Magical Petersham Nurseries

Skye Gyngell, the highly acclaimed head chef of Petersham Nurseries Cafe and award winning cookery writer, has collaborated with Melt to create a delicious dark chocolate truffle.

Skye and our Master Chocolatier worked together to create an elegant, slightly salty, dark chocolate truffle with a hint of caramel. Well balanced and perfectly satisfying, this truffle is made using a single estate chocolate made from a mixture of Criollo and Trinitario beans, conched in Colombia, one of the few places in the world which makes chocolate from bean to bar in its place of origin. The Colombian chocolate is combined with organic British butter and cream before being hand piped and dusted in a rich reddish brown cocoa powder.

Before accepting Gael & Francesco Boglione's offer to open a cafe at Petersham Nurseries, Skye had already written for Vogue, which she continues to do. A phenomenal reception to her work at the restaurant, including comparisons by their award winning restaurant critic Terry Durack to the work of legendry cook Alice Walters, led to her appointment as the Independent on Sunday's food writer. Author of the awards winning 'A Year in My Kitchen', her book has now won 2 major awards.

Buy Skye's chocolates here.