The ever-organic Jamie Oliver may be tearing his hair out, but kids across the nation rejoice: this week is Chocolate Week. Seemingly to fill the gap (and the hungry stomachs) between Easter and all those other excuses to stuff yourselves - Halloween, Christmas, New Year, the list goes on - this is officially the time to indulge. Perhaps this week will be the sweetest of the whole year…
Actually, no. There’s a dark side to chocolate, and we’re not just talking Bourneville. In news this week, truffles at Hotel Chocolat in Nottingham - the luxury chocolate store which does a cracking Rocky Road slab – suffered a shocking act of truffle sabotage by a rival chocolatier. The adversary in question, a respected chocolate maker (who has previously designed cakes for the Queen and Prince Charles), seemingly went a bit fruit and nut, and was caught on CCTV deliberately squishing the Hotel Chocolat’s priciest delicacies. The high-profile saboteur has now resigned… and must be feeling very bitter about the whole thing.
You can visit Hotel Chocolat too, by downloading the NavPix here… we’re sure you’ll behave yourselves.
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