Chocolate Down Under

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Comment by Michelle-Jo Garfield on October 18, 2010 at 2:48am

Thanks Tom I will try ecotel when their site is back up...yes Im after the good ones. No Joey I havent tried making silicone ones....is it hard?

Comment by Tom on October 18, 2010 at 2:32am

Michelle-Jo, I got some very nice polycarbonate moulds from Ecotel www.ecotel.asia which I am extremely happy with or you could try Richard Foote. If it is the thin moulds you are after you could try Amanda below from Roberts Confectionary.

Comment by Georgina Joey Ledlie on October 18, 2010 at 1:48am

hello Michelle, There is nothing much here at all except cutesy type chocolate moulds. If you want something better and of a really good quality, you will have to go overseas. I have been making my own silicone moulds for my chocolates. At least that way, I have moulds that no one else has. Have you considered making your own ? Hug, Joey. ps. I'm in Ipswich.

Comment by Michelle-Jo Garfield on October 18, 2010 at 1:41am

Now I'm excited....I have been studying chocolate for little while but since returning home to Australia last year have found it really hard to locate supplies and equipment...Can anyone suggest a great place to buy molds in Oz?...or am I better off just ordering from overseas?..I'm located on the Gold Coast....

Comment by Chantelle Giardina on October 18, 2010 at 12:54am

Capital idea!
It's high time people realise that we do appreciate and understand the marvels of chocolate and we're not all into that purple wrapper vegetable oil ridden rubbish. It is fair to say that Australaisians really know wine and produce mostly high quality coffee, but we need to make up for things in the chocolate department. I agree with Tom, we are a pot ready to boil, and hopefully, like the UK recently, we will see lots more Chocolate producers who will be well received and admired.

Looking forward to hearing from everyone~!

Comment by Georgina Joey Ledlie on October 17, 2010 at 8:43pm

Thank you Clay. This new forum is appreciated. I mainly make a very special type of fudge that is not grainy or too sweet. I have started dipping bars of this fudge in chocolate. It's selling well. I just completed an order for a wedding. A lot of work but I enjoyed it.
Hugs, joey

Comment by Jeff Stern on October 17, 2010 at 7:57pm

This is a great addition, thanks Clay. Though I'm not down under, I've had a lot of chocolate-related correspondence with those who are, so I've joined up and am here to help.

Comment by Clay Gordon on October 17, 2010 at 7:26pm

@Melanie - Maybe sculpting Ayres Rock out of chocolate .... ?

Comment by Tom on October 17, 2010 at 7:19pm

Nice one Clay. Australia is a pot almost ready to boil, there are lots of people just starting or tinkering around. This is a great idea, I agree with Lynn that by helping each other we will all get stronger, it is a big country and I don't think we will get around to stepping on each others toes for quite some time.

Comment by Melanie on October 17, 2010 at 7:12pm

What a great idea, thanks Clay!

If you think about it, Australasians have great taste, no wonder there are so many chocolate lovers here. And we are also an enterprising group of people, who like to share our interests with like minded people. Hence the large number of people on the chocolate life from downunder. What we lack in population numbers we make up in enthusiasm. :)

Having said all that, I am not a chocolateur. I just love eating chocolate, but have developed such taste for it that I can only eat the real thing. I am also experimenting with a new hobby - cake decorating, because it makes such a change from my usual brain type work (I am an academic).

However, my first ventures into making modelling chocolate have not worked well, I came out with a gooey mess that oozed all over the place. If I ever succeed I'll make a chocolate harbour bridge to use as the avatar!

cheers to all,
Melanie

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