Thank you to the hordes of customers that have visited this week- the team are working frantically to keep up with demand… but do come early on Saturday if you want to be sure of getting what you want for Easter. Here we have a nice shot of our some of Easter specialities- the infamous eggs, the chocolate and marzipan bunnies, and the new solid chocolate animals (we have ducks, bunnies, pigs, and cows). To me, this is what true chocolatiering is about- creations that not only taste sublime, but also have that magical touch of flair and an element of humour. Chocolate (and chocolatiers!) should never be taken too seriously: on the contrary, chocolate should always be about fun!
Gorgeous Easter Products…
April 5th, 2012Easter!!!!!!!!!!
March 30th, 2012
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Just thought I’d highlight the new set of Ads you will have seen all across the Surrey glossies- many thanks to the graphic designers at Stream. The ads feature our legendary Easter Eggs. Laminated (this improves the snap), hand sculpted (much more difficult than just moulding the chocolate), adorned with hand piped chocolate flowers (the orange and yellow centres are also chocolate dyed with natural colours) and made with the finest couvertures money can buy (Max Felchlin Maracaibo Milk, and Carma Vanilla Bourbon for the dark if you’re interested). Filled with a choice of Swiss Rochers, or our Fresh Cream Truffles, our Easter eggs are simply the most skilfully made artisan eggs in the UK in my humble(!) opinion- well done to Greg and the team!
Mothers Day Madness- is it really only three weeks till Easter?!!!!
March 16th, 2012
It's Mothers day on Sunday, and as such we are inundated with orders for gateaux and chocolates. If it is anything like last year, we're expecting hundreds of customers over the weekend and the team will be on hand to deliver all your mums favourites desserts and chocolates for that special Sunday lunch. We have also worked hard to get a good selection of Easter products ready- so you can have a browse while you queue for your goodies. This splendid marzipan Easter duckling is one of the new products for this year- perfect for kids of all ages!
Anabelle retains title!
March 9th, 2012
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Congratulations to apprentice chef Anabelle Wilson, who managed to retain her title of the UKs best young pastry chef awarded by the Master Chefs of Great Britain. This is the first time someone has achieved the title two years in a row- an exceptional achievement. Judge Gerald Roser described her two dishes as “total perfection” and chairman of judges Clive Roberts described her work as “exceptional” and said “Anabelle stood out as having a confidence and knowledge of what she was trying to achieve.” Completing a technically perfect Chocolate and Grand Marnier Souffle, and her sublime chocolate mousse, filled with a raspberry and framboise/kirsch compote with feuilletine, judges awarded her top marks for flavour. In honour of this achievement, we shall be selling this dessert as a six and ten portion gateau in the near future so watch this space…Well done Anabelle
Valentines Over, Easter products in development…..
February 17th, 2012
Well, with Valentines out of the way, we are now looking forwards to Easter. As well as the usual stellar selection of fabulous chocolates, cute chocolate bunnies and glorious Easter eggs, we’ll have Simnel cakes, Hot cross buns and a new range of Marzipan chicks and bunnies. This picture is the latest design, sprayed in chocolate for a velvety finish…watch this space for further Easter developments….
Valentines Approaches
February 11th, 2012
- Japonais and Sacher Valentine Hearts
Here we have our legendary Valentines heart Gateaux. Choose from the rich chocolate-ganache-rum-infused Sacher torte , or the white chocolate-coated-hazelnut-meringue filled with delicate cointreau butter cream japonais. We will be specially opening on Monday the 13th February as well as Valentines day (of course), so don’t miss out on the chance to spoil your loved one with some affordable Bachmanns luxury!
Valentines approaches
February 3rd, 2012
Well, long time no post.....after a record Christmas we returned in mid January after our winter break with plenty to do. What with fact finding trips to Switzerland, product development, completely restocking our totally depleted chocolate range,as well as an unannounced health inspection (we retained our 5 star status) Valentines has seemed to arrive very quickly this year. We'll have all the usual favourites- sacher and japonais hearts, cinnamon hearts, dobos hearts, and our huge range of legendary chocolates- we have added a few exciting new products. Here is a picture of our very funky copper dusted Valentines chocolates (dark Maralumi ganache, and milk and passion fruit ganache) in a mixed box....
Award winning Christmas Chocolate Pudding ready!
November 26th, 2011
The finished result ready to be wrapped...
Here are the dinner party Chocolate puddings being sprayed with dark chocolate for the super-velvety finish with our new spray system....
Pigs In Blankets!!!!
November 16th, 2011
New Maracaibo Tubos Bars: The Ultimate indulgence
November 10th, 2011
Just out from the chocolate room, these beautiful ganache sticks enrobed in a thin couverture coating are as good as chocolate ever gets. Two milk, and two dark Tubos, made in bespoke moulds and specially designed packaging make this new product the ultimate Luxury Stocking Filler.