Nestlé UK is to move its head office to Gatwick in West Sussex after being based in Croydon for 40 years. The confectionery company which produces Kit Kat, Smarties, Aero, Yorkie and Quality Street decided to make the 15-mile journey...
In the world of fine chocolate, Valrhona is a major player, used by professional chefs and cookery schools around the globe. Excitingly for British chocolate-lovers, 2012 sees Valrhona bring their cooking with chocolate classes to our shores. “We want to...
The Mixed Selection from Matcha Chocolat is a collection of 16 freshly made chocolates. The selection itself changes due to the ongoing experimentation and search for new ingredients by founder Katie Christoffers, but the Oxfordshire-based company says that 5-7 varieties...
Join celebrity chef Eric Lanlard at his Cake Boy boutique and learn how to make two of his favourite mini chocolate dishes. There's also a champagne afternoon tea to enjoy at the end.
The Chocolate Festival got under way today on London's South Bank. In the shadows of the Royal Festival Hall, artisan chocolate makers gathered to show their wares to a curious and enthusiastic public on a bright, crisp December morning. Established...
These days the South Bank Centre in London isn’t only a cultural centre but, with its regular Real Food Market and food festivals, something of a foodie-shopping destination as well. This winter, chocolate takes centre stage at the South Bank...
It’s hard not to fall in love with this bar even before unwrapping it. Like all of Grenada’s products the exotic wrapper is completely out of step with the couture cartons of today’s chocolate bars. The brilliant colours suggest the...
Looking for a chocolate gift for a chocoholic friend, a colleague, or someone in the family? Cadbury's range of Dairy Milk chocolates are perfect for dipping into in front of the telly. Cadbury Gifts Direct stock a variety of Cadbury gift hampers to suit all budgets, so if you need a chocolate hamper delivered pronto, take a look at Cadbury Gifts Direct.
Christmas is a’coming . . . and the chocolatiers are getting busy. This time of year sees chocolatiers bring out a range of seasonal novelties in order to tempt their customers. Innovative and creative chocolatier Paul A. Young is embracing...
I know that I'm meant to go to a chocolate shop for chocolate (especially when writing for a blog about chocolate), but chocolate shop extraordinaire Melt are hiding a little secret. They've wrapped up their very best treat in pale...
Acclaimed chocolatier and patissier William Curley, four times winner of the Academy of Chocolate’s Chocolatier of the Year Award, has the reputation of being ‘the chocolatier’s chocolatier’. The publication by Jacqui Small of his first book in the UK, Couture...
A week-long celebration of chocolate kicks off next Monday with the return of Chocolate Week. Hundreds of chocolate themed events will be happening around the UK throughout Chocolate Week, which was dreamed up to promote high quality chocolate and chocolatiers....