Chocolate and Cheese Pairing: A Guided Flavour Safari

With DIY craft kit delivered to you

Discover one of the most surprising flavour combinations in the tasting world: artisan chocolate and cheese.


Coeur de Xocolat
Coeur de Xocolat
5.0 (21)

1.5 hours Class size 10 to 500 guests       £55 (PayPal Pay in 3 available)

How it works


Request your preferred time
We'll send a ClassBento Box to you (a craft kit with what you'll need). Shipping in the UK is free, and it should arrive within 2 to 4 business days. We ship nationwide.
Enjoy the online class - after booking, you'll get a link to join the interactive class.
Chocolate and cheese may sound unexpected, but put the right combinations together and something remarkable happens.
Join award-winning chocolatier David Greenwood-Haigh for a guided Chocolate & Cheese Flavour Safari exploring how cacao interacts with salt, fat, acidity, fermentation and texture.
Using the memorable tasting framework:
Something Old • Something New • Something Stinky • Something Blue
you’ll pair a curated selection of fine chocolates with four cheeses and discover how each combination changes what you perceive.
David will guide you through his sensory method — Look, Touch, Listen, Smell and Taste — and show you how professional tasters analyse flavour.
Your chocolate tasting selection is sent to you before the event. You supply four cheeses yourself, using the simple buying guide provided.
By the end, you’ll understand not only which combinations work, but why — giving you the confidence to create chocolate and cheese pairings of your own.
An unusual premium experience for food lovers, couples, corporate groups and adventurous tasters.
What you'll get in your craft kit
  • A curated selection of fine chocolates supplied by Coeur de Xocolat
  • Live guided tasting session
  • PDF chocolate & cheese pairing guide
  • Recipe card
What you’ll learn:
  • How to taste chocolate like a professional
  • Why chocolate and cheese work so well together
  • How to pair different chocolate styles with different cheeses
  • How fat, salt, acidity, and bitterness interact
  • Simple pairing techniques you can reuse again and again
Knowledge required
Beginner friendly
What you'll need
Your Cheese Selection Made Simple
For the session, you’ll bring four cheeses:
  • Something Old – Aged and complex (e.g. Cheddar, Comté, Gruyère)
  • Something New – Fresh and creamy (e.g. Mozzarella, fresh goat’s cheese, ricotta)
  • Something Stinky – Washed rind or bold aroma (e.g. Epoisses, Taleggio, Munster)
  • Something Blue – Blue-veined and punchy (e.g. Stilton, Roquefort, Gorgonzola)
This simple structure makes it easy to shop and creates a balanced, exciting tasting experience.
Verified reviews


Our reviewers receive the same incentives regardless of the ratings or comments provided


This class doesn't have reviews yet, but here's what guests say about this teacher's other experiences:

ClassBento loader icon
Your teacher

Coeur de Xocolat
Coeur de Xocolat

5.0 (21)

David Greenwood-Haigh is an award-winning chef, chocolatier, international chocolate consultant, educator, and creator of Chocolate Safari®.
His work has taken him from professional kitchens and judging tables to cacao farms, chocolate factories, universities, and hospitality schools around the world. He has worked with growers, makers, students, and food professionals across Europe and West Africa, building a deep understanding of cacao from origin to finished chocolate.
David is also an experienced international food judge and chocolate educator, with a particular interest in flavor, sensory evaluation, sustainability, and the people behind cacao.
His book, Passport to Cocoa: Stories from the Chocolate Road, brings together those journeys, encounters, and discoveries.
In this class, David combines expert tasting guidance with first-hand stories from the cacao world, making the experience as much about people, place, and culture as it is about chocolate.
Expect a relaxed, engaging session with plenty of opportunities to ask questions, taste carefully, and discover chocolate from a completely different perspective.
Chocolate Safari®: Taste • Discover • Connect.
A safari of the senses, that can take you across continents and into the heart of a narrative that reaches back for millennia. It's a story of distant shores, of discovery and adventure.
I have spent the last fifteen years sharing my chocolate story and changing many perceptions along the way with my well-refined sensory analysis of chocolate. My life’s ambition is to set up a sustainable, ethical, and profitable cocoa cooperative in Haiti to use some of the island’s fantastic growing conditions and boost a fragile economy.
We adapt our products and workshops to the occasion, season, and of course the customer’s request, to have a great chocolate celebration. Our goal is to spread the wonders of chocolate all around us.

Book on ClassBento and enjoy exclusive perks:


  • Earn loyalty points
  • Money-back guarantee* for peace of mind
  • Local support from our UK-based team, rated 5 stars by customers
  • Public liability insurance included for your protection
  • ClassBento donates 50p to Mental Health UK with every paid booking
2026-09-25 15:00:00
class 0 1E57MXLBSX b30fa37a8c654059964d2a78c24cea95 1 production london London London GB london