CHOCOCO- THE PURBECK CHOCOLATE CO
- COMMERCIAL ROAD
BH19 1DF SWANAGE
Phone: 01929 421777
www.chococo.co.uk
Short profile:
We are proud to be a husband & wife-led team making fine fresh chocolates by hand since December 2002. We believe that we were one of the first, if not the first UK chocolate maker, to lead the way in making truly fresh chocolates, using locally sourced fresh cream blended with origin chocolate, seasonal, natural flavours and no additives or preservatives.
We are also proud of being ethical chocolate makers as, just as we care about the taste of our finished chocolates, we also care about the bigger picture - about the provenance of all our ingredients and about the people who produce them.
In our former lives, we both worked for large companies in marketing and finance roles so opening for business in December 2002 was a complete change of direction for us both and we made the leap because we love fine quality chocolate, fresh food and Purbeck, this beautiful part of Dorset. We also wanted to bring up our family here and now have 2 children, Lily & Max.
Detailed description:
Since setting up Chococo, our business has grown such that, as well as our shop & chocolate café at “Cocoa Central”, our Swanage HQ, we also sell our chocolates online, to premium retailers, including Selfridges and Harvey Nichols, offer a corporate & weddings gifts service and attend regional events, including Camp Bestival & Feast of Dorset.
We now make our chocolates in-house at “The Chocolate Shed” in nearby Wareham, as we grew out of our original chocolate kitchen here at Cocoa Central, but this space has been re-invented as our chocolate test kitchen and workshop space!
Constantly innovating, we create not only a wide selection of fresh truffles & chocolates but also edible decorated chocolate boxes, slabs & bars studded with fruits, nuts & spices, hot chocolate mixes, chocolate fridge cakes, handmade tablet and dipped organic dried fruits.
We now employ a great team of local people, which increases significantly at peak times such as Christmas and are very proud to be a Purbeck food business, working with other local & regional food producers who are as passionate about their cows, bees and hedgerows as we are about our chocolates. We are also very proud to have won so many regional and national awards since 2003, for both our chocolates and our business ethos.
Keywords:
CHOCOLATES, LINSMINIS, ENTERTAINMENT LIFESTYLE, FOOD AND DRINK, Valentine Gifts, Selection Boxes, Personalised Gifts, Chocolate Hampers, Honeycombe Heaven, Chocolate Club