"Well, obviously I have a passion for cooking and spices. Using chocolate is something quite new for savoury dishes, particularly with Indian food so it's quite exciting to showcase."
How important is chocolate in your menus?
"We're limited sometimes with using chocolate in savoury dishes. It's good to use it sometimes, particularly with dishes in the style of the venison you saw during my demonstration. We use chocolate all the time for our deserts, it's a pastry chefs dream!"
Is using chocolate quite new for you then, in savoury dishes?
"Yes, I never used it when I was growing up. As a chef you're always picking up new methods and using chocolate is one of them. It's really exciting to come to an event such as this and show people just how diverse it can be as an ingredient."
The show will be putting the spotlight on some legendary figures of the chocolate industry. The likes of 
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