Celebrate the end of dry January with a gin and chocolate tasting on Sat 3 Feb 6pm-8pm at Louth Distillery Taste 4 chocolates and 4 gins then discover for yourself the pleasures and surprises of the pairing process. To book: louthdistillery.co.uk/service-page/p… #LincsConnect #lovelouth

A grey day in London enlivened by the blue-sky flavours of the Philippines (via Cleethorpes). Another beautiful bar from the brilliant ⁦Duffy Sheardown⁩

What big chocolate What they deliver as producers say sustainability about sustainability programmes

scaremongering clickbait articles can get in the bin chocolate price has been grotesquely low, not representative of the challenge and labour-intensity of cocoa farming one line we should always remember: "chocolate is only cheap, when someone else is paying the price"

What are you doing in the evening of the first day of my birthday week? Nothing? Didn't know when it was? WELL!! No excuse now! Indulge in some chocolate chat and networking and a great panel on the chocolate industry cookeryschool.co.uk/events-chocola… tickets are only £15 so JOIN IN!

Hello! I haven’t posted a daily bar for a while because I have been on a largely chocolate-free island… but now I’m back - with a favourite of mine from the Cleethorpes master ⁦Duffy Sheardown⁩. This is a sophisticated yet smooth dark, highly recommended

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What do Paris and sharks have to do with chocolate? Absolutely everything. This week's The Observer Magazine chocolate column. theguardian.com/food/article/2…

A nice review in The Observer today

Tomorrow I will feature another beautiful bar from ⁦Duffy Sheardown⁩ - and I will take the precaution of photographing before my colleagues have seen it

A rich, dark beauty from ⁦Duffy Sheardown⁩ - the genius of Cleethorpes. This time I was careful to photograph before my colleagues descended

A favourite bar from a favourite maker - ⁦Duffy Sheardown⁩ has been making terrific bars from this origin for quite a few years now, a model of quality and consistency

Busy packing for the Cocoa Runners craft chocolate fair at Fidelio this weekend 12,13th. Lots of ace UK chocolate makers plus the legend that is Mikkel Friss-Holm. Free entry. Come and taste the best! cocoarunners.com/fair-2024/

Made in Cleethorpes, by ⁦Duffy Sheardown⁩ and one of the more fabulous bars of dark chocolate you will ever encounter

Down the years I have probably tweeted this bar more than any other - it represents all that is best about artisan choc. Really good, responsibly sourced ingredients blended with care and skill by ⁦Duffy Sheardown⁩ In Cleethorpes and consistently, wonderfully delicious

I seem to have inadvertently developed a thing for Guatemalan beans. Here they are in a gorgeous dark milk by ⁦Duffy Sheardown⁩ of Cleethorpes

Look at this delicious gorgeousness. It’s from Cleethorpes. I love it

Strong but also mellow and subtle - a terrific bar from ⁦Duffy Sheardown⁩, the Master of Cleethorpes

Today we are devouring this lovely bar made in Cleethorpes by ⁦Duffy Sheardown⁩ - glorious smooth texture and complex flavours from Panamanian beans. A total treat

Two fabulous treatments of the same lovely Venezuelan bean, a dark milk and a plain dark, both by the gifted Duffy Sheardown - get hold of both and compare!