do not accept kids under the age of 12. For younger children, check out our Waffle Workshop, a great family friendly activity available every day. You can also check out our 1.5h Truffle Making Workshop that accepts kids from 8 years old on.

For groups and customized workshops please see our page groups & private and contact us directly by email: wishes @ belgianchocolateworkshop.com // phone: +32 2 881 0178 // WhatsApp group. Private workshops are sometimes available in other languages than English, such as French, Spanish, Portuguese... contact us for details.

Schedule for
2.5h Praline Making

Chocolate Truffles

What you will learn: to make delicious Chocolate Truffles from scratch, enhanced by a large selection of toppings. At the start of the class, your host will explain the recipe and show you the step by step process then it will be your turn to do it yourself and craft your own chocolate truffles! While we wait for the chocolate truffles to harden in the fridge we will chat & sip on one of the best hot chocolate! At the end of the workshop, you will have the chance to pack your own truffles and take them with you! Whether you choose to share or savor them all yourself (we won't tell!), these handcrafted truffles will be a delicious reminder of your chocolate-making prowess.

The fee includes: a 1.5h chocolate truffle making workshop hosted in English by one of our skilled facilitator, the use of an apron (non compulsory), all the ingredients + the required cookware to craft yourself 20+ chocolate truffles, a nice bag to take them home & a delicious hot chocolate.

Adult: 34€ / person
Children (8 to 16 years old): 28€ / person
Student discount: 31€
Note: we might charge higher prices on weekends and certain holidays.

Kids need to be at least 8 years old to take part, younger kids & babies are NOT admitted; no exceptions. We do not accept kids under the age of 8. For younger children, check out our Waffle Workshop, a great family friendly activity available every day.

About groups and private workshops this workshop is only available for groups up to 15 participants. For more details see our page groups & private and contact us directly by email: wishes @ belgianchocolateworkshop.com // phone: +32 2 881 0178 // WhatsApp group. Private workshops are sometimes available in other languages than English, such as French, Spanish, Portuguese... contact us for details.

Schedule for
1.5h Truffle Making

Our venue in Brussels

 We have set up our cooking workshop inside a retired typical Belgian Cafe from the XIX Century, equipped with state of the art lighting & air conditionning. We also organize there Waffle Workshops , Beer Tasting Experiences and Beer & Chocolate pairing,...among other activities that you can combine with a chocolate making workshop.
 Our Workshop is strategically located between the International Brussels Midi Train station and Brussels Grand Place (Unesco site), see below.

Meeting point in Brussels

 Our Chocolate Workshop is located 10 minutes walk away from Brussels Grand Place and 10 minutes walk away from Brussels Midi / Zuid, our International train station.

Address: Rue des Foulons 30, Brussels (map). Since all streets in Brussels have two names, you might also find us at Volderstraat 30, that's the exact same place!


How to get to the Chocolate Workshop in Brussels:

🚏by public transport: closest metro / tram stops: Anneessens (lines 4, 10, 32) & Bodegem (lines 51, 82)

🚗 by car: you will find all relevant parking information on this page. You have to be very lucky to find a parking spot in the street.

Please note that booking in advance is compulsory if you show up without a booking you won't able to take part in the activity.

GPS coordinates are 50.842930, 4.341949 (copy/paste in maps)

Our venue in Bruges (Brugge)

 Our venue in Bruges is located inside the old town in the area considered by UNESCO as World Heritage. Upgrading it the building to today's standard while keeping its soul has been a challenge for our whole team. You can reach the venue from Bruges Main Square (Grote Markt) in just 5 minutes on foot.

Meeting point in Bruges

 Our venue in Bruges is located in the medieval center of the city (protected by UNESCO) just 5 minutes walk from the Grote Markt (main square). You can also come directly from the train station (20 minutes on foot or 5 minutes by taxi). The walk from the train station to the workshop passes by the city center and is really beautiful & highly recommend over any other kind of transport!

Address: Grauwwerkersstraat 15, Brugge (map). We are located on the corner between Grauwwerkersstraat and Naaldenstraat, inside the old town of Bruges.


How to get to the Chocolate Workshop in Bruges:

🚏by public transport: the best way to reach Bruges is by train. The train station is at walking distance from the Old Town but if you cannot or don't want to walk, there is a free shuttle bus that operates from the station to the Main Square (Grote Markt) every 20 minutes. All the train timetables, prices and tickets: here!

🚗 by car: you can either park directly in the street (don't forget to pay at the machine) or use one of Bruges many underground parking lot, the closest ones are Biekorf Interparking (often full!!) and Ezelstraat Interparking. If you don't want to pay for parking, you can leave your car in one of the free parkings built outside the old town (recommended).

Please note that booking in advance is compulsory if you show up without a booking you won't able to take part in the activity.

GPS coordinates are 51.21137335248528, 3.222974397852883 (copy/paste in maps)