Chocolate Unwrapped

Saturday 10th & Sunday 11th October 2009 at The May Fair Hotel

If you love chocolate and wish to taste and learn more about this wonderful food then make sure you get your tickets for the UK’s premier chocolate event, Chocolate Unwrapped.

To control the flow of visitors to the show Chocolate Unwrapped is split into session times of 2 and a half hours which should give you time to attend a talk, or even two, visit all of our exhibitors and view the exhibition of chocolate art. Please choose the session time you’d like and we advise you to arrive as near to the start of the session as possible.

Event Highlights

Chocolate Unwrapped, a dedicated chocolate show with 25 of the best chocolate companies’ under one roof. It’s going to be a very vibrant, exciting chocolate show with some wonderful exhibitors; Artisan du Chocolat, Sir Hans Sloane, Melt, Paul a Young, Rococo, Chococo, Paul Wayne Gregory, Chocolate by Trish, Lauden, Galler, Gorvett and Stone, DeAngelis, Ooh La La, Hotel Chocolat, Choc Chick and Thorntons. Chocolate producers are Askinosie and Pacari, and Mexico will be there with a live link to a cocoa plantation. Chocolate cakes from Sweet Things and chocolate books from Foyles.


For the first time in the UK we’ll have a fantastic exhibition of chocolate art for our visitors, with renowned artists such as Prudence Emma Staite and Warren Laine-Naida who is visiting from Germany. We’ll also have pieces created by our own chocolatiers.


There are some great talks planned from the glitterati of the chocolate world, the head chocolatier from Thorntons, Keith Hurdman, the MD of Hotel Chocolat, Angus Thirlwell and Chantal Coady from Rococo.


The show is split into sessions so please book your preferred time:
Saturday 10th October 10.30 – 1pm Talks during this session: Sara Jayne Stanes and Chantal Coady of Rococo
Saturday 10th October 1.30pm-4pm Talks during this session: Keith Hurdman of Thorntons and Bill McCarrick of Sir Hans Sloane Chocolate
Saturday 10th October 4.30-7pm Talks during this session: Paul a Young and chocolate artist Warren Laine Naida
Sunday 11th October 11am-1.30 Talks during this session: Paul Wayne Gregory and Angus Thirlwell from Hotel Chocolat
Sunday 11th October 2.30-5pm Talks during this session from Askinosie and Visit Mexico


We would like to thank our Venue Partner, The May Fair Hotel, for hosting this year's event. They've generously offered Chocolate Week visitors some fantastic deals for the duration of the week - £195 per night Friday to Sunday and £245 per night Monday to Thursday. Their chocolate packages include a box of chocolates in each room with tours being arranged from the hotel around London's chocolate shops. To book call 020 7769 4041 or visit www.themayfairhotel.co.uk



The May Fair Hotel