Comments on: Duffy Sheardown – a second UK bean to bar chocolate maker

By: Inspired Chocolates

Inspired Chocolates — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 18:46:47 +0000

I’m loving the idea of “micro-brewery type chocolate makers.” Good luck Duffy.

By: BBC Panorama: Chocolate – The Bitter Truth | Seventypercent.com

BBC Panorama: Chocolate – The Bitter Truth | Seventypercent.com — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 23:47:41 +0000

[...] Chocolate making, while simple in principle, is a complex and marginally economically viable process – especially at the fine end of the spectrum. I guess I say this at almost every turn, but there are currently only three companies that I know of making chocolate directly from the bean in the UK. They are: Cadbury Kraft, Willie Harcourt-Cooze’s Delectable and Duffy Sheardown’s Red Star Chocolate. [...]

By: Alex Cundy

Alex Cundy — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:13:36 +0000

Hello Duffy, JP passed on a link to this page to show us what you are up to. Looks fantastic. Much more fun than rushing around trying to get parts machined!! I’ll have a few bars from you. Mainly just wanted to wish you the best of luck, Cheers,
Alex + Peter.

By: Forest

Forest — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:48:43 +0000

This is brilliant. Well done mate…punk chocolate making.

Doing it your self and doing it ‘Up-North’.

Can’t wait to try a bar of Red Star Chocolate.

By: sue neave

sue neave — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:46:03 +0000

Brilliant article Duff! Well done for getting up and running – and running well by the sounds of it.
Good luck with it all. I love your packaging and know it will be the selling point – as well as the taste of course!
Love,
Sue x

By: Lee Patterson

Lee Patterson — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:11:39 +0000

Hi Duffy,

Very pleased to hear that things are progressing nicely for you. Certainly a big change for you which makes it all the more impressive!

Good Luck and I will look forward to sampling some more in the near future!

Lee

By: jorge felix

jorge felix — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:02:54 +0000

I have just arrived from Ecuador. I was visiting Calceta’s plantations. Congratulations for this nice article. We are happy that you are using our beans and we will continue doing our best to provide the highest qualitity “Pure Nacional Cacao” from our origins.

By: Matt Cox

Matt Cox — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:37:55 +0000

I have sampled many many bars of Duffs research and development bars, and the results were amazing. Now he has the facility, quality and consistency will follow sharply no doubt.

For those of you that have not had the pleasure of meeting Duffy, you should be aware of the following………He is an inspiration and remarkably giving. For many years he has helped many people create their dreams, myself included. He has always nurtured young aspiring types to challenge themselves in impossible situations. In motorsport there is no such thing as ‘the impossible’ or second best. I have had the pleasure of working on many projects with Duff, from road, race and almost air (Landspeed car!!) to mention just a few. He demands quality, dedication and has an incredible thirst for knowledge. These are just a few of Duff ‘s qualities that everyone who deals with him will find out. I challenge all of you who read this article to find your own way of getting to know Duffy better and in turn his chocolate.

This man deserves everything he achieves and if anyone can help him work his way to the top I would urge you to do it now…………….if not he will achieve it anyway.

All the very best,

Matt and all at URT

Ps. That is twenty bars you owe me!!

By: Jill Farrimond

Jill Farrimond — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:19:26 +0000

Very much looking forward to trying your chocolate Duffy, hope you will be selling kg size packs to us home chocolate makers too.

Lots of luck

Jill

By: andy lindop

andy lindop — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:42:56 +0000

having tasted the chocolate you made, i would a say its very good, better than cadburys produce.custom wrappers are a nice touch as well.
god luck pal, andy