MEMBERS ONLY Special Offers – Including the EXCELLENCE Collection
Fortified
M f or ad rel e ul ea tr se in a fre Se pte sh mb er
is back – and it’s different
The legendary Fortified Collection returns in September in a new format with a completely new array of 28 chocolates made with premium, five-star alcohols across the full spectrum of spirits, liqueurs and fortified wines.
How the Brand New
Fortified SelectionS work...
By popular demand, this special edition has now been upgraded to a quarterly collection – so there’ll be four brand new boxes to enjoy over the year, starting with this first collection for autumn. After that you can look forward to enjoying a fresh, new Fortified every three months (regular price £19.95 incl. delivery), or you can opt out and you can always change your mind whenever you like.
14 of our boosiest ever chocolates l Six liquor provenance guides l NOW – four seasonal selections available l SAVE £5 – on the Introductory Selection l GUARANTEE YOURS – pre-order NOW! l
Try this first Fortified Quarterly Selection for just £14.95 – saving £5! The first of our Quarterly Selections is inspired by autumn and will be freshly made and sent in early September. Perfectly timed for the change of the seasons, as the days draw in and temperatures slowly fall – it will feature one of the Club’s all-time favourite liqueurs, amaretto; warming Saint Lucian golden rum; a mellow splash or two of marsala fortified wine; a rather special bison grass vodka and much, much more.
Reserved Fortified last year?
Plus FREE FORTIFIED PROVENANCE GUIDES
Six cards giving you the inside track on a select few of our featured alcohols, including origins, history, tasting notes and more.
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Fortified Introductory Selection ONLY £14.95 (including delivery) (Regular selections £19.95 incl. delivery)
Our new quarterly Fortified replaces the annual collection you reserved. If you reserved last year, we have provisionally reserved your introductory Fortified selection to ensure you don’t miss out on this introductory offer. we’ll send you further details via post in July and give you the opportunity to cancel if you no longer want this year’s Fortified.
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R FR ELE ESH AS E IN D UL Octo T RA ber
THE EXCELLENCE COLLECTION 2011
Perfection
THE VERY BEST OF THE BEST IS HERE – AS VOTED FOR BY YOU!
IN EVERY DELICIOUS CATEGORY
All year long, members have been rating and scoring chocolates. This is the glitzy culmination, starring only the very best of the best from the past year in three stunning collections – Classic, Dark and Elements. It’s the ‘Oscars’ of the chocolate world and it’s certainly not one to miss!
Excellence is our annual collection that brings together the highest rated, best scoring performers for a superb encore. From members’ scores and comments we create a short list of contenders for each category and then we carefully choose our winners – which are all freshly re-made and delivered in one glamorous collection.
26 champion chocolates and 6
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winning batons
Classic, Dark and Elements
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Collections all available
Freshly recreated for swift delivery
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Excellence across the board
in October l Only the very best chocolates – but at the regular monthly price l Most members are automatically eligible – make sure yours is reserved!
From this year’s Leading Chocolate and Best Knock Your Socks Off, to the Most More-ish and Best Fruity Creation – there’s something in each of our Excellence categories to excite everyone with delighted ‘oohs’ and ‘aahs’. This year there’s also a rather special Members’ Choice that brings back the highest scoring chocolate from the last three years of Excellence.
An exclusive members-only event – is yours reserved? Excellence is the delicious culmination of members’ scores throughout the year, so it’s quite fitting that only Tasting Club members are automatically entitled to receive it. Featuring 2 each of 14 winning recipes as well as 2 sets of batons – they are all specially recreated and quickly despatched so that these chocolate superstars can be enjoyed at their freshest.
Excellence Collection 2011 The very best of the best for JUST £17.95 (incl. delivery)
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Classic Collection
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You’ll receive notification before we send your Excellence Collection, but to check yours is reserved, please go to www.chocs.co.uk/excellence or call 08444 727 070.
The EXCELLENCE COLLECTION CL ASSIC 1 Most Dreamy – Mousse au Chocolat There really was only one contender for this award, because only one word springs to mind when you bite into the milky ganache – dreamy!
8 Best Supporting Batons – Toffee Chocolate Tasting Batons Featuring soft brown sugar and a touch of hazelnut praline for a gorgeous toffee experience.
2 Best Concept Chocolate – Cranachan
9 Most Mellow – Raspberry Praline
A traditional Scottish dessert recreated in a cream ganache with honey, whisky and a layer of raspberry ganache.
Made with lots of creamy white chocolate and finely ground hazelnuts, this was superbly laid back, with a tangy raspberry twist.
3 Members’ Choice – Raspberry Butterscotch
10 Best Caramel – Crème Brûlée
A recipe that clearly wowed members as golden brown butterscotch meets a fruity white chocolate and raspberry crème.
This is always a hard fought category, but the prize deservedly goes to this super soft, butter and white chocolate caramel.
4 Best ‘Knock Your Socks Off’– Calvados Kick
11 Best Smooth Praline – Dizzy
An aristocratic recipe featuring light, white chocolate ganache softened with a generous splash of calvados.
This one is itself an updated version of a past champion and its melt-away hazelnut praline was clearly mesmerising.
5 Best Member’s Creation – Pecan Danish
12 Best Textured Praline – Caramel Crisp
Caroline Brown’s inspired recipe featuring soft caramel, pecan nut praline and lots of crispy feuilletine pieces.
Deceptively simple, this recipe delivered a whole spectrum of tastes and textures, from silky praline to caramelised crispies.
6 Best Leading Chocolate – Fruity Fondant
13 Best Liqueur Creation – Irish Coffee
A deliciously different winner featuring raspberry juice fondant and a creamy layer of vanilla.
A celebration of an utter classic with creamy white chocolate, punchy coffee and a generous splash of whisky liqueur.
7 Most More-ish – Blackcurrant Cheesecake
14 Best Fruit Creation – Blackberry & Pear
Cheesecake recipes have been extremely popular with members this year and this one was the most popular of all.
This stunner scooped the top spot with not one but two fruits that naturally balance each other out beautifully.
8 Best Baton – Caramelised Cherry Batons This contrast of sweet and sour clearly impressed, as the tart flavours of morello cherries mingle with caramel milk chocolate.
Plus two other superb Excellence collections! Dark Excellence
Elements Excellence
The Club’s most dazzling recipes of the year in deep, dark chocolate.
This year’s superstar slabs, batons and filled recipes (all alcohol-free).
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delivered ultra-fresh in SEPTember
Excellence Collection Most members are automatically eligible to receive the Excellence Collection. Check your invoice letter for further details. You can check your collection is reserved online at www.chocs.co.uk/Excellence.
Delivered ultra-fresh in October
All orders are subject to stock and availability. POST: Just complete this form, fold and post using the envelope that comes with your monthly box. Or use this address: SPECIALS RESERVE, TASTING CLUB, FREEPOST ANG10659, MINT HOUSE, ROYSTON, SG8 5YD. PHONE: To order by phone call 08444 727 070. RESERVE EXTRAS: To reserve additional collections go to www.chocs.co.uk/reserve, alternatively call us on 08444 933 933. Payment required at time of ordering. The Fortified Collection includes £4.95 postage and packing; The Excellence Collection includes £3.95 postage and packing.
All Tasting Club specials are made especially for members. We usually only ever do one special making and stocks are always limited. Reserve your collection to ensure that you don’t miss out and get yours ultra-fresh after making. And you only pay for your personal box on receipt of the chocolates.
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