Last week, the Chocolate Week team attended a lecture on chocolate hosted by the London Gastronomy Seminars, an organisation aiming to put the technical back into the understanding of what makes food good and why. Entitled Chocolate: from bean to bar to fantasy, we were treated to talks and tastings from Seventy%’s Martin Christy and founder of…
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With the end of the year fast approaching, we asked some of the top bloggers with an expertise in chocolate to tell us about their five standout chocolates of 2011. Bars seemed to dominate but filled chocolates weren’t ignored, with four out of the six bloggers choosing Demarquette’s Royal Merina ganache as one of their favourites.
There’s a lovely international feel to the selection, with a variety of origins making an appearance as well as chocolate makers and chocolatiers from…
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We’re pleased to announce the launch of our very own exclusive tasting club, in partnership with online chocolate boutique, Chocolate and Love.
Using our extensive contacts with international chocolate makers, we’ll source bars from around the world, bringing you the best high-end chocolate out there, including international makers not easily available in this country, top UK chocolatiers and chocolate makers and of course, Chocolate Week participants.
For just £28.50 per…
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This year’s Chocolate Unwrapped culminated in the Great Chocolate Cake Off - Chocolate Week’s search for the ultimate chocolate cake - and what a competition it was!
Nervous entrants arrived with their friends and families to drop off their cakes before spending the day at the show, enjoying the chocolate on offer and waiting anxiously for the Final, when the top five cakes would be revealed. Entrants travelled from as far as Wales, Manchester and Southampton with their cakes, which…
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Combining the company’s centenary and Chocolate Week celebrations, Thorntons has created the world’s largest chocolate bar, weighing in at a staggering 5,792.5kg (that’s almost six tonnes!). The bar is made in Thorntons’ special recipe milk chocolate, measures four metres wide by four metres long and is the equivalent of 75,000 Thorntons Chocolate Blocks.
The previous record of 5,529.29kg was held by an American confectioner, who broke the record just last month. Not to be outdone…
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