Exhibitors
J.Cocoa
West Sussex
James from J.Cocoa make internationally award winning single origin bean to bar chocolate, in Hassocks, West Sussex near Brighton. J.Cocoa source only the finest cocoa beans from around the world, directly trading with cocoa famers and growers to ensure they receive a true premium for their crops of heritage heirloom cacao varieties, which not only helps to guarantee exceptional quality, but also goes back into education and community projects.
Dormouse
Manchester
Dormouse Chocolates was born to expand on the background of professional chocolate maker, Isobel. Fully trained in the process of bean to bar chocolate making and the fascinating history behind it while working for a luxury chocolate brand, this passion is now being used to create a line of bars and and other treats. In May 2015 Dormouse became the first Bean to Bar producer in Manchester and are proud to have gone on to bring home multiple awards.
Kreuzberg
Glasgow
Jen & Jennifer handcraft micro batches of fresh ethical artisan chocolates in Glasgow, Scotland. They use single estate bean to bar craft chocolate that has been directly and ethically traded from farmers or sourced via Co-ops. Kreuzberg want the unique flavours of each craft chocolate shine through and match these with high quality natural ingredients in their home-made fillings –
for fine flavour with a conscience.
Beancraft Chocolate
Wiltshire
Nicky at BeanCraft Chocolate’s aim is to produce exceptional chocolate using minimal ingredients with high quality cocoa beans, ethically sourced through a transparent supply chain to ensure farmers receive a fair price and improved long-term partnerships. They hand-sort the beans before roasting, cracking, winnowing, grinding, conching and moulding into delicious chocolate. They create our chocolate in micro batches, using the minimum number of high quality ingredients.
Chocolate Seekers
Wiltshire
Carlene and Brian at Chocolate Seekers have made it their mission to find the best bean-to-bar chocolate from around the globe and to deliver it straight to your door! They seek out chocolate that’s crafted with love, care and passion. Chocolate made bean-to-bar with premium cocoa & minimal ingredients. Chocolate that provides cocoa farmers a better life and allows them to protect the environment.
Join them on their journey
Tempt
Devon
Karen has been a chocolatier for almost 20 years, and has worked in a wide range of companies, including Rococo Chocolates in London, where she was Head Chocolatier. She’s also had two of her own chocolate shops: The Chocolate Froglet in Tenby, and v1.0 of Tempt in York. She moved to Bridgetown – just over the river from Totnes – in April 2023, and discovered an empty shop there, just begging to be a happy little bubble of calm and deliciousness. She makes her chocolate from ethical cocoa and unrefined sugars, organic oats and nuts to make it really creamy. Everything she make is plant-based by nature, but wants everyone to enjoy her chocolate.
Ruby Hue
Bristol
Ruby Hue initially started as a pop up concept, however, had to adapt during the covid-19 pandemic. At that time, like most chocolatiers, used to buy chocolate ready made and then add flavours and other inclusions. However after visiting a craft chocolate fair, Ru & Tom were inspired to learn more about bean-to-bar chocolate making and began reading every book and studying every online forum, until finally the appropriate equipment was bought and they started making chocolate of our own.
They’ve grown a lot since then and are proud to be a part of the craft chocolate revolution, raging against unethical, untraceable commodity cacao.
Eponine
Manchester
The company was founded in 2013 by husband and wife team Chris & Natalie, who swapped jobs in science for a life of chocolate. Their scientific approach to chocolate making combined with a near fanatical passion for their craft led to Éponine being named the Rising Star of the chocolate world by the Academy of Chocolate in their first year of entering the awards. Their creations have gone on to receive international acclaim, collecting over 30 awards in 3 years.
Gatos Chocolate
East Sussex
Gatos Chocolate was born, with a primary goal of producing good quality and tasty chocolate bars, at an affordable price and in three basic types; Dark, Milk and White. They also wanted their products to be Ethically sourced and Eco Friendly. We wanted our brand to stand out, have a simple and easy to remember name, have bright vibrant packaging and be different enough to be a talking point. After Paul & Roni learnt Spanish in lockdown, they came up with the perfect name to combine their passions of Cats and Chocolate - Gatos (Spanish for Cat!) Chocolate.
Chocolate Tree
East Lothian
Ali & family have created award winning organic craft chocolate since 2005. Their mission is to protect biodiversity making a positive impact on people and the planet. They purchase organic agro-forested cacao sourced from smallholder farms in South and Central America, taking a down to earth but artisanal approach to chocolate making. They work both from cacao beans and from cacao mass to create two different ranges of premium organic craft chocolate bars.
Mayoy Cacao
London
Jose is a Venezuelan origin Bean to Bar chocolate-maker based in London. He works directly with cocoa farmers, cocoa associations and small cocoa producers, offering a transparent trade, benefiting the local communities and guaranteeing the cacao origins, sustainability and quality. 'Mayoy' means friend in his ancestral language – they love making friends and sharing our Cacao expertise and passion everywhere they go! Their mission is to make Venezuelan cacao known in the world and for people to choose bean to bar!
Cacao Retreat
Kent
Oenone works to keep the supply chain as short, transparent and traceable as possible, buying mher beans through specialist ethical cacao sourcers, Cacao Latitudes. Cacao beans are bought as part of building long-term relationships with farming families and communities, or through farming co-operatives. The payment the farmer receives is well above commodity market price (and without the risky price fluctuations) and higher than fair trading and other certificated scheme prices, ensuring that skilled growers and fermenters, and vulnerable eco-systems are supported now and in the future.
Buying from Cocoa Retreat supports her commitment to specialist farmers, their families and communities, and guarantees a very special chocolate tasting experience.