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What’s all the fuss about chocolate this week you may be asking yourself? Well, Easter is approaching and we’ve got our Chocadore Giveaway going on!

Below is a little “I bet you didn’t know that” piece…

Jean Galler was born into a luxury dessert environment. He liked working in the family con-fectioner’s shop that was founded by his grandfather in 1930.
At 16 years old, inspired by chocolate, Jean develops his knowledge and discovers new savours while he studied in Basel (Switzerland).

At 21 years old, he launched his own enterprise. 30 years later, the foundations of the company remain the same: passion for chocolate; pride in perfection; constant creativity.

Today, the team of more than 100 employees design, produce and market pralines, ice-creams, chocolate pâtisseries, filled chocolate bars, as well as chocolate tablets, Cat’s tongues (cartoon cats moulded from chocolate), spreads, bite-sized chocolates, and more!

The Galler brand is premium and competes with the best in the market. Their products (That you can win in our giveaway) are a rare find of quality in the South African market!

You can also buy Galler products at Chocadore, take a look at their site www.chocadore.co.za

People generally meet at Chocadore to revel in the explosion of aromas, faraway flavours and the sweet captivation of cocoa. That’s because it’s the only exclusive chocolate shop in South Africa that imports quality pralines and slabs in their finished form from Belgian, French and Italian chocolatiers.

You, my dear friends, are very lucky because Chocadore has decided to reward iDale readers with two seriously substantial Easter gifts!

The first is a 500g ballotin from Kim’s Chocolates in Belgium worth R395.00 and the second is a Tin of limited edition Galler “Cat Tongues” valued at R345.00 (Also Belgian).

Be sure to check back on Monday morning to see how you can enter this tasty giveaway!

Not only does this mirror ball light up your room with sparkles galore, it’s also conveniently the same size as…

a Heineken 5 litre keg!

The disco ball, spotted on Trendhunter, was originally part of a promo for Heineken to punt something. I don’t think you or I will ever be able to get one. Sniff sniff.

These Nordic Rock cubes are awesome! Not only are they an eco-friendly alternative to These Nordic Rock cubes are awesome! Not only are they an eco-friendly alternative to ice cubes, they are reusable and come in a nifty leather storage pouch.

Nordic Rock is mined from ancient Swedish pollution-free base rock and is the purest way of cooling your drink. It won’t melt, takes an hour to freeze and costs a fair £15.99 for ten cubes. Get yours here and enjoy a cold one on the rocks – literally!

The pimp-mac-daddy himself, Justin Timberlake, has something new to toast: The singer and budding businessman is launching a new brand of tequila called 901.

It’s been in development for more than two years (more than double the time it takes to make a baby) and will only hit stores in New York, Los Angeles, Las Vegas and St. Louis for now.

His spokesman said:

“901 is that time of night when your evening is ending, but your night is just beginning. It is also a subtle nod to his hometown”

…referring to the area code for Memphis, where Timberlake grew up.

Launching a new blog is a little like preparing a meal. Traditionally you need to organise your host, come up with a name (Thanks Charl!), choose a theme, setup your stats counter and have a clue about what you’re going to be saying before you implement the grand plan.

That way you can spam your mates and have them feel like they’ve just seen Steve Jobs announce the latest iWhatever in person. Wow!

This way (my way) is slightly different….

My new blog, much like this post (which shows you how I create the ultimate steak), will unfold over time. I plan to be broad with my subject matter and will share the steps I will be taking to build a successful (I hope) blog.

In the mean time, enjoy my steak…

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