Exhibitors

This year we will be joined by our regular exhibitors as well as a selection of new traders. Details of each trader can be found below (this will be regularly updated).

Charlotte Flower Chocolates:  Living in highland Scotland, and surrounded by mountains, woodlands and meadows, we forage for wild flowers, shoots, leaves, fruits and nuts to flavour our hand made chocolates.  We make both flavoured chocolate (thins, bars and shards) as well as fresh cream ganache filled chocolates that follow the seasons

Choc Amor : is a five times world award-winning , Lancashire based manufacturer, retailer & wholesaler of fiendishly good chocolate. Established in 2012 Choc Amor have a shop which is fully stocked with award winning chocolates, many of them with unique and imaginative flavour combinations to really inspire you and get your taste buds tingling. All our chocolate is made by hand in small batches and wherever possible our ingredients are natural & free from preservatives.

Coco Pzazz : Since our launch in 2013, our giant chocolate buttons and bars have constantly evolved – welcoming new chocolate, flavours and packaging along the way. We source our ingredients and packaging carefully – and we operate in a sustainable way. We put the environment at the heart of our business and support rural cocoa farmers in Ghana – where most of our chocolate is grown. In June 2019 we launched our Tread Lightly programme – explaining our goals and how we’re performing against them.

Darwins : Delicious crepes made to order.

Dormouse ChocolatesMulti award winning bean to bar chocolate crafted in Manchester

Duffy’s Chocolate: Award winning fine chocolate bars. Handmade and directly traded.

Dugan’s Patisserie: makes creative and unique individual sweet tarts using quality ingredients that are locally sourced whenever possible. The tarts are little works of art made with our delicious handmade pastry filled with a ganache, frangipane or caramel and decorated with fresh fruit, nuts and finished with chocolate. Dugan’s will be selling a range of Tarts, Strudels and Florentines at the festival.

Eponine Fine Chocolates: Éponine is a multi-award-winning chocolatier based in Manchester, producing a wide range of luxury chocolates and confectionery using artisanal methods and the very finest ingredients. They also offer an innovative range of chocolate bonbons suitable for vegans and those with other dietary restrictions, which sits perfectly alongside their stunning selection of pralines, caramels and ganaches.

Fifth Dimension ChocolatesInternational award-winning British chocolatier specialising in luxury handmade chocolates. We handcraft our chocolates using single-origin fine flavour cacao, with a wealth of flavours and ingredients, to create a sensory experience in fine chocolate.

Firetree : The long finish and lingering taste of our chocolate is due to the firetree, or cocoa tree, which thrives on the uniquely rich, porous soils of the South Seas’ remote volcanic islands. Firetree’s superior beans yield a distinct depth and complexity. We’d love to meet you and tell you more!

Forever Cacao : Stone ground, single origin, handmade vegan bean to bar chocolate bars minimally processed at low temperatures with unroasted Cacao to maintain antioxidants and nutritional benefits without compromising on flavour. Locally produced just over the border in Llansantffraid, Powys.

JK Fine Chocolates: Luxurious handcrafted chocolates and truffles using single origin coverture chocolate and single origin cocoa beans.

Jack Lewis Chocolates: Development Chef and passionate chocolatier; Jack will be joining us again this year with his delicious brownies and chocolates

La Triestina: Freshly filled Sicilian Cannoli and Italian Deli Products

Oxfam – People over Profit:  Oxfam shops pioneered the idea of fair trade back in the 1960s. Paying people a fair and decent price for the goods they produce, and giving workers a say in the future of their company. Times have changed but our commitment to fair trade hasn’t and we’re proud to work with suppliers who practice fair trade principles. That’s why we work with small scale producers such as Divine who is the only chocolate company owned by Farmers and Coco Loco who commit to supporting Women through Work – A selection of Fairtrade Goods will be available on the day including some Limited Editions

Winchester Fine ChocolatesWe are a small, award-winning artisan chocolate company based just outside Winchester in Hampshire. We pride ourselves on making small batches of beautiful hand made chocolates and brownies using the finest ingredients and no preservatives

Toot Sweets Chocolates : Based in Shropshire Julia Viani has been creating chocolates by hand for over 12 years. Using single origin chocolate, and creating small batches of chocolate from bean Julia has won Great Taste Awards, Academy of Chocolate Awards and International Chocolate Awards. Julia is also the founder of Shrewsbury Chocolate Festival, and is passionate about promoting high quality, traceable chocolate and fellow chocolate makers and chocolatiers.

Upper Oaks Fudge : is a new company based in Shropshire. Hannah has been making fudge for as long as she can remember. She decided top set up her fudge kitchen in 2019 in her family home in Shropshire. She uses locally sourced cream to produce batches of smooth, creamy fudge.

Samuel Smiths Chocolate Stout, Hot Chocolates and Mulled Wine