National Chocolate week!~
By Arlene
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Now that the evenings are drawing in and we need some comfort and sustenance to get us through the Autumnal months something comes along to fit the bill and cheer us up.
National chocolate week~ now don’t tell me you have never heard of it~ where have you been?
Full info below! Yay!
National Chocolate Week
Monday 12 October – Sunday 18 October 2009
With a particular focus on British chocolatiers, National Chocolate Week will be taking place in chocolate shops around the country. Look out for talks, tastings, demonstrations, sculptures – almost anything and everything chocolate-based. This year sees the first Chocolate Unwrapped, a 2-day consumer show at the May Fair Hotel in London – go feast…
British chocolate manufacturers listed below.I can personally recommend William Curley in Richmond~Lovely cakes!
Dipping into British Chocolate
Welcome to Dipping into British Chocolate – from our ongoing Little Green Book series. We’re cocoa-crazy with a treasure trove of Food Lovers Approved chocolatiers, chocolate shops, chocolate workshops, and chocolate-themed places to eat, stay and visit. Of course we have recipes to cook, books to buy and coming soon… notes on how to taste chocolate from our Chocolate Expert.
Don’t forget to sign up to FoodScoop, our monthly newsletter, to keep up to date with what’s next in Our Little Green Book.
chocolate tree
Surrounded by the Lammermuir hills Friederike Matthis of The Chocolate Tree works with care to create own-made chocolates and organic bars…
pure flavour
Raw Chocolate is the superfood on everybody’s lips – get yours from Pure Flavour…
mortimer chocolate company
Indulge yourself with a chocolate fondue or hot chocolate from The Mortimer Chocolate Company…
Sir Hans Sloane’s Master chocolatier Bill McCarrick’s success is his unique in-house conching machine…
Marc Demarquette’s own-made chocolates are made from Cornish and Hampshire cream and local fruits…
Vanilla’s chocolate fondue pots are blended by hand in small batches…
Angel Chocolates make their satisfying chocolate slabs from pure Valrhona…
Cocoa Loco use only organic ingredients to make their truffles, bars and chocolate-y goodies…
Dore Valley’s chocolates – made with local hedgerow fruit and real cream – can be found in shops around Herefordshire…
Escry’s artisan-made chocolate squares are made with single-origin chocolate…
I Should Coco’s farmers market stall in St Ives sells their own-made single-origin, organic chocolates, filled with clotted cream and local apple brandy…
Audrey’s old-fashioned fondant creams, such as violet and rose, are hand-made with theri own-blended dark chocolate…
Chococo
Chococo’s approach to chocolate-making is straightforward and two-fold – quality ingredients and purity…
william curley
From a jewel-like shop tucked away in a back alley in Richmond close to the green, William Curley creates and sells sensationally good chocolates…
montezuma
Montezuma still make all their chocolate in their factory in West Sussex, using local ingredients…
rococo
Run by Chantal Coady, Rococo is London’s wittiest chocolate shop, packed with chocolate treasures…
auberge du chocolat
Auberge du Chocolat make personalised chocolates – from figurines to cards – by hand…
One visit to Cocomaya will not do – there is so much to admire and take in about this exquisite chocolatier …n
At L’Artisan du Chocolat’s treasure trove of a shop, you can buy just one to a whole boxful of perfectly-formed own-made chocolates…
Cocoa Mountain’s Chocolate Bar is one of the most stunning places – feast on truffles while gazing out over the beaches of Balnakeil Bay…
Paul A Young’s chocolate shops in London are worth a visit for the quirky flavours and spectacular centre pieces…
Melt in Notting Hill make all their chocolates in-house, using only the most carefully-sourced ingredients…
The Chocolate Alchemist’s stylishly packaged chocolates – from buttons to bars – are organic as well as own-made in their Guildford shop…
Gorvett and Stone’s artisan chocolate shop is where you’ll find their own-made fresh cream truffles…
Visit Melchior in Devon to pick up a selection of their own-made Swiss-couverture cream and liqueur truffles…
National Chocolate Week
Monday 12 October – Sunday 18 October 2009! don’t miss it!
27 Sep, 2009
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Some of that sounds far too rich for me Arlene! Having said that i could go for some of the ones with hedgerow fruit & cream in them!
27 Sep, 2009
Arlene, any chance of putting up the url so I can take a look at some of the places taking part?
27 Sep, 2009
Drooling here....:))
My ambition was always to be a chocolate tester (taster?)...sadly, 'twas not meant to be :((
However, I shall break open a bar or two, to celebrate NCW....please can I start now? Lol
27 Sep, 2009
Hi Moongrower
~when get on this site scroll down and click on British Chocolatiers~236 entries!
www.foodloversbritain.com/FoodMatters/.../UK-Food-Events/
and www.chocolate-week.co.uk
27 Sep, 2009
Thx. Arlene
27 Sep, 2009
~and how did we all manage to miss this yesterday!
Chocolate Unwrapped
Saturday 26th September
Chocolate Unwrapped, a dedicated chocolate show with 25 of the best chocolate companies’ under one roof. We’ve got the finest UK chocolatiers and european chocolate producers. It’s going to be a very vibrant show with some wonderful exhibitors, a stunning exhibition of chocolate art and talks from the glitterarti of the chocolate world.
Artisan du Chocolat, Sir Hans Sloane, Melt, Paul a Young, Rococo, Chococo, Paul Wayne Gregory, Chocolate by Trish, Lauden, Galler, Gorvett and Stone, DeAngelis, Ooh La La, Hotel Chocolat, Thorntons and more. Chocolate producers are Askinosie, Pacari, and Mexico will be there with a live link to a cocoa plantation. Chocolate cakes from Sweet Things, chocolate books from Foyles and chocolate making kits from ChocChick.
For the first time in the UK we’ll have a fantastic exhibition of chocolate art for our visitors, with renowned artists such as Prudence Emma Staite and Warren Laine-Naida who is visiting from Germany. We’ll also have pieces created by our own chocolatiers. There are some great talks planned from very important chocolate people such as the head chocolatier from Thorntons, Keith Hurdman, the MD of Hotel Chocolat, Angus Thirlwell and Chantal Coady from Rococo.
To book call 0844 338 8000 or visit The Ticket Factory Tickets £12.50 in advance or £15 on the door.
10th & 11th October The May Fair Hotel, Stratton Street, London, W1J 8LT
Chocolate Unwrapped
and if you really want something that's good for you!
Chocolate cuts death rate in heart attack survivors
Thursday 13th August
There’s often news about the health benefits of chocolate and it’s important to distinguish between a good quality dark chocolate which seems to offer a wealth of health benefits and the a lower grade sugary confection with lots of artificial fats in it. This study recently out:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090813/hl_afp/healthdiseaseheartchocolate
Chocolate cuts death rate in heart attack survivors
27 Sep, 2009
Oh well London is far to far away for me to visit for a chocolate show...
27 Sep, 2009
How far are these away Moongrower?
The Chocolate Tree | Haddington | East Lothian ? ~and don't forget most of them do mail order~
27 Sep, 2009
I am matrried to a chocoholic........Im not telling him anything about this ha ha ha ha ha ...........
27 Sep, 2009
Oh don't worry Arlene I'm going to check them all out... Haddington 3 to 3.5 hours drive away - there is A LOT of Scotland north of Edinburgh and Glasgow :-)
27 Sep, 2009
~I have only been as far north as Inverness with my hubby but he has been all round the top and down the west coast and loved it~long time ago tho'
We will rely on you to do the research~ check them all out and report back!~ It's a hard job but someone has to do it!
27 Sep, 2009
Hmmm - I'm not a huge fan of chocolate. When is Sticky Toffee Pudding Week?
27 Sep, 2009
~you would have been alright at Malvern yesterday Andrew~there were at least two pudding companies giving out cooked samples including Sticky toffee .Cointreau and Cherry and Christmas pudding whilst The Chocolate Pizza Company~yes you did read that correctly! had samples too!
27 Sep, 2009
Now how did we miss that, Arlene? ;-((
27 Sep, 2009
~what a totally incomprehensible piece of scheduling on someone's part!
27 Sep, 2009
I'm hungry!!!!
27 Sep, 2009
I won't be telling my daughters about this no one word will pass my lips. Is Cadburies not included, I recall Ducans chocolate to when I was a child, don't see that any more either.
28 Sep, 2009
I dont like Cadbury's much! I prefer Rowntrees (Nestle now!)
28 Sep, 2009
I don't like cheap chocolate british chocolate is best
28 Sep, 2009
To each his own!! LOL!
28 Sep, 2009
Exactly, the best chocolate is Italian.
28 Sep, 2009
I like Swiss, but not Belgian!
Never had italian!
28 Sep, 2009
Darker the chocolate better for the heart.
28 Sep, 2009
~yes I like Green and Blacks Cherry chocolate bar and Butterscotch and always loved Black Magic although that is not truly dark~
28 Sep, 2009
Cherry? Havent seen that! The white one is just heaven tho!!
28 Sep, 2009
~The local Sainsbury has a really good selection and of course Thorntons has some nice stuff too!
28 Sep, 2009
Thorntons is my BIG temptation!! Viennese truffles, MMmmmmm! Had one today!!
We dont have Sainsbury's here!
28 Sep, 2009
~ i hear Waitrose are to open convenience stores in Scotland soon starting with Glasgow and Edinburgh?~ I would think they will have a good choice!
28 Sep, 2009
Wonder if they'll get up to the sticks??? I'm 50 miles from Edinburgh & even further from Glasgow!!
I'll look out for that Cherry choc tho!
28 Sep, 2009
Its borneville chocolate that is the dark one good for the heart if I remember right.Black magic was my mums favourite too.
28 Sep, 2009
EVERY week is CHOCOLATE week.... :o):o):o)
29 Sep, 2009
lol Teratoonie
29 Sep, 2009
Who else likes orange chocolate? Mmmmmmm....my favourite! :-))
29 Sep, 2009
I do they do kit kats too in orange chocolate now
29 Sep, 2009
YUM!! must try them!
29 Sep, 2009
lol Spritz
29 Sep, 2009
They're gorgeous Spritz!
29 Sep, 2009
EVERY day is CHOCOLATE DAY :o)
29 Sep, 2009
Mmmm....apart from the day you start the "little black dress diet" ready for the C******** season....there's no way my LBD is going to fit this year!! I'm just nibbling on a bar of Bournville ORANGE (it's "new"...and I can't begin to tell you how gorgeous it is...) lol :))
29 Sep, 2009
Look after Truffle for a few days and you'll be eating chocolate to try to put weight ON.... Lol.
29 Sep, 2009
Lol:)) T.T. I could do with borrowing Truffle...I've just finished the whole bar (feel a bit sick now...) and Winnie's gone to sleep, so no chance of a walkies tonight...
29 Sep, 2009
~bournville orange ~will look out for that!
29 Sep, 2009
Sound good Di!!
29 Sep, 2009
that's all too tempting:)))))
1 Oct, 2009
Have answered your pm, Arlene!
1 Oct, 2009
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