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Time: 6.30pm till 8.30pm, informal stand up talk for 15 minutes at 7.30pm.

Price: £9.50 on the door, includes goody bag with £5 worth of chocolate and 20% off purchases on the night

RSVP:  please RSVP  to bh@chocolateandlove.com , numbers limited, last event sold out.

Chocolates available to taste

There will be between 15 to 20 different chocolates to taste. The Chocolates are from specialist Chocolatiers around the world, many who have won awards (see list below).  Many of these chocolates are not available in shops in the UK, but are available on the night and on our website www.chocolateandlove.com.

Here are some of the chocolate brands that are available to taste:

1. Amedei: 4 times winner of The Golden Bean, Academy of Chocolate Awards. www.amedei.com.

2. Beschle: Silver in 2009 at Academy of Chocolate Awards. Small family run Swiss chocolate company producing outstanding champagne truffles, single plantation chocolate bars and amazing no added sugar chocolate.  www.beschlechocolatier.com

3. Pacari: Pacari is the first single origin, organic chocolate produced entirely in Ecuador. Using only fairly traded, Arriba Nacional cocoa from local, small scale farmers. www.pacarichocolate.com.

4. Bojesen: Arguably the finest chocolatier’s in Denmark who produces incredible truffles and nougat to die for.

Testimonials

• I’m a chocolate junkie. Can’t get enough of the stuff. But the Chocolate & Love range is like nothing I’ve tasted before – so many surprises – really creative flavours on a chocolate theme. Prepare to be amazed by the variety and thoroughbred quality of the whole range! Paul Clarke
• Wow! I am in heaven – Sensational tasting. Geoff Sewell.  MD incognito artists
• Such a delicious way to spend an evening. Rosemary Forsyth
• Amazing tasting! Wow! Tim Cooper MD The Alternative group.
• Great idea – well executed – lovely chocolate. Look forward to the next event.  Alex Munro
• Fantastic night – brilliantly planned. Invite for the next please!   Charlotte Gorton

Hawke and Hunter in association with The Growth Academy are delighted to invite you to our fourth Business Mixer on Thursday the 6th of May from 6-8pm in ‘The Cocktail Bar’ .

The event has received fantastic feedback from attendees so far and continues to attract an ever diverse following.The panel this time will be discussing ‘Financing Business Growth ‘ and will include the speakers Andrew Ewing from Springford Accountants,Euan Tait from Clydesdale Bank, Paul Munn from Par Equity and Ken Beattie from  Marketing Transformations.

So come along for champagne on arrival in the Whisky Bar,then move down to the The Cocktail Bar and sample Hawke and Hunter’s fantastic food ,cocktails and wine amidst our panel’s debate with an eclectic mix of Edinburgh’s business community.

Tickets are priced at £25 and booking can be placed by contacting Hawke and Hunter reception on 01315570952, or by email at reservations@browntaylor.co.uk .

The upcoming ‘Business Mixer ’ will be held on the 6th May in The Cocktail Bar from 6-8pm. with great food, drinks and a lively panel dicussion.

THURSDAY 1ST APRIL FROM 5PM

Cocktail Bar: £2.50 drinks all night: spirit & mixers, bottled beer and wine*

Complimentary bar snacks

10pm move to Below Stairs: Femme Fatale: a new funky sexy club night. Dj’s Isla Blige & Shev Moni will be laying down the tracks every Thursday night. They will seduce and delight Edinburgh’s socialites who are looking for a good reason to be bad and start the weekend early.

GOOD FRIDAY 2ND APRIL FROM 5PM

Cocktail Bar: £2.50 drinks until 8pm: spirit & mixers, bottled beer and wine

Complimentary bar snacks

10pm move to Below Stairs for some nice cocktails and a dance

Pick up a £5 ENTRY CARD to Below Stairs at the Cocktail Bar.

SATURDAY 3RD APRIL

Cocktail Bar from 5pm and Below Stairs from 10pm as usual, with a mixture of funk, soul, house and boogie playing across the bars and club

EASTER SUNDAY 4TH APRIL *SPECIAL* MOTHERGROOVE

The almost legendary Mothergroove is resurrected on Easter Sunday for a party of biblical proportions at Edinburgh’s newest venue, Below Stairs. Your hosts for the evening are Gino & Fryer of Motherfunk fame and Gareth Sommerville, resident at Edinburgh’s longest running house session, Ultragroove. Between them they be will moving the crowd and raising hands with nugget after nugget of disco, boogie, house, soul, funk and hip hop. Expect serious dance floor congestion!