Chocolate

Fern Britton can control snacking

TV Gossip

18 Apr 2011

Fern Britton's gastric band has helped curb her cravings for chocolate bars. The TV presenter has managed to cut down on the amount of calorific treats she indulges in since she was fitted with the band to help her lose weight in 2008. She said…

Five things: The best Easter eggs in Scotland

Some particularly special chocolate eggs for the discerning chocolate fan

24 Mar 2011

Dark chocolate and raspberry from Coco of Bruntsfield One of a wide range of decadent eggs, this one is also filled with your choice of champagne truffles. Truffle from The Chocolate Tree As well as this swirly patterned design filled with…

The best places for hot chocolate in Glasgow and Edinburgh

The cafes and chocolatiers who serve up the sweet stuff

20 Jan 2011

Temper Chocolates 148 Woodside Terrace Lane, Charing Cross, 07886 215209 This tiny café-cum-shop-cum-factory makes for a pilgrimage for hot chocolate lovers. Chocolatier Kirsty Shepheard’s own blend of 70 per cent organic dark chocolate with chilli…

Local Scottish artisan chocolatiers

Cocoa Black, The Chocolate Tree, Oban Chocolate Co and more

17 Sep 2010

Cocoa beans may not grow in Scotland, but the last decade has seen small, artisan chocolate makers spring up across the country. In this survey we take a particular look at examples of local influences in the ranges on offer.

East Lothian company Chocolate Tree make moves into Edinburgh

17 Feb 2010

Lovers of real, hand-made chocolate will delight at the arrival of another chocolaterie in Bruntsfield. Alastair Gower and Friederike Matthis’ Chocolate Tree started out in East Lothian, where they perfected an organic chocolate recipe that mixed food…

Chocalatiers Paul Maden and James Findlay, of gourmet chocolate house Cocoa Mountain

1 May 2009

Could you give us a bit more about your backgrounds? I was raised in Rutherglen, attended Stirling University, lived for two years in Austria, one year in Sweden and then moved back to Glasgow, where I worked in IT at IBM and as an academic…

Sweet treats

1 Mar 2009

It nearly caused the untimely end of Augustus Gloop ‘the greedy great big nincompoop’ in Roald Dahl’s book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and it’s the downfall of many a good-intentioned diet. We are of course talking about chocolate. There’s…

Coco’s Chocolate School

School of choc

26 Feb 2007

Members of the public aren’t usually allowed inside Rebecca Knights-Kerswell’s chocolate kitchen, although they occasionally press their noses up against the windows to watch her at work. Everyone is interested in the process of making chocolate, which…