In the early 90’s Angus Thirlwell and Peter Harris wanted to make high quality chocolate available to the British consumers. The supermarkets were full of chocolate, however they were keen to fill a niche for people who wanted to pay that little bit extra for quality.

They were able to secure authentic wholesale ingredients by growing their own cocoa at their West Indian cocoa plantation, Rabot Estate. As a result their catalogue-based business was born.

Due to their success and the increasing demand for high quality chocolate, an award winning web site soon followed, and in 2004 the first Hotel Chocolat store opened on the high street.

Hotel Chocolat have recently been awarded Emerging Retailer of the Year by the influential Retail Week and have been nominated as one of the UK’s prestigious CoolBrands.

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