Today's AOC award winner profile is CocoaRetreat 🤩 "This was my first time entering the Academy of Chocolate Awards. I have been sole trading as Cocoa Retreat for about two and a half years. I entered six bars/truffles and was delighted to receive Silver for my

🍫Lovely chocolate from #England. Oenone from CocoaRetreat makes delicious bars and truffles with a special kind of hazelnut: Kentish cobnut. She's won several Academy of Chocolate awards. Too bad I can only get her chocolate through choco friends that travel between Spain and UK.

Great to see more attention for CocoaRetreat - Oenone makes lovely bars

Craft chocolate Cherubs, perfect for Valentine’s Day, and Frogs, for kissing obviously (well, you never know!) #valentinesday2024 #valentineschocolate #craftchocolate #cherubs #chocolatefrogs #beantobarchocolate #valentinetreats

Feeling grateful for patient and helpful tech people! cocoaretreat.co.uk is now back online! (I’ve had some lovely supportive messages from fellow craft chocolatemakers who understand the challenges of being a small-scale producer!) #beantobarchocolate

Real chocolatemakers make real chocolate from real cocoa beans! (Some chocolate sellers mould their products from bought-in mass-produced factory paste. I mean, really!) #beantobar #craftchocolate #ethicalchocolate #chocolatemakers #brightonchocolatefestival #savethedate

A truly delicious flavour combination — now back in stock! #craftchocolate #beantobarchocolate #realchocolate #greenolives

Happy Friday! #flavourcombos #craftchocolate #beantobarchocolate #chocolate #mezcal #weekend

Award-winning Cacao Fruit Truffles popping up Penshurst Place on Sunday and Monday! #beantobar #craftchocolate #cacaopulp #truffles #BankHolidayWeekend

Popping up Penshurst Place on Sunday & Bank Holiday Monday… #beantobar #craftchocolate #BankHolidayWeekend #treats

Delicious Cobnut Truffles - foil-wrapped singles or (sharing?) pack of four Penshurst FarmMarket Penshurst Place on Saturday morning. #beantobar #craftchocolate #kentishcobnuts #BankHolidayWeekend #treat

Lovely market weather Penshurst FarmMarket Penshurst Place this morning!

Sunday & Bank Holiday Monday pop-up Penshurst Place. Come along to sample real chocolate made from real cocoa beans by a real chocolatemaker! #beantobar #craftchocolate #BankHolidayWeekend #treat

What a beautiful day Penshurst Place

Popping up Penshurst Place on Saturday (with serving suggestions!) #beantobar #singleorigin #craftchocolate #chocolate #bankholiday #treat

Will it be the Chuncho 73% or the Idukki Hills 73% for your best ever chocolate mousse? Come along and try a piece of each Penshurst Place on Saturday! #servingsuggestion #beantobar #singleorigin #smallbatch #craftchocolate #bankholiday #treat

Popping up today Penshurst Place . I have samples of most of my bars and pieces of truffle to try! #beantobar #singleorigin #craftchocolate #bankholiday #treat

Looking forward to Penshurst FarmMarket Penshurst Place tomorrow morning! (Fresh cream caramel truffles…) #beantobar #singleorigin #craftchocolate #yumyum

New batches… #kentishcobnuts #craftchocolate

I’m very sorry to say that I can no longer justify being on this platform. I’ve loved following you. I’ll be staying on Instagram @Retreatcocoa