Will you make it past the paparazzi into the lion’s den? At the scene of the crime, your every move will be under investigation.

A night of performance and intrigue will be brought to life by storyteller Ali Coco Epps and her troupe of detectives with elegant 1930’s costuming by Olivia Rigg’s Bizarre Bazaar.

The dapper Alex Kammerling will masterfully demonstrate how to create exciting cocktail matches, also showcasing his own boutique Kammerling’s Ginseng Spirit recently launched in London.

Join us on Wednesday 26 October, whilst we uncover the mystery of Who is SMITH?

We will be taking over the private member’s club at the top of The Gherkin. Our time and all profits will be donated to our friends at the Global Poverty Project, a charity supported by Hugh Jackman.

THE EXPERIENCE INCLUDES:

• Welcome drinks on arrival with canapés
• A 3-course taster menu with perfectly paired cocktails – a collaboration between chefs and bar chefs who are moonlighting with The Tasting Sessions
• Live musical compositions by Peter Gregson - cellist, composer and pioneer of contemporary music. Peter has performed across the world from The Royal Albert Hall to Twitter HQ. His electric style will intensify your pairing experience
• A mini-masterclass on how to create spectacular and unconventional cocktail matches at home
• Delicious cocktails throughout the night

A limited number of tickets are available to purchase by invitation only. If you haven’t received your invitation, please contact us.To stay informed about future events and happenings sign-up to our email updates.

At the chocolate and booze experience, Deliver Us From Innocence, guests were challenged with temptations of biblical proportions. Taken on a journey through a fairytale forest they followed “Mr Truffus” through a cupboard door into BarNarnia and handpicked caged, golden apples from the Tree of Knowledge in the Garden of Eden. Guests became part of a live TV audience where Snow White, a young Cockney lad in dress, demonstrated the best way to cook with poison apples. Little Red Riding Hood proved to be less innocent than the legend when the Woodcutter (who was also the Wolf) tried to have his way with her. Each experience included a mind-blowing chocolate and alcohol pairing with creatively themed food produced by Michelin starred chefs. You can see the photos here on flickr and the video below:

At Tequila: The Reconciliation, guests were taken prisoner and made to face their nemesis in a Texan-style Slammer – The Shoreditch State Penitentiary. Checked in by prison guards they were given standard issue prison wear and “drug tested” (served Tequila Sunrise in a urine sample jar). Mug shots taken, guests were let loose in the recreation yard. Muscle Mary’s vigorously pumped iron whilst swapping skincare tips and guests could “get inked” at the Mezcal Monkey Tattoo Parlour.

An expert master class profiling a range of premium and ultra premium Tequilas, freed guests from past experiences and misconceptions and they were welcomed into a colourful Day of the Dead celebration with a gorgeous feast. You can see the photos here on flickr and the video below:

From May we will be launching Tables of 10 starting with the Female Entrepreneur Supper Sessions one amazing and inspiring guest of honour and places for up to 10 special guests.

Tasting menus will be specially designed for each of the themed sessions and matched to a phenomenal line up of wines from around the world.

We will be running suppers through out the year showcasing the best of British produce, some delightful international treats and exclusive wine maker dinners.

Invites will be going out soon, so be sure to register your interest here.

Sign up to our famous cheese and whisky tastings, be the first to find out about artesian and boutique liqueurs and spirits to hit our shores, or meet the maker in one of our uniquely designed tasting sessions.

No class room learning, new and exclusive London bars and members clubs and underground venues.

Who are they? What is the meaning? Watch The Tasting Sessions trailer brought to you by Arm and Eye Films. The Journey starts here.

Food and drink meets art, music and live performance.

London’s most exciting food and drink festival “A Fluid State” is back, this time over 4 days from 02 to 05 December 2010. Tickets are on sale now.

This year we have created 5 immersive tasting experiences to Blow. Your. Mind.
This is the first of our weekly updates in the lead up to “A Fluid State” as we release exciting news about the line up of artists, musicians and performers, as well as some of the crazy things that will be happening at the festival – including a world record attempt!

Feast on art and performance, drink music and touch life at A Fluid State.

	Win a trip to Fantasy Island We’re planning a very special experience at A Fluid State and need your input to make it happen. We need to know about your fantasies, your dreams and your desires! Our good friend and fantasy facilitator, Baron J. S. Rourke will be in residence with his team of fantastic assistants to bring your wildest dreams to fruition. Find out more…
	Choose your own adventure  Five wild experience areas Thurs to Sat: Get inked in the Tequila Slammer, order from a menu of fantasies in Fantasy Island, match whisky with jazz in a Mad Men inspired cocktail bar, indulge in a secret supper in The Twilight Hours and be tempted in the Garden of Eden. Your ticket includes the experience of your choosing plus you can add on as many other experiences as you think you can handle. Find out more…
	Find your inner SteamPunk  Double up with our SteamPunk Brunch Sessions on Sunday for Victorian era futurism, crazy inventions and clockwork arachnids. Enjoy a delicious brunch of mini breakfast foods from rum and raisin porridge to eggs sunny side up. Sign up for masterclasses coffee and the ultimate Bloody Mary (classic Vodka or an unusual twist.) SteamPunk themed clothing is encouraged. Find out more…

The Tasting Sessions celebrates its 2nd Anniversary on Thursday 07 October 2010 with a Champagne and Sparkling experience of epic proportions. At The Twilight Hours in a secret lodge in Bloomsbury, we will profile premium Champagne and Sparkling from around the world.

Over the last 2 years we have been curating a voyage of enlightenment and discovery through the finest, the rarest, the most interesting and the unusual – this time a magnificent flight showcasing prestigious and unique expressions of the méthode champenoise, everyone’s favourite timeless indulgence.

During the magical Twilight Hours we will delve into the human propensity for discovery. From your physical environment to what you see and consume, there will be a reveal and a twist. You will be encouraged to interact, probe and explore for the hidden meaning. Be careful of levitating objects, optical illusions and devious mind-readers.

Yours,
The Tasting Sessions
Grand Architects of the Experience

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So what’s the beef Moustache Pete? It’s time for an intervention. A shake-down.

We’ve heard all the stories. How you can never go back. How it made you do things you didn’t want to do. If only you’d realised you were hanging with the wrong crowd.

On Tuesday 17 August The Tasting Sessions will help you to forget the past and reconcile your differences. At an urban block in Shoreditch, you will undergo a thorough process of mediation and rehabilitation.

Featuring some of Mexico’s finest Tequilas, matched with food from our Michelin starred chef – you’ll be sure to get that Mezcal Monkey off your back.

Come on Inside.

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Chalk drawing: Gemma Taylor

When we are young, life is more straightforward. Right and wrong. Black and white. Good and evil.

We grow up. We make choices. We lust after what we can’t or shouldn’t have.

On a journey through an enchanted forest to a Paradise Found in the basement of Shoreditch Town Hall, The Tasting Sessions offer you a glimpse into immortality, eternal youth and a taste of the forbidden.

Conspiring with Damian Allsop, the finest Chocolatier in All of the Land, we invite you to indulge in wicked combinations of ritual chocolate darkness and your favourite poison.

Dark or Light? When it comes to chocolate, you know which one is good and which one is evil.

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Photo: KhrystaSyndrome on Deviant Art