Where to catch the Chef: SIC on the 23rd, Leiria on the 11th

Two dates in the coming weeks when Chef Joana Marinho leaves the atelier. One you can watch from home; the other you can attend, taste and ask questions at.

23 September · SIC, «Casa Feliz»

On the morning of 23 September, the Chef was on SIC’s «Casa Feliz» — her second television appearance this month, after «Bom dia Alegria» on 9 September. We tell how it went here, with photographs from the studio, and the segment is on SIC’s website.

What she made: the «Winter Ember», the chestnut bonbon that won the dessert category of Cociña con Castaña de Galicia, in A Coruña. The coffret is in the boutique.

11 October · Prove Leiria Doçaria

Prove Leiria Doçaria brings the city’s pastry shops and confectioners together at the Mercado de Sant’Ana, from 9 to 11 October. It is the weekend when the region’s sweet-making shows itself all at once — with showcookings, the Escolha Doce dos Leirienses competition and a programme that fills three days.

The Chef’s demonstration is on Sunday 11 October at 2.30pm. Free entry. Anyone who wants to watch chocolate being tempered up close — and hear why badly tempered couverture gives itself away at the first snap — should come.

The full programme, on the É de Leiria site

And after that

The house stays where it has always been: in Leiria. The atelier works to order and behind closed doors — there is no shop open to the public and no visits. That is what makes these dates count: they are among the few occasions when you can watch the Chef work. If you cannot make either, the online boutique is always open — and the Chef’s page keeps the record of every appearance.