Hotel Chocolat open new store at Westfield Stratford

Wednesday 14th September

Hotel Chocolat have opened a new store at Westfield Stratford, the largest shopping centre in Europe. Here at Chocolate Week we can’t quite comprehend the size of a shopping centre with 70 restaurants but will definitely be popping down there to check out Hotel Chocolat and the shoe shops.

The new store is a departure from their usual store concept featuring a weathered style inspired by the company’s own Rabot Estate plantation on St Lucia. Guests will also be able to pull…

The highlight of Chocolate Week, Chocolate Unwrapped at Vinopolis on 15th & 16th October

Friday 2nd September

Chocolate Unwrapped is a show where visitors can immerse themselves in a decadent feast of chocolate. This wonderful London chocolate show is host to more exhibitors than ever with 40 chocolate companies at the event. New, established, British and International, the range of stands is a showcase of the best of the chocolate world. It’s a day to marvel at chocolate sculptures, watch chocolate cooking demonstrations, taste a variety of exciting new flavours, new chocolate, unexpected pairings…

Peter Gordon and Paul a Young team up to create cacao menu for Chocolate Week

Wednesday 31st August

For Chocolate Week 2011 Peter Gordon, the godfather of fusion cuisine and Paul Young have collaborated to create a unique cacao dinner to be held at Gordon’s Marylebone restaurant, The Providores. Using chocolate from some of the world’s finest producers and pairing those with seasonal and unexpected ingredients the duo have created a 6 course menu with chocolate incorporated into each course.

The inventive pair have devised exciting methods of including chocolate such as smoking panizza…

La Maison du Chocolat hold tasting events during Chocolate Week and launch Duo de Ganaches

Monday 22nd August

This year La Maison du Chocolat has developed a luxurious coffret for Chocolate Week that brings together the personalities of La Maison du Chocolat’s founder, Robert Linxe and Creative Director and Master Chocolatier, Gilles Marchal. Showcasing the grand classics of Linxe and the recent creations of Marchal, the Duo de Ganaches reunites the skill of two different generations of chocolate making with two bonbons; the “Moroni” and the “Isle of Grenade”.

During Chocolate Week La…

Hotel Chocolat launch Real Tasting Adventure Kit for Chocolate Week

Wednesday 17th August

British luxury chocolatier and cocoa grower, Hotel Chocolat, is launching a groundbreaking Real Chocolate Tasting Adventure featuring 10 chocolates from across the chocolate spectrum. It’s a take-home kit specially created to demystify chocolate tasting and help customers take their love of chocolate a step further – discovering how to taste chocolate, what to look out for and, crucially, how to express those flavours.

This brand new product has been inspired by the success of the company’s…