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• Flashback Friday: Chantal in Borneo with Ros May 17, 2013
  Chantal’s father was a doctor specialising in tropical diseases, and the family moved frequently with his work. She thinks she was just under 2 years old in this sweet photo, which was taken in Borneo at the christening of her sister Ros. Flashback Friday is part of our 30th birthday celebrations, where we dig through […]
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• Sad news about our bees May 16, 2013
  If you follow Rococo Chocolates or Chantal on Twitter, you might know that Chantal keeps bees. Here she is below unpacking the nucleus (a complete set of workers and drones plus queen, with thanks to The Co-Operative’s Plan Bee Campaign) in 2010. Last year’s cold, wet summer followed by a harsh winter has severely impacted […]
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• A closer look at our award-winning passion fruit & rosemary caramel May 14, 2013
  Our new passion fruit and rosemary caramel is one of the chocolates in our limited edition gift box (sold online at 20% off retail price).   All four chocolates in the box won gold at the Academy of Chocolate Awards 2013, and we heard last week that three of them, including this chocolate, have also […]
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• Ask Chantal: is white chocolate really chocolate? May 13, 2013
  Chantal loved this question from Hannah Gross. It’s something she deals with in her new book, but she was happy to talk a bit more about it here. The simple answer is that some people don’t count white chocolate as ‘real’ chocolate because it contains no cocoa solids. However, James (our MD) and Chantal agree […]
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• A closer look at our award-winning salted chocolate toffee & crunchy praline May 11, 2013
  Next up on our list of Academy of Chocolate gold award winners is the salted chocolate toffee and crunchy praline. Sounds good, doesn’t it? We asked Barry to tell us more. He says: I was inspired by everyone’s love of salted caramel but wanted to change it and do something different. I wanted to make […]
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• Flashback Friday: Chantal on her first birthday May 10, 2013
  Chantal was born in Tehran, and the family returned to London before moving to Borneo. Chantal was too young to remember, but this picture with her father was taken in that brief period in London, probably in Regent’s Park. As part of our 30th birthday celebrations, we’re digging through Chantal’s archive of photos each week […]
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• Exciting news from the International Chocolate Awards 2013 May 9, 2013
  This morning we’ve had some great news from the International Chocolate Awards, an independent competition that recognises excellence in fine chocolate from around the world. The organisers aim to highlight the work of chocolatiers and chocolate makers internationally and in their own countries, reaching out to local food communities and helping to build pub […]
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• A Closer Look at our Award-Winning Kalamansi Lime Caramel May 8, 2013
  We’re selling a limited number of our Academy of Chocolate gold award-winning fresh chocolates in a gift box online… but what’s really inside? Today we’re taking a closer look at the Kalamansi Lime Caramel. The shell is 60% dark Valrhona chocolate shaped like a cocoa pod, flecked with green cocoa butter to reflect the flavour […]
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• 20% Off Award-Winning Box of 4 Chocolates May 4, 2013
  Our gold medal award-winning fresh ganache chocolates are normally only available in our shops in London and Chester. Those of you who don’t live close enough to pop in have been telling us you’d like to try them though, so we’re selling a limited number of boxes online at 20% off the in-store price. The […]
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• Flashback Friday: Chantal at 6 Weeks May 3, 2013
  As part of our 30th birthday celebrations, we held a pop-up exhibition in the space that will soon be our Moxon Street shop. It held all sorts of treasures from Rococo’s past, including many of Chantal’s old photos, and once we’d seen them we couldn’t resist sharing some. We’re starting right at the beginning, and Chantal […]
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