The Chocolate Festival offers a rare opportunity to meet some of the world’s best chocolatiers in one place. Find out who they are and what makes them tick?
Bill McCarrick
Bill McCarrick ‘I like my beans fully and properly fermented to achieve the characteristics and rounded profile of pure cocoa at its very best.’ Bill’s Biography Master Chocolatier of the British company Sir Hans Sloane Chocolate has travelled the globe in his quest for culinary…
William Curley
William Curley ‘ Curley passionately believes in sourcing ethically sound covertures chocolate.’ William’s Biography Brought up in Fife, William Curley’s career began with an apprenticeship at Gleneagles. He then went on to spend six years at numerous Michelin-starred establishments, working with respected chefs including Pierre…
Damian Allsop
Damian Allsop ‘Damian is the Merlin of the chocolate world, coaxing flavours out of chocolate that you never thought possible.’ Jesmond Dene House. Damian’s Biography Damian Allsop has a long-standing passion for working with chocolate. In his twenty-year career as Head Pastry Chef in Michelin…
Laurent Couchaux
Laurent Couchaux ‘ I love the moment that the cocoa butter (the fat in chocolate) combines with the cream to form an emulsion – shiny and elastic. Perfection.’ Laurent’s Biography Laurent is Rococo’s Head Chocolatier. His first job was in a small Parisian family restaurant…
Paul Wayne Gregory
Paul Wayne Gregory ‘ To most people, this is just an experience one must undertake at least once in their lifetime. For me, this is my life.’ Paul’s Biography Paul Wayne Gregory has worked across Europe. He is a former pastry chef at Peacock Alley…
