Whether you crave sweet, savoury, decadent or healthy Durban really does have endless options to satisfy your every craving.  If you have always adored the idea of creating your very own delectable delights, why not boost your culinary knowledge and study our Patisserie Programme at the International Hotel School.  So without further ado, here are our top picks when it comes to what makes our taste buds tingle.

Durban

Old Town Italy

This Italian market style café is truly something to tick off your bucket list. Their pastries are beyond decadent; the newest invention is really doing a number on all their customers. The conut, a golden homemade doughnut cone dipped in chocolate, serving as a vessel for your pick of creamy pastel-coloured gelato, it is simply heavenly!

Remo’s Villagio (Umhlanga)

Being home of the east coast’s most famous cronuts, they come in numerous flavours, however, there are only two options that are available daily. These deep fried delicacies range from Bar One, Amaretto, white- chocolate drizzle, rocky road, marshmallow and strawberry cheesecake. They go like hot cakes so if you want them, be prepared to arrive early or better still phone in and pre-order to ensure your dose of deliciousness.

Fourteen On Chartwell

This hot and happening luxurious pub grill serves the most snazzy selection in boozy milkshake creations. They have S’mores with marshmallows, vanilla ice cream with a tinge of vodka and the Salty Bean with salted caramel and Kahlua. The house favourite is the Bar One spring rolls, crispy golden and warm stuffed with thick chunks of Bar One chocolate and is served with a huge dollop of vanilla bean ice cream.

Republik (Durban North)

Known throughout the city for the most divine burgers, their desserts shouldn’t be taken lightly. Select from their triple chocolate brownies, deep-fried Bar One bites with ice cream or Diddle Daddle sundae, Peppermint Crisp tart and chocolate mousse ice cream. Their drool worthy milkshakes boast options like coffee and condensed milk, avocado milk, avocado and vanilla and milk tart. The Sowetan plumber is also a must try, made from Nutella, Oreos and Coffee how could you possibly resist that?

Surf Riders Food Shack

Situated on Durban’s promenade is a little gem of a place, this beachside café offers a range of desserts from piped doughnuts to chocolate mud pie, sticky toffee pudding, Eton mess and the most resplendent vintage ice creams. The Rocky Road is also quiet amazing, with a thick caramel centre, encased with layers of vanilla and chocolate ice cream, candied nuts and honeycomb. If all that failed to tantalize you, there is a milkshake bar equipped with everything to serve the most over the top drinks. This deluxe bar has salted caramel and honeycomb, Oreo with chocolate ganache and marshmallow, wild berry with hot-flamed rum meringue and the trump card peanut butter and banana shake.

Boiler Room Café

This quaint little café has become affectionately known for their rich shakes served in glass jars with straws. The flavors continuously change and customers can always expect the regular favourites; peanut butter and banana, red velvet, meringue, popcorn and salted caramel. They also have a quirky shake named Boris Becker- a mixture made with a base of crumbled German ginger cake, house-made vanilla-bean ice cream blended together with crushed tennis biscuits and off course if that did not sound decadent enough it’s garnished with an Italian meringue.

Pietermaritzburg

Flavour Café

This café is all the rage on Instagram, serving not only gourmet burgers and café style treats, but insanely indulgent shakes in a wide array of flavours. Ranging from everything under the sun; Chocolate brownie shakes with vanilla- seed chocolate-swirl ice cream, to caramel shakes with actual doughnuts and speckled eggs, chocolate cigars. If that wasn’t enough to entice you there is peanut butter and condensed milk cheesecake and why not candy floss, or a pretzel- and –butterscotch as well?

So if you were inspired by the above scrumptiousness Durban has to offer, come and study our Patisserie Programme, you will not go wrong! This program has been specifically designed to allow you to move effortlessly between the most basic puff pastry recipes to the most intricate of and complex desserts. This programme gives you the knowledge and experience you require to be the next Pierre Hermé or create your very own dessert trend and entice your very own city.

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