William Curley’s new flagship store opens in London’s Pimlico Green. More than just a chocolatier shop, this is a spacious chocolate emporium that raises the bar for London chocolate shops and gives London even more of a claim to be a world class chocolate destination.
Swiss giant Barry Callebaut, the choco-saurus of the chocolate world, has swallowed up Spanish fine chocolate maker Chocovic for an undisclosed sum. Pending European competition rulings, the deal should be complete by the end of the year.
Could Pierre Hermé, leading light of the new wave of Parisian patissiers be coming to London? We’ve heard hints for a while of the up-market pastry and chocolatier chain extending it’s current presence in Paris, New York and Tokyo to London, but the lastest rumour has it that we could be treated to more than [...]
The presentation ceremony of the 2009 Academy of Chocolate awards takes place this Tuesday 2nd of June, and everyone is in town to collect their medals or just catch up with long unseen friends in the fine chocolate world.
I’ll be churning out a hastily written diary of the night and the surrounding week, if I’m still in one piece after all that award-winning chocolate.
As if a visit to Paul A Young’s last Friday wasn’t enough, in the afternoon I went along to a promotional demo by William Curley for Amedei at Westmintser Kingsway College. I just about survived the three desserts and freshly made sea-salt caramels, with a little chocolate eating space to spare.
The latest from Paul A Young, including new seasonal flavours, his summer range of chocolate ice cream and details of his forthcoming book. We also look at Paul’s ‘reimagining’ of a childhood confectionery classic.
We catch up with the latest products and happenings from Notting Hill chocolatier, Melt. This month featuring the seasonal Butterfly collection, new ice cream offerings and a limited edition bar.
Today saw the much awaited opening of the old Shepherd Market Chocolate Society shop under it’s new William Curley branding. The shop has been completely stripped and refitted in Curley’s minimalist, Japanese influenced style, which does seem somewhat starker than the original and rather warmer Richmond shop. A few finishing touches are yet to happen [...]
Managed to get a sneak preview of Paul A Youngs’s new shop in The Royal Exchange in London’s City district this week. The shop’s just being refitted and will open next week, around 10 October, with an official launch during Chocolate Week.
Great news for all you City types in need of some decent chocolates. Apparently [...]
After a long summer out of action due to drain problems, Marc Demarquette’s Fulham Road shop is back open again. We hear that drain problems caused by renovations kept the shop closed, but now Marc’s back with new products and has just been commissioned by Fortnum & Mason to create a collection of fresh hand-made [...]
Having wowed an eclectic Islington audience with an ever changing seasonal range – including the odd weird and wonderful creation – the good news is that Paul ‘A’ Young will soon be opening his second London shop. Working his way down the Bank branch of the Northern Line, Paul brings quality fresh chocolate to what [...]
Things have really warmed up in the London chocolate scene over the last few years. (Which means the now melted fine chocolate must be flowing nicely!)
We now have a good handful of world class chocolatiers, growing in size and reputation, helping to place London squarely on the world chocolate map and turn the city into [...]
This is a little late, but you can check out a live interview from yours truly at the Spirit of Christmas exhibition at London’s Olympia last November (2006). Follow the ‘Read more’ link to watch the videa on this site.
The ICCO, the International Cocoa Organization – trade body for cacao growers, have a new website. Much more up to date and modern, and looks easier to use.
The site so far has actually less images than the old site, but hopefully these will come along in the near future. View the new version at www.icco.org.