Food Adventures in London - Chocolate Unwrapped show review (and getting into events for free!)

What would it be like to be Willy Wonka? Make, taste, and dream candy? Every child’s dream right?
I went to a talk by Chantal Coady of Rococo Chocolates at Chocolate Unwrapped at the Mayfair Hotel and she said she was never able to let go of her childhood love for chocolates (26 years later, she is opening her third shop and childhood loves are also sound business decisions). Chocolate making as a profession – freaking brilliant! Chantal’s talk about the chocolate making process was only one of the highlights of Chocolate Unwrapped.

The other highlights of course were all related to chocolate viewing, chocolate art, and of course chocolate TASTING (woo).
Chocolate beginnings

Aren’t cocoa fruit adorable?

Chocolate art

Classic sculptures redone in white chocolate

How sticky does it get when you PAINT with chocolate?

Chocolate animals

I forgot to take a picture of the pug lollipops! Will this do Hanako?

Gorgeous colors on the chocolate fish! The Rococo Chocolates catalog is also immaculately styled.

Chocolate kits – be your own chocolatier

Choc Chick Kits have all the raw materials for you. She presented lovely versions with dates, another with rosewater – is healthy chocolate possible?

Chocolate fashion

I love the frills on the dress – totally over the top, like a great prom dress (though a melty one by the end of the night)

Move over Loubotins – these chocolatier from Auberge du Chocolat won an Academy of Chocolate award at 17!!! They have a great dairy free line too – awesome and tasted great.

Chocolate tastings!!!

Sweet Things cupcakes – Oreo, chocolate, vanilla – was sad they didn’t bring red velvet

Our favorites

Thornton‘s dark chocolate with sea salt caramel – Mr. Chic ‘n Cheap LOVED the contrast

Says it all…

Paul Wayne Gregory – subtle dark chocolate with passionfruit filling – brilliant!

Mr. Chic ‘n Cheap is an avid Yelp reviewer. He reviews everything: the church we got married in, my favorite pizza place, and random pubs/clubs we’ve visited. He was made an elite reviewer and invited to several events in the UK including this chocolate show for free. It was fun – we even got press badges! So the more you review, the more you share your opinions on your favorite/least favorite places and you could also be invited to chocolate shows, musicals (we just got some tickets), and more!

In short, cool show and great opportunity to meet chocolatiers and taste exotic and interesting chocolates (and brownies too). But bring water because your sweet taste buds go into overload. Mmm chocolate.

Free ice cream for volunteerism (and if you're

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