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It’s the start of a new term & a new stage of life for Chococo. To update all our customers, supporters & friends, we are in the process of re-fitting a commercial unit in nearby... |
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Chococo has a full page feature on page 29 of the September issue of Fine Food Digest, a key trade publication for the artisan food world.Claire's passion for educating consumers about the world... |
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Chococo's Heavenly Honeycombe Bar is shortlisted in the BAA Travel Product Awards 2010 We were delighted to hear that our Heavenly Honeycombe milk chocolate bar has been shortlisted for this year's BAA Heathrow Top Travel Product Awards 2010 in the Travel Gift Category!We are... |
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Chococo August Bank Holiday Opening Times Just to confirm that we will be open as usual over the August Bank Holiday.We will be open from 9.30am - 5.30pm on Saturday 28th & Monday 30th August and from 11am to 4pm on Sunday 29th... |
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Just a few places left on the kids chocolate-making workshop at Chococo on Aug 8th There are just a few places left on the 3-4pm workshop for children age 7+ to spend an hour making chocolates in our chocolate kitchen opposite our shop & cafe this Sunday August 8th.Enjoy a hot... |
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A free bag of fresh cream truffles when you spend £20+ SPECIAL OFFER!!When you spend £20 or more on line we will send you a FREE 100g bag of assorted fresh cream truffles.Flavours will include vanilla, raspberry, dark truffle & chilli |
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Chococo is at Camp Bestival with a pop-up Chocolate Cafe Look out for our pop-up Chocolate Cafe in the Kids Garden field opposite the Boden tent!Treat yourself to chocolate fondues with fresh fruits, cherubs, choc chip scones with dulce de leche &... |
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Chococo Chocolate Cafe & Shop Summer Opening Times From Sunday 25th July - Sunday 29th August our opening times for the shop & cafe will be changing for the Summer season. They are as follows:Sunday 11am - 4pmMonday 9.30am - 5.30pmTuesd |
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A few places left on Chococo Chocolate-Making Workshops for kids on 25th July! If you are in Swanage this Sunday 25th July, we still have a few places left on our 11am - noon and 1-2pm chocolate-making workshops for children age 7+ here at Cocoa Central.Why not leave them to... |
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This is for all our Community members, the site is currently down and we are not too sure if & when it will be coming back as the company who run the platform are in financial difficulties!We... |
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Chococo confirms dates for Summer chocolate-making workshops for children Book today for one of our ever popular Chocolate-making workshops for children (aged 7+) here at Chococo through the summer holidays.This year we are going to run the workshops on Sundays as we... |
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Chococo wins 4 more Great Taste Awards including a coveted 3 Star Gold! We are delighted to announce that we have won another clutch of awards at this year's Great Taste Awards, known as the oscars of the food industry, for both UK & international foods sold in... |
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Our Chococo cafe is fully geared up for this glorious hot weather - we have ice cream sundae choices galore, for both big & little people, all made with local Purbeck ice cream and our hot... |
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Bournemouth Echo feature the Chococo & Ringwood Brewery Partnership The Bournemouth Echo newspaper have featured the Chococo & Ringwood Partnership to make Old Thumper Beer chocolates for Father's Day 2010 & have described us "two local enterprising... |
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Fun for Fathers at Chococo on Sat 19th June Its all happening at Chococo on Sat 19th June for Dads:Get a FREE bottle of Old Thumper beer, Ringwood Brewery's flagship beer, with EVERY purchase of £15+, as long as the purchaser is... |
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Father's Day gifts available from Chococo There is still time to order a unique handmade chocolate gift from Chococo for Father's Day. The big day is Sunday June 20th & we will be despatching orders until Friday 18th June.Choose from... |
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Chococo is open as usual on Bank holiday Monday May 31st Our shop & cafe is open as usual today until 5pm on bank holiday Monday May 31st. |
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Chococo is featured in article about Visiting Swanage on GreatBritishLife.co.uk Have a look at this lovely article all about visiting Swanage - a bit of history, things to do (including visiting us as a "must do") and lots of photos. If you havent ever visited us, it... |
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The Chococo Chocolate Cafe's 1st Birthday Party & Half Term Events at Cocoa Central in Swanage We are celebrating our Chocolate Cafe's first birthday with a week long party over Half Term here at Cocoa Central in Swanage! Starting on Saturday 29th May, we will be offering special... |
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Chococo offers 15% discount on everything online until May 31st We are offering a silly 15% off everything on our site until May 31st to celebrate our chocolate cafe's first birthday & the launch of our Father's Day range.So treat yourself or Dad to a... |
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We are very excited to announce that we are to publish the Chococo Chocolate Cookbook next spring with Ryland, Peters & Small (who published the number one best-selling Hummingbird Bakery... |
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Mad May Chococo Offer of a FREE Grenada Chocolate bar with every purchase of £30+! We are great supporters of The Grenada Chocolate Company & absolutely love their 71% cocoa solids organic dark chocolate bar which is why we have launched them on our web site to purchase |
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Chococo will be OPEN on Bank Holiday Monday Just to reassure you that our shop & cafe here in Swanage will be open as usual on both bank holiday Mondays in May from 10am - 5pm.We look forward to welcoming you to Chococo if you are in the... |
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Chococo prepares to attend the Dorset Knob Throwing Festival at Cattistock Yes we have giggled over this event too! Only in Dorset could you have a festival dedicated to the art of throwing the iconic Dorset knobs biscuits.The first festival was held at Cattistock in... |
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Chococo is open until 5.30pm today Easter Saturday & our shop is FULL of stock! We have a full range of all our Easter eggs, hens, duck eggs and fresh chocolates so if you can come to us here in Swanage, we can fulfill all your Easter chocolate desires!Everything is selling fast... |
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Claire of Chococo talks to Radio Solent's Julian Clegg Wed 31st March If you thought you heard Claire on radio Solent this morning, you were right! She spoke to Julian Clegg about a study published in the European Heart Journal which shows that just one small square of... |
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If you are still wanting to buy Chococo Easter Gifts - this is where you may find them.. If you are in London, or any big city with a Selfridges or Harvey Nichols, check out their confectionery halls as you may still find some of our range of 200g milk, dark, honeycombe & Jurassic... |
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Due to very late press coverage in the Independent & Metro today, we have extended our order deadline on the featured Jurassic Egg.We are unable to supply any other Easter lines as we have sold... |
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We have closed our Easter order book having kept it open an extra day, as due to unprecedented demand, our team is working flat out to ensure we can meet all demand both online & locally - we... |
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Chococo has extended Easter order deadline, given the media interest but duck eggs are sold out! We have extended our Easter order deadline, given the media interest in our range, but we have only a limited number of gifts available to order at this late stage!Unfortunately we have sold out... |
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Included in Stella Magazine's round-up of the "Very Best Easter Chocolate", are our mini Duck Eggs:"This kaleidoscopic new design is typical of Claire and... |
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We hope you saw the Panorama programme about West African chocolate Depressing viewing but please be aware of these issues - childhood slavery is still a huge issue in West Africa..despite the existence of faitrade.Our house chocolate is from Venezuela and is... |
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Limited Edition Ultimate Chococo Easter Egg now available to buy from our Swanage shop We have come up with an ultimate Easter egg that is a kilo in weight and 25.5 cms tall. The milk chocolate egg, hand decorated with white & dark chocolate flowers, contains a dark... |
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Chococo Shop & Cafe Easter Opening Times Our chocolate shop & cafe here in Swanage will be open:Usual times of 10-5pm until Wed 31st March9.30am - 5.30pm: Thursday 1st April - Saturday 3rd April (Easter Saturday)Closed: Easter... |
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Raymond Blanc reviews Chococo Easter Eggs for Observer Food Monthly Raymond Blanc describes our 200g Deliciously dark studded Easter Egg as "clever" and loves our 200g Jurassic Dinosaur Egg with its dinosaurs inside - he gives them both 4/5 in a Taste Test... |
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Chococo wins "Best Assortment" in Chocablog's Chocsters Awards 2010 We were delighted & humbled to win "Best Assortment" for our fresh chocolate selection boxes in this year's Chocsters Awards run by esteemed online chocolate blog, Chocablog |
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delicious magazine feature all 4 of the Chococo 200g Easter Eggs in Giftboxes If you buy an April issue of delicious magazine you wont miss the amazing picture of all 4 of our 200g Easter eggs in our stylish gift boxes on their page of Easter treats!We are also featured in... |
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Woman & Home magazine describe our Chococo Honeycombe Egg as the ultimate Easter treat The editor of Woman & Home magazine April edition has picked our her favourite treats for Easter and she loves our Milk chocolate honeycombe egg:"GOLDEN EGGThis gold-dusted chocolate egg... |
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Chococo Easter treats hit the press again! We are eggstatic to see that Good Homes magazine have featured our NEW Dorset Duck Eggs in their April issue calling them " hidden treasures". Also the Food & Travel... |
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Treat Your Mum For Mother's Day Your Mum deserves a treat for Mother's Day and we have the perfect idea!Come to our Cafe here in Swanage, Dorset on Saturday 13th March & enjoy £10+ of cafe treats & we will... |
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Chococo launches new Gift Voucher service Lynne has just loaded our new gift voucher service online for both gift vouchers that can be redeemed on our website or vouchers to use here in our shop & cafe here in Swanage.So for that... |
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Many thanks to all our local Chococo customers who helped us raise £ for the Haiti earthquake Many thanks to everyone who put some change in our collecting tins here at our shop & cafe in Swanage, for victims of the Haiti earthquake - we raised £77.80! |
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Chococo Mother's Day & Easter handmade chocolates gifts ranges now available to buy Mother's Day is on Sunday 14th March this year and we have a beautiful range of our handmade chocolate gifts to delight Mums of all ages - from special selections of fresh chocolates to personalis |
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We are delighted to be working with Clipper Tea based here in Dorset in Beaminster.5 of our large Mother's Day Selection Boxes and 100 organza bags filled with 4 fresh chocolates are to be prizes... |
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Its a Love thing here at Chococo this Valentine's Day & Half Term We are gearing up for a true love fest here at Chococo this weekend & for half term.We will have our new special LOVE FONDUES to share in our cafe - a deliciously dark fondue served in... |
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Chocoblog reviews Chococo Love Box on Feb 8th 2010 In summary:"I can’t recommend these chocolates highly enough. The flavour combinations work exceptionally well, the presentation is top notch and the ingredients are so fresh that Chococo... |
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Channel 4 Food features The Lovers Gift Set by Chococo in their Top 10 Valentine Chocolate Gifts "Chocolates from this artisan team consistently impress and the only problem is fighting your loved ones for your favourites. All that is resolved with this clever collection of 6 romantically themed flavours including raspberry truffles and dulce de leche kisses, meaning you can focus on the one you love. Keep the love alive as demolish the cherub-encrusted chocoalte heart made from ethically sourced Venezuelan carenero beans." To buy a Chocolate Lover's Gift set click here To read the full article click here |
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Truefoodie's Blog describes Chococo Valentine chocolates as ridiculously pretty Truefoodies Blog of 2nd February lists our Lover's Gift Set at the top of their round-up of the best edible Valentine gifts to give this year. They also suggest fresh fish boxes & heart-shaped |
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Childrens Making Workshops for Half Term Thinking of something fun for the kids to do in Half term? Why not bring them to our childrens workshop on Saturday 13th February where they will have the chance to make their own chocolate... |
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Chococo to increase its support for CoffeeKids We are delighted to be supporting Coffee Kids, Giving grounds for hope to coffee growing communities in Latin America, with per-cup contributions from every coffee sold in our chocolate cafe here in... |
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Chococo launches new Honeycombe Heart for Valentine's Day We are delighted to announce the arrival of our Giant Honeycombe heart for this Valentine's Day - building on the huge popularity of our honeycombe Easter egg (set to make a comeback this year)... |
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All cakes & bakery items are HALF PRICE if bought with a hot drink in our cafe until Jan 30th! Enjoy any of our handmade lemon or fruit cakes, chocolate biscuit cakes, millionaire's shortbread, brownies, toasted teacakes or scones for half price when bought with any full-sized hot drink in... |
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Weekend Mail Magazine feature our Gilded Cherub Heart for Valentine's Day Lydia Slater of the Weekend Mail Magazine on Jan 23rd recommends us for Valentine Gifts:"It's hard to go wrong with chocolates on 14 February, especially if they're Chococo chocs, which... |
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Valentines is coming to Chococo soon We are putting the finishing touches to our Valentine's range which will be on our web site by the weekend. So if you are looking for a gorgeous gift for your loved one then Chococo is the place... |
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Chococo now serving new bakery items from Winterborne Bakery for our cafe We are delighted to be working with the Winterborne Bakery in 2010 after the success of their Christmas range for us.We are now offering their scones (either plain or fruit) served warm with locally... |
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Its business as usual here at Chococo as we have no snow We are open for business taking mail orders & for our shop & cafe here in Swanage as we must be one of the few places in the country with no snow!We are all feeling very left out as although... |
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Its all happening here at Chococo! We have been working full tilt now for nearly 2 weeks despatching orders for domestic & corporate clients and now our local shop here in Swanage is packed too...we are still making fresh chocolate |
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Chococo shop opening times for Christmas & the New Year Just to let you all know that our shop here in Swanage will be open from 10am - 5pm as usual on Sat 19th, Mon 21st, Tues 22nd & Wed 23rd.We will be open until 2pm on Christmas Eve and then closed... |
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The Times features our Chococo Seasonal Selection Boxes on Dec 11th We were delighted to be featured in The Times Daily section on December 11th as an item for your Christmas List:"Chococo is based in Dorset and uses local ingredients where possible in its... |
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BBC Good Food Magazine feature our Decidedly Dark Box as a brilliant standby gift Good Food Magazine Jan 2010 issue features our Decidedly Dark selection box as a brilliant standby gift for Christmas."A delicously dark collection with adventurous fillings such as Blackcurrant... |
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Chococo's pink glitter star & honeycombe baubles are featured in Daily Telegraph weekend Magazine We are featured on Carolyn Hart's food news page on page 73 of the Daily Telegraph Weekend magazine:"Choc of the New Irresistable glittery pink chocolate star lollies and chocolate baubles... |
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Rose Prince, the new English Cook, has featured us as one of her "Christmas Food Suppliers we love" on pages 8 & 9 of the Daily Telegraph Weekend Magazine today Saturday 5th December. "Best for Chocolate I tasted my first treat from this accomplished chocolatier at the Wimborne Food Festival this year and adored the creativity and silky, perfectly tempered chocolate. Filled chocolates, pastilles and bars - all decadently festive and pretty, multicoloured boxes." |
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Our large fresh seasonal selection box is featured on p61 of Stella Magazine (Sunday Telegraph) today Sunday November 29th.Click below to see full details for our annual best seller... |
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The Daily Mail Weekend Magazine feature our chocolate Christmas Trees The Daily Mail Weekend Magazine of November 28th has featured our snazzy pink Christmas trees in their feature of Christmas gifts so good to eat....They love the idea of our raspberry-infused white... |
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Chococo Fundraising for Children in Need Children in Need is on Friday 20th November this year and we have lots of fun ideas to raise money! |
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Chococo makes it into the press! Chococo treats are featured in the press! |
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Chococo Christmas Range is now available to pre-order! We are delighted to announce that our Christmas 2009 range is finally available to pre-order online or by phone!We have held fresh selection box prices and have a range of special offers to save you... |
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Half Term Events & Dorset Food Week fun here at Chococo Dorset Food Week & Half Term is looming fast (it starts this weekend Sat 24th October) & as ever we are busy here at Chococo with events for everyone.On Sunday 25th October we will be... |
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Hello to everyone we met at the Eat Dorset Food Fair at Parnham House We had a fantastic weekend at The annual Eat Dorset Food Fair at Parnham House near Beaminster on 17th & 18th October.Lots of Dorset food businesses were there as well as locally-based chefs... |
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Check out the Chocablog review of our fresh Chococo Chocolates Respected chocolate blogger Dom of Chocablog met us at the Chocolate Unwrapped show in London on 10-11th October & has reviewed a selection of our chocolates & he really liked them!http://www |
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Its Chocolate Week & Chococo is celebrating with events & offers galore! The annual celebration of fine chocolate is here. We are running lots of exciting things here at Chococo throughout Chocolate Week, including launching our Autumn Flavours Selection box online... |
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Visit our new Chococo Community to see videos we took at the Chocolate Unwrapped Show in London Watch Sarah creating her chocolate sandcastle sculpture & meet the brilliant chocolatier Paul A Young talking about his new book "Adventures with Chocolate", at Chocolate Unwrapped, a... |
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We are monitoring the Royal Mail situation here at Chococo We want to give reassurance to our customers when they place their order...... |
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Chococo's Chocolate Week Events are featured in the Sunday Independent We were featured in the Agenda section of the Sunday Independent magazine & online on Sunday 11th October for our events for Chocolate Week 2009.On the agenda: Ballet, books and must-have... |
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We are delighted to be working with two amazing local creative ladies - Sue & Kim of Peasant Products here in Purbeck not only spin & weave beautiful rugs from their sheep's wool but also... |
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Something fun for the kids to do in Half Term...................make chocolate! |
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Please join our NEW Chococo Community! We are delighted to announce the launch of our new online Chococo Community - our very own special place to go to discuss & delight in fresh chocolates with all sorts of chocolatey treats... |
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Hello to everyone we met at the Feast of Dorset Festival We hope you all enjoyed the festival - we enjoyed meeting you even if we were in the dark in our bohemian tent!We hope that you will not only visit us online but also come down to Swanage next time... |
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Christmas is coming to Chococo...but not just yet! Just to let you all know that we are working on our Christmas range and it will be available online to pre-order by early October, so watch this space!We will be offering our range of fresh seasonal... |
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Chococo reaches the South West Regional shortlist at the Great Taste Award Finals 2009 Claire represented the Chococo team at the Finals of the 2009 Great Taste Awards held at Fortnum & Masons in Piccadilly on Monday 7th Sept.A glittering event attended by over 300 people, including |
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Chococo wins Inspirational Food Business at the Taste of Dorset Awards! We were thrilled to win the prestigious Inspirational Food Business Award at the Taste of Dorset 2009 food awards last night held at the Dorset County Showground in Dorchester.One of 4 finalists, all... |
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Chococo open for Bank Holiday Weekend Chococo Cafe & shop will be open over Bank Holiday Weekend |
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Amaze your friends with this chocolate basket recipe by Chococo Just for fun, we thought you might share a recipe with you - if you can call it that - its more of a stunning way to create a dessert very simply & easily & get a great conversation going... |
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Celebrate Exam Success with a unique chocolate Star Bar by Chococo To coincide with A level and GCSE exam results being announced, we have created a very special star shaped bar of chocolate for you to give to someone who is celebrating (or may need a little... |
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Chococo now supporting Coffee Kids Chococo is delighted to announce that we are now working with Coffee Kids, an organisation whose mission is to improve the lives of coffee communities in Central America. |
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We have won a 3 STAR GOLD Great Taste Award plus 2 more Gold Awards! We are delighted to have won a coveted 3 STAR Gold Great Taste Award for our Blackcurrant Beauty fresh chocolate. |
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Chococo cafe & shop is open on Sundays until 30th August Just to let you know that we are now open every Sunday until the end of August from 11am to 4pm, so you can get your Chococo fix of fresh chocolates or a sweet treat from our cafe every day of the... |
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We are there at the festival and the sun is finally shining! We are in our bright pink gazebo in the kids garden directly behind the castle. You cant miss us as we have our very colourful tall flags... |
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Welcome to You Magazine readers - our new community is coming very soon! Welcome to all readers of You Magazine of the Mail on Sunday...we hope you enjoy browsing our site and using your special promotion code for your discount (yes folks, if you buy You Magazine today... |
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Dates for Chocolate-Making Demos at Chococo through the holidays We will be running our popular free-to-view chocolate making demonstrations every Monday, Wednesday & Friday at Noon through the holidays from Monday 20th July to 28th August.Find out about the... |
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Summer Holiday Opening Times at Chococo in Swanage Chococo will be open on Sundays during the forthcoming Summer Holidays for the first time ever.Our Summer holiday opening times kick off from Sunday 19th July to Sunday 30th August & will... |
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Please vote for Chococo in the Good Food TV Local Hero Awards We have been nominated again for the Local Food Hero 2009 awards run by Good Food TV (formally UKTV). We reached the shortlist for the South West region in 2008 and would love to do even better this... |
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Purbeck Blogger writes about our Chococo Cafe Nikki a local mum, has started a blog for every day of a year of her life here in Purbeck has written a blog about her recent visit for a hot chocolate and has taken some photos of us all in... |
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New Beer Chocolate made with Old Thumper from Ringwood Brewery launched by Chococo for Father's Day We are delighted to announce the launch of New Thumper, a dark chocolate blended with a specially made concentrate of Old Thumper, Ringwood Brewery's flagship beer.With a touch of molasses &... |
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Chococo launches new chocolate at the River Cottage Strawberry Fair Andy & Sarah are representing us at the River Cottage Strawberry Fair at River Cottage HQ today Sunday 14th June with a feast of strawberry-flavoured chocolates, including a brand new fresh... |
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Chococo offer a BOGOF in our new Chocolate Cafe To celebrate the opening of our new chocolate cafe we are offering a BOGOF - buy a classic hot chocolate, pot of tea or Sicilian roasted coffee & get one free!To receive this offer, all we ask is... |
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Chococo collects Gold Award for Gorgeous Ginger chocolate Claire of Chococo attended the Academy of Chocolate Awards presentation last night at the Arts Club on Dover St in London to collect our Gold Award for our Gorgeous Ginger fresh chocolate in front of... |
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We are running a chocolate-making demonstration at noon on Friday 29th May Just to let you know that we will be running one of our free-to-view chocolate-making demonstration at noon tomorrow Friday 29th May outside our chocolate workshop here in Swanage. If you are in the... |
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Chococo is featured in the Sunday Times Summer Special Gastro Tour of Britain Chococo is featured as one of the best food destinations to visit on a Gastro Tour of Britain in The Sunday Times Style's Summer Special on 24th May."Turn your hols into a foodies'... |
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Our Chococo Chocolate Cafe is now Open & we are open on Bank Holiday Monday We have finally managed to get our long awaited chocolate cafe open today serving all manner of deliciously sweet treats so if you are in the area over half term, come on down!We have a range of... |
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Spend just £20 or more and we will send a FREE 100g bar of Heavenly Honeycombe with your order |
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Welcome to any Cocoamoi Brownies Customers Welcome to Chococo, anyone who has come to us via Cocoamoi. The Cococamoi team are now longer making brownies (as they are focusing on other priorities), but have re-directed their old site to us as... |
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Metro Newspaper features Chococo & supports our fresh, quality approach to chocolate Metro Newspaper features Chococo on April 7th in a feature about Easter chocolate but also about fine chocolate in general & this is what they had to say about us:"Based in Dorset, Andy... |
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Chococo to be live on air on the Julian Clegg breakfast Show on Radio Solent Thursday 9th April If you are local to us in the Hampshire, Isle of Wight or Dorset area, make sure you have your radios tuned to Radio Solent on 96.1FM (or 103.8FM if you are in West Dorset) from 7am tomorrow to... |
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We were honoured & delighted to be invited by the team at Harvey Nichols Knightsbridge store to run a chocolate-making demonstration & workshop for 40 guests last night, April 7th.We demonstra |
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Chococo Dotty the Hen & Honeycombe Eggs are SOLD OUT! Sorry folks but we have sold out of our Dotties & honeycombe eggs and given the huge demand we are seeing for all our chocolates this Easter, we just dont have the time to make any |
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Easter Holiday Opening times at Chococo in Swanage Our Easter holiday opening times at our shop here in Swanage are:Now until Easter Saturday: 9.30am-5.30pmEaster Sunday & Monday: ClosedTues 14th April onwards: back to 10am-5pmOur popular Purbeck... |
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Our Dark Shimmer Egg makes it into The Daily Mail The Daily Mail have featured our dark shimmer egg in their Weekend Magazine! |
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Chococo Honeycombe Egg is featured in The Daily Express on April 6th We were delighted to be featured in the Daily Express round-up of their "Pick of the Best Luxury Easter Eggs"."Handmade in Dorset this egg contains crunchy honeycombe pieces and is... |
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Chococo partners with Wiggly Wigglers to offer our chocolates with their Wiggly bouquets This is Lynne our Mail Order Manager with a lovely bouquet from the floristry team at Wiggly Wigglers based in Herefordshire.If you havent heard of Wiggly Wigglers, they are a fantastic bunch of... |
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Chococo will be attending the Hotel & Catering Show at the BIC for the first time We will be attending the Hotel & Catering Show at the Bournemouth International Conference Centre for the first time this year. The show runs from Tuesday 10th to Wednesday 11th March and we look... |
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Mother's Day Gifts by Chococo now available to order Mother's Day is on Sunday March 22nd and we have a delicious range of chocolate gifts to delight Mums of all ages this year, including our brand new, personalised chocolate heart, complete with... |
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Chococo wins GOLD at the prestigious Academy of Chocolate Awards Chococo is delighted to receive another Gold Award from the Academy of Chocolate for our Gorgeous Ginger chocolate. |
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Mother's Day and Easter are on their way........ With the last chocolate heart packed and on it's way to a loved one we are now concentrating on Mother's Day and Easter.The little chocolate pixies in the factory are busy creating lots of... |
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We've got snow in Swanage - unheard of!! Thought this might amuse all of you who come to Swanage...it has snowed enough to throw snowballs & make snowmen!Some of the local first schools are even closed too...much excitement all round... |
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Say it with Chocolate this Valentine's Day Say it in your own words this Valentine's Day with a bespoke 250g milk or dark chocolate heart piped with your message in white chocolate.Your heart will be handmade, decorated and giftwrapped... |
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Chococo Launches new range of Personalised Bars We are delighted to announce the launch of our new range of personalised chocolate bars available in 3 different shapes and all at the same price of £17.50 incl P&P.You can choose a star,... |
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Chocolate Making Workshops here at Chococo on Feb 14th To celebrate both Valentine's Day and the start of Half Term, we are running 3 of our extremely popular chocolate-making workshops on Saturday 14th February.Open to children age 7+ & their... |
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Chococo is proud to be supporting the Great Dorset Dinner Claire joined other Dorset Food Producers on a very cold morning recently to launch the Great Dorset Dinner 2009. This unique new event is aimed at raising a huge amount of money for our local... |
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The team would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas - they are all pretty knackered after working their socks off for you all month & are looking forward to the annual lie-down in a... |
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We have now closed our Christmas Order Book We have now closed our Christmas Order book for this year - we always close it around the 15th December and this year we have managed to go until the evening of the 16th but now our order book is... |
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Chococo's Christmas Opening Hours We will be open here in Swanage as usual until Christmas Eve, when we close at 2pm.We give the whole team a bit of a break and open the shop again from December 29th to 31st - however, we will not be... |
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Claire of Chococo is featured on Women Unlimited - the online community for female entrepreneurs Chococo - Excellence & sustainability in chocolatesDecember 10, 2008 by Julie Hall - Editor · Claire Burnet is a woman with a mission. To bring high quality, fresh chocolates to the... |
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Chococo is featured in the Metro Today Tuesday 9th December Chococo is featured in today's Metro in their Shop Around Good Taste section as the "Eat Me" option:" Check small Dorset company Chococo's handmade credit crunch snowman (from... |
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We are celebrating our 6th Birthday with 6 Festive Offers valid until midnight on Sunday! We thought it would be fun to celebrate our 6th Birthday this week (how on earth did that happen? it certainly doesnt feel as though we have been in business 6 years now!) with 6 birthday presents... |
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Chococo's Advent Selection Box is featured in the Times Magazine 29th Nov Its not too late to order your Advent Selection Box as featured in today's Times Magazine, as one of "Six Great Advent Calenders", although you will have to be quick!Ours was the only... |
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Chococo's Luxury Chocolate Hamper is featured in the Daily Mail 22nd Nov Our Luxury Chocolate Hamper for Christmas is featured in the Daily Mail on Nov 22nd in a round-up of the best Heavenly Hampers for this Christmas.Ours is described as being "presented in a... |
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Chococo launches Special Festive 3 Month Chocolate Club membership for the ultimate Christmas Gift We are delighted to announce the launch of our Festive edition of our 3 Month Chococoholics Club membership. |
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Chococo launches handmade Christmas Card by local artist as a festive finishing touch to gifts We are delighted to launch our latest collaboration with local Swanage artist Janine Drayson. Janine has created bespoke Christmas cards for us using her wonderful painting of Rudolph. The cards have... |
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The Sandbanks Ferry across Poole Harbour is back! We are all delighted to announce that the chain ferry across the mouth of Poole harbour is finally back in service after 2 months off for maintenance...so now you do not have to drive all the way... |
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Chococo at the Dorset Business Awards 2008 We were proud to be one of 3 finalists for the Entrepreneur of the Year award at the Dorset Business Awards held last night in Bournemouth.As you can see from the picture it was a glamorous night in... |
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Chococo's new hot chocolate & Emma Bridgewater mug gift set is featured in a round-up of the best of Christmas shopping on the internet. They say:"Order early - like now - to get a huge... |
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Chococo's Marble Cake Yule Log is featured in Country Living Magazine December issue We were delighted to see our increasingly famous & quite delicious Purbeck Marble Cake Yule Log featured in a beautiful full page colour photo leading Country Living Magazine's round up of... |
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Chococo launches new gift packaging for bars and other treats We are delighted to launch our stunning new gift packaging for our square 125g bars and also gift packs for treats such as our very popular heavenly honeycombe bars and also for the first time... |
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Chococo is featured in Homes & Gardens, House & Garden & Fresh Magazines Chococo's special chocolates, including our Advent Selection Boxes, are already getting featured in the press for this Christmas.Homes & Gardens feature Chococo in their Top 10 round-up... |
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Claire's blog for Half Term week Another busy week has passed again for us over Dorset Food Week & also Half Term despite the cold weather! |
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Update on Chococo chocolate-making workshops through the Winter Just to say that all our chocolate-making workshops this Saturday 1st November are now fully booked as indeed are all the remaining available slots for our children's birthday parties and... |
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Chococo South West Selection Box is featured in today's Times Magazine October 25th 2008 One of our limited edition South West Selection Boxes is featured in The Times Magazine on Saturday 25th October in the 6 Kitchen Greats Section.Our South West Selection Box is... |
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Dorset Food Week & Half Term Activities at Chococo It's Dorset Food Week time again and it's happening over our local Half Term from October 27th to November 1st.We will be running our daily chocolate-making demonstrations every weekday at... |
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Claire's blog for a very busy Chocolate Week Phew what a busy week we have just had - Chocolate Week certainly comes at a busy time of year for us but we had a great, if manic, week |
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Chococo teams up with Emma Bridgewater for Chocolate Week launch Chococo launches ChococoCocoa at Emma Bridgewater as part of Chocolate Week 2008 |
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Chococo's plans for Chocolate Week 13-19th Oct Here at Chococo plans are taking shape for our involvement in Chocolate Week, an annual celebration of the world of fine chocolate, taking place this year from October 13th - 19th. |
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Claire & Andy Burnet of Chococo are on the shortlist for the Dorset Entrepreneur of the Year Award We are delighted to be one of the 3 shortlisted finalists for the Entrepreneur of the Year Award in the 2008 Dorset Business Awards - the winner is to be announced in November |
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Chococo is one of the Foods in Fashion for Autumn/Winter 08 according to Channel 4 Channel 4 Food published their Foods in Fashion on their website on September 15th 2008 |
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Christmas at Chococo is coming...but not just yet! We are busy putting the finishing touches to our range of luxury handmade chocolates for Christmas 2008 for you to order from mid October. |
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Chococo is featured in the Sunday Times Style Magazine Lucas Hollweg, 'The Real Foodie' of Sunday Times Style has featured us today, Sunday 31st August. |
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Chococo awarded Ethical Company Accreditation Chococo is delighted to have been awarded with Ethical Company Accreditation after a thorough audit. |
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We survived the rain at the River Cottage Festival! Sarah & Kay represented Chococo at the annual River Cottage festival held on Sept 6th & 7th & had a fantastic time despite the torrential rains... |
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Chococo wins more GOLD Great Taste Awards We have just heard that our new Ginger Marble Cake has won a 2 Star Gold in this year's Great Taste Awards! |
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Chococo will be at the Party on Sandbanks Beach tonight Thursday 28th August We will be at the party on Sandbanks Beach on Thursday 28th August from 5 - 11pm to celebrate the start of Poole Eat Out Live. Complete with live bands handmade foods & our NEW Choco-Cherubs... |
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Chococo's chocolate bars now to be made with our Venezuelan chocolate Chococo is delighted to announce that we have managed to secure sufficient quantities of our very delicious Carenero Superior bean chocolate from Venezuela to now make all our bars with it |
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Chococo Joins Team Dorset preparing for the 2012 Olympics Chococo is delighted to announce that it has joined the Team Dorset initiative designed to help Dorset prepare for and build a legacy around the 2012 Olympics. As all the sailing events will be... |
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Chococo will be open as usual on Bank Holiday Monday Chococo will be open as usual from 9.30am to 5.30pm on Bank Holiday Monday August 25th.We will be running our daily chocolate-making demonstration with commentary at Noon that day (& until Friday... |
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Congratulations to Hazel for getting into Glasgow University Hazel, one of our lovely members of staff, did well enough in her A levels to secure a place at Glasgow to study Architecture from this September. We are all delighted for her & wish her well,... |
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All our Summer Workshops are now sold out! All our Summer Chocolate-Making Workshops are now sold out - we need to offer more dates and will endeavour to be able to do so next year!If you are still interested in attending a workshop for kids... |
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Summer Events here at Chococo & beyond through the Summer Holidays Find out more about our weekday chocolate-making demonstrations here at Chococo & where else we will be this Summer |
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Book now for our Chocolate-Making Workshops here at Chococo throughout August Places are going fast already for our Chocolate-Making workshops for children age 7+ or family groups throughout August.Book now for an hour of chocolate fun; making & decorating your own bar of... |
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Sally & Sarah of Chococo receive training awards Sarah, our chief chocolate maker, & Sally, who runs our Chococo-Holics Club & looks after all our wedding & corporate clients, attended an awards ceremony on June 25th to receive their... |
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Chococo visits No 10 Downing Street We were delighted to be invited to Number 10 for a reception recognising entrepreneurs from all over the UK |
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x2 FREE Mini Chococo Marble Cakes for all orders £25+ placed by June 30th To celebrate our recent trip to Downing Street, we are offering x2 free mini marble cakes to anyone who orders £25+ of our handmade chocolates before June 20th |
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Please vote for Chococo in UKTV Food's search for the Local Hero of 2008! We would be delighted if you could vote for Chococo in this year's hunt for UKTV Food's local food hero of the year |
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Chococo at the River Cottage "Spring into Summer" day on Saturday June 14th Hello to everyone we met at River Cottage on Saturday at the "Spring into Summer" Day. |
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Dont forget it's Father's Day on June 15th Father's Day is on Sunday June 15th this year - why not surprise him with scrumptious chocolate |
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Join us for our Half Term Feast of Fun here at Chococo We will be open as usual this forthcoming Bank Holiday Monday & as it is also the start of our local Half Term we will be offering a feast of extra treats for you all. |
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We were stars of stage, screen & Meridian TV on April 22nd! We were delighted to be included in a feature by Meridian TV on Swanage that was aired on Tues 22nd April. |
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We will be OPEN on both the Bank Holiday Mondays in May We will be open as usual from 10am to 5pm on both the Bank Holiday Mondays in May - 5th & 26th. We look forward to seeing you then!We will be running our free to view chocolate-making demo at... |
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We will be on Meridian TV on April 22nd We will be part of a feature on Swanage on Meridian TV between 6-6.30pm on Tuesday 22nd April.The Meridian team filmed us earlier this week making our fresh hand-piped, hand-dipped award-winning... |
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Venezuelan Chocolate is all the rage right now...we have been using it for 5 years! The recent TV series about Willy making the "best chocolate in the world" has tickled us somewhat as we have been using made from the same cocoa beans, since we launched in December... |
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The Sunday Telegraph's Stella Magazine features us as one of the "Very Best Easter Eggs" today Stella Magazine of the Sunday Telegraph, features us as one of their 6 "Very Best Easter Eggs" in today's edition, Sunday 9th March. |
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Chocolate Making Demos & Workshops in the Easter Holidays Find out about our Chocolate Making Demonstrations over the holidays & we are taking bookings for our Kids Chocolate Making Workshops on Saturday 29th March |
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We are the first of The Times' six of the best places to source beautiful chocolates! I should cocoa... six of the best places to source beautifully created chocolates made with the finest ingredients for the one you love |
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All our deliveries to you are now Carbon Neutral We are delighted to announce that all our UK deliveries are now carbon neutral. |
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We have teamed up with 2 local artists to offer very special "love extras" this Valentine's Day We team up with local jeweller Janine Drayson & local photographer Andrea Carter to bring you very special handcrafted "love extras" this Valentine's Day |
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We are taking bookings for our Children's Chocolate Making workshops on Saturday 1st March We are taking bookings for our children's chocolate making workshops to make something special for Mother's Day on Saturday 1st March. |
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Thankyou to everyone who sent us feedback about their Christmas Chocolates We would like to say a big thankyou to everyone who emailed us with comments about our chocolates &/or service for Christmas. We really do appreciate getting feedback & its great to know that... |
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Claire is featured in new book "Inspiring Women, How real women succeed in Business" Claire has a profile in new book "Inspiring Women, How real women succeed in business", written by Michelle Rosenburg & in bookshops now. |
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It's December 5th & we are 5 years old today! We are celebrating our 5th Birthday with a special offer:The first 5 customers to spend £50+ (online or by phone) before midnight tonight, will receive a 375g chunk of our Purbeck Marble Cake |
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Stella Magazine love our Gold Award-winning truffles in their feature of the "Very Best Chocolates" In today's Sunday Telegraph Stella Magazine, they have included us in their round up of the "Very Best Chocolates". They love our 2 2007 Gold Great Taste Award winning truffles together& |
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The Observer Food Monthly rate our Gorgeous Ginger Chocolates & Pure Kakawa truffles In the Observer Food Monthly's Chocolate Taste test of November 18th, we were awarded great marks for our fresh gorgeous ginger chocolates & pure kakawa truffles |
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Sunday Times Style Magazine's Lydia Slater recommends our chocolates for Christmas Lydia Slater of The Sunday Times Style Magazine recommends our chocolates in her annual round up of the best edible Christmas goodies to order from home. |
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Our Christmas Chocolates are featured in House & Garden, delicious, Eve, Red & more Food editors at various national glossies & food magazines love our creations - House & Garden have featured our Purbeck Marble Cake Yule Log, Red magazine approve of our dipped fruits... |
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Country Living Magazine love our Marble Cake & describe us as "gifted" Country Living's December issue recommends our Purbeck Marble Cake as an alternative to traditional Christmas Cake this year."Chococo's award-winning Purbeck Marble Cake, made... |
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We win Best Overall in the Swanage Retail awards for 2007 We were delighted to win Best Overall in this year's Swanage Retail Awards last night. Based on mystery shopper visits, consumer feedback to our services, our contribution to building the local... |
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Get super organised & pre-order your Christmas Gifts today We are here to help make your Christmas shopping easy. Our festive gifts are available to pre-order today for delivery in time for Christmas.With our service, you can order a number of different... |
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We have won Silver in the South West Tourism Excellence Awards we were delighted to be awarded a Silver Award by South West Tourism at their annual awards on Monday, celebrating Excellence in the region.We were recognised for our use of local Dorset & other... |
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We are running our daily noon chocolate-making demos until Friday this week but our children's chocolate-making workshops on saturday are all now fully booked. |
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Come & meet us at the "Eat Dorset Food Fair" at Parnham House We will be at the Eat Dorset Food Fair at Parnham House near Beaminster on 20th & 21st October to launch the start of Dorset Food Week. |
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Join in the annual celebration of the world of fine chocolate |
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Dorset Food Week & Half Term Events here at Chococo Children's chocolate-making workshops & daily chocolate-making demonstrations this coming half term & Dorset Food Week |
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We will use an OVERNIGHT COURIER SERVICE if we are ever unsure of Royal Mail's capacity to deliver Chococo service will be maintained throughout the royal mail strikes at no extra cost. |
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Hello to everyone we met at the Cheese Festival! Hello to everyone we met at the Great British Cheese Festival this weekend. We had a great time & hope that you enjoyed your day of cheese tastings & chocolate! We also hope that you find... |
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We have won "Best Food Producer of the Year" in the Dorset Food & Drink Awards 2007 We were absolutely bowled over to win "Best Food Producer of the Year" at the 2007 Dorset Food & Drink Awards presentation on Wednesday evening, against stiff competition. |
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We have won 3 GOLDs in this year's Great Taste Awards! We were chuffed to bits to hear that we have won 3 GOLD Great Taste Awards this year, taking our total to 18 fine food awards won since 2003! |
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We will be at the Great British Cheese Festival If you love cheese then this will be the show for you - the Great British Cheese Festival on the weekend of 29-30th September at Millets Farm Centre, Frilford near Abingdon in Oxfordshire...& for... |
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Olive Magazine love our Heavenly Honeycombe Bars The Olive Magazine team have been munching on our Heavenly Honeycombe Bars & describe them as the "ultimate crunchie bar" in the October issue of Olive out now! |
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We are in the finals for both the Dorset Food & Drink Awards & South West Tourism Excellence Awards! We are delighted to have reached the finals of 2 prestigious regional business awards - our county Food & Drink awards sponsored by Dorset Magazine, in the "Best Food producer" category... |
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We have now SOLD OUT for our kids workshop on Aug 25th ALL SOLD OUT! |
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Activities here at Chococo for the Summer Holidays Daily free to view chocolate-making demos here at Chococo throughout the summer holidays & NEW bookable children's making workshops on Saturday August 4th & 25th. |
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"Create a Chococo Choc" Competition! Invent a chocolate Summer Competition for kids up to the age of 12 |
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House & Garden Magazine feature our partnership with Long Barn Lavender House & Garden Magazine August issue features our "Apple Dilly" chocolate the result of our partnership with Long Barn Lavender Growers. |
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We are supporting Veninos, Venezuelan children in need We are delighted to announce our support for Veninos, Venezuelan children in need |
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Stephanie Acton's Dad, Mike has won our Father's Day Competition Congratulations to Stephanie Acton for winning our Father's Day competition & to her Dad who will be enjoying a great Sports experience. |
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Stop Press: Dawn, our shop manager, gave birth to a healthy baby boy weighing in at 8lbs 3oz this morning, June 6th. Dawn & Wayne have also now decided on his name - Jenson |
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Dont let hot weather put you off sending our chocolates Dont let hot weather put you off ordering our chocolates. We chill down all our gifts once packed into their outers before taking them to the post office at the last possible moment to help ensure that they arrive at their destination in tip top condition. |
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Half Term chocolate demos here at Chococo Find out more about how we make chocolates at our daily demos during half term week |
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We have now joined "Direct from Dorset" We are full members of the Direct from Dorset origin assurance scheme. |
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According to the coolhunter.com, we are officially cool! thecoolhunter.com, an online site picking up trends from around the world, has picked up on our packaging! |
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Dawn, our shop queen, is off to have a baby Dawn is off on maternity leave now to have her second baby |
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Our New Apple Dilly Chocolate is a huge hit Our new Apple Dilly chocolate, filled with lavender-scented apple jelly from Long Barn Lavender growers in Winchester, is already a firm favourite with our customers |
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Our passion for creating fine chocolates is featured in Metro The Metro newspaper featured us ,along with cheese & apple producers, in a piece called from "tarmac to terroir" for our love of regional ingredients. |
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Try your hand at diablo or juggling at our free circus skills workshops from Maundy Thursday to Easter Saturday & Mr Colours will be back again on Easter Saturday to entertain! |
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Granny has made fresh batches of tablet for us Good news for Tablet fans - Granny has been in to make more! |
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We are having lots of Comic Relief fun! Come & have a laugh at us all making chocolates wearing our red noses on Friday 16th! |
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Olive Magazine features our Chococo-Holics Club as a great alternative Easter gift Olive Magazine April issue has featured our Chococo-Holics Club as one of their ideas for being a "Good Egg" & avoiding the Easter egg glut for giving something a little bit different |
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Fresh Magazine votes our Easter Eggs their "Fresh Favourite" Fresh magazine declare our Truffle & Treats-filled Easter Egg, their "fresh favourite", out of 40 eggs tried & tested. |
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Homes & Gardens April issue features us & our recipes for Easter We were delighted to be asked by Homes & Gardens to provide them with some chocolate recipes for Easter & they have published them in the April issue with fabulous photographs. |
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We team up with award-winning "Why" Jewellers of Corfe to offer a "Marry Me" Box For the ultimate statement of love this Valentine's Day |
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The Daily Mail gives our Chocolate Hearts top marks The Daily Mail today Saturday 10th Feb gives our giant chocolate hearts, 5 out of 5 for quality & flavour, |
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The Daily Telegraph rates our Chocolate Club, the best Valentine Gift The Daily Telegraph weekend section (Sat 10th Feb) rates our Chocolate Club the best bet as a gift as you are "guaranteed chocolates for life (well 6 or 12 months to be precise) not just for Valentine's |
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Book now for our Children's Chocolate-Making workshops on 17th March for Mothers Day We are now taking bookings for our childrens workshops on Saturday 17th March. Kids will spend 2 hours with us making special chocolates for Mum for Mothers Day. |
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Our new site goes live at last! After months of work, we have finally launched our new site. We hope that you all find it easy to use, can find old favourites as well as new lines & like our new features such as the search... |
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Red wine & chocolate are set to become the toast of dieters everywhere "Thanks to a startling new book, red wine & chocolate are set to become the toast of dieters everywhere" - Saturday Telegraph Nov 25th 2006 |
