Share William Curley has a wonderful shop within which are some fantastic chocolates filled with the most lovely ganache made from some of the best chocolate, co0vered in a thin coating of that same delectable chocolate. From their selection I chose Earl Grey Tea, Mulled Wine and Sea Salt Caramel. Earl Grey Tea chocolate – [...]

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Share When I met and interviewed Paul Wayne Gregory, I was gifted with a triad of his new popping candy, chocolate and sea salted caramel pops.  These were kindly gifted to me after a discussion about the sea salt caramel in my other box and chatting in general.  I have to admit some trepidation as [...]

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Share Born on the 1st of July 2008, Xococava is one of the newer chocolate shops to hit Toronto.  Located in Deslie Court just north of the St Clair subway station, this ideally located chocolate shop brings some of the most innovative chocolates to Toronto.  From the perennial salted caramel favourite – a popular chocolate [...]

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Share This small box of chocolates which you can pick up for £12 arrived at my home in a giant box.  Delving in to the bubble wrap was fun, but not as much fun as the chocolates themselves were. There were 2 each of 5 different flavours, one worrying labled “olive”.  Having tried an olive [...]

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Share An interview with the lovely Paul Wayne Gregory of Paul Wayne Gregory Chocolates about his chocolate and his passion for pastry.

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Share I originally found this chain as the Australia Ice Cream and Chocolate shops in Amsterdam.  Here in Berlin they are Bandy Brooks with ice cream and a range of chocolates.  These aren’t the best chocolates in the world and really I had to invent an extra category for them as they aren’t great but [...]

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Share While in the famous Fassbender & Rausch shop, I picked up some of the Kleines Konfekt miniature dessert chocolates.  With a solid chocolate base and whipped chocolate body in a plastic cover, they were too cute to ignore.  I chose Latte Macchiato and Chocolate Praline versions of these chocolate delights. Petit Petit Chocolate Praline [...]

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Share This interview with Artisan du Chocolat‘s Gerard Coleman was taken in March 2010 at the Southbank Chocolate Festival which happens regularly twice a year.

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Share   I visited this shop as one of the few places advertised as having chocolates.  Language is always a difficulty and the gentleman there behind the counter did his best to help.  When asked he said that the chocolates at Icexoc were handmade by the owner.  I suspected otherwise but purchased what I was [...]

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Share Everyone who knows me knows I love Soma chocolate and hate their awful customer service. Any shop where someone walks away while I fish for a business card or forces a woman whose water has broken to either wait her turn in line or abandon her purchases instead of letting her pay and go [...]

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