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• Things we love: Italo Deli June 19, 2013
  With a gorgeous community garden in the gap left by WWII bombs and a co-operatively run vegetarian restaurant, Bonnington Square is a quirky oasis tucked away behind the chaotic Vauxhall one-way system. One of Chantal’s favourite things about the square though, is Italo Deli. Fresh fruit and veg from Covent Garden market, continental meats and […]
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• A chocolate making visionary he was a single minded, bright eyed, humorous, energetic, crazy, environmentalist June 17, 2013
  When an associate of Mott phoned me a week ago on Saturday night to tell me the news of the accident I was standing on the hallway.  I found myself on my knees. My first thoughts were of his friends and family. I cried almost instantly, which is the first time in my life I […]
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• BBC Radio 4 – Food Programme, The chocolate world of Mott Green June 17, 2013
  The chocolate world of Mott GreenDuration: 28 minutesFirst broadcast: Sunday 16 June 2013The story of Mott Green, cocoa farmer and chocolate maker, who was changing the industry one bar at a time.Born in New York, this gifted engineer and mathematician left Manhattan in his twenties to explore the Caribbean. He ended up in Grenada, fell […]
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• It’s like Wallace and Gromit has met Roald Dahl: Mott Green’s Chocolate world on Radio 4 June 17, 2013
  Yesterday Radio 4′s Food Programme showcased the life of Mott Green and the fulfilment of his dream to both produce and transport chocolate in an ethical, sustainable way. It’s a charming programme planned and mostly recorded shortly before his recent death, and includes Mott talking about falling in love with Grenada as a rebellious youth, […]
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• What did chocolatier.co.uk think of our brownies? June 14, 2013
  The chocolate brownie: one of our favourite treats but also a subject of intense debate. Cakey or fudgy? Sweet or bitter? Crust or no crust? The team at chocolatier.co.uk did a review of brownies from London’s best bakeries and chocolatiers recently. Did you know we make brownies? No? We have a cafe in our Motcomb […]
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• Our best Father’s Day gift yet? June 13, 2013
  Cigars. Whisky. Tea. Chocolate. All brilliant things to get for Father’s Day. But what if you went one further and combined them all? Handmade with a crunchy cocoa-dusted dark chocolate outer shell the cigar is filled with a silky dark ganache centre that fills your mouth with the smoky aroma of Lapsang Souchong tea first […]
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• Our apprentice chocolatier comes second in the UK Junior Chocolate Masters June 12, 2013
  Last Thursday our new apprentice, Samantha, took part in the UK Junior Chocolate Masters at Barry Callebaut’s UK Chocolate Academy in Oxfordshire. 5 chocolatiers aged 17-23 took part in the competition, which had the theme Architecture of Taste.  Competitors had to produce 4 plated chocolate desserts, 30-60 individual chocolates and a show piece in a 7 hour […]
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• Report from Mott’s funeral service on 9 June in New York. June 10, 2013
  The funeral took place yesterday of our dear friend, inspiration and chocolate colleague Mott Green (David Friedman) at the Jewish Memorial Chapel in New York. We joined Mott’s family and over 200 people, from Grenada, London, Holland and all over the USA, to celebrate Mott’s life. The service brought together the disparate threads of his […]
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• Mott Green, 47, Dies – Founded Grenada Chocolate – NYTimes obituary June 10, 2013
  Mott Green, who emerged from a hermitlike existence in a bamboo hut in the jungle of Grenada to produce a coveted Caribbean delicacy — rich, dark chocolate bars that he exported around the world with the help of sailboats, bicycles and solar-powered refrigeration — died on June 1 in Grenada. He was 47. He was […]
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• Flashback Friday: Chantal cuts her own hair, aged 6 June 7, 2013
  Flashback Friday is part of our 30th birthday celebrations, where we dig through Chantal’s archive of photos each week. Enjoy! Chantal is around 6 in this snap, and says that dress looks like it must have been terribly scratchy! She thinks it was taken in Dulwich Park, just after she decided it would be a […]
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