I took a masterclass at Dublin's school of chocolate — here's how I made the perfect Easter Egg

If you think of Willy Wonka when you hear the words 'chocolate school', it's time to get real. Nicola Brady sets aside her visions of chocolate rivers and signs up for her first-ever chocolate masterclass 

Nicola Brady tries her hand at using a dipping fork to coat the filling with chocolate uniformly and marking the top .Photograph Moya Nolan.

When I was a kid, I always fantasised about working in a chocolate factory. I dreamed of rivers of molten chocolate, giant bowls of ganache and all the leftover treats you’d get to eat straight off the conveyor belt. 

All I ever wanted was to dip my hand in a chocolate river and fill my cheeks with truffles, before eating a toffee apple plucked from a tree.