Interview

“Chocolate Consultant” sounds like a dream job, but what exactly does the job involve and how do you get to be one? I caught up with Louise Thomas after her talk at the London Chocolate Festival to find out! How long …

It’s been a while, but it’s time for another Chocophile – where we drag unsuspecting celebs from the street and ruthlessly give them lovely chocolates in an effort to get them to answer our questions. This week, we’ve bagged all …

The other day I was given the opportunity to interview Angus Thirlwell, co-founder of Hotel Chocolat. As it turned out our chat lasted about an hour and the time passed remarkably quickly. Angus is a thoroughly engaging and easygoing chap, …

As part of our Chocolate Week celebrations, I caught up with Jennifer Earle, founder of London’s Chocolate Ecstasy Tours. Tell us about Chocolate Ecstasy Tours. What does a Tour involve? “Lots of chocolatey deliciousness! Chocolate Ecstasy Tours is about showing …

Kirsten Tibballs is one of Australia’s most respected and talented chocolate and pastry chefs, and runs the Savour Chocolate and Patisserie School with fellow expert Paul Kennedy. This diminutive pocket-rocket won the 2004 World Championships for her hand made …

It’s time for another Chocophile – that time of the week where we drag interesting people from the street and subject them to our own unique brand of waterboarding (with melted chocolate of course). This week, we’ll be interrogating comedienne, …

It’s Chocophile time once again. The time of the week where we stalk interesting people before extracting them from their daily lives and subjecting them to intensive questioning about their chocolate consumption. This week, we’ve been stalking Veronica Belmont. Host Revision …

Dom Joly is not just the name I give myself on a happy day. Dom is an evil comic genius and mastermind of Trigger Happy TV. For this week’s Chocophile, we tracked him down and rang him on his oversized mobile …

Yes it’s Chocophile time again. That time of the week where we find interesting people and question them about their chocolate eating habits for no apparent reason! This week, we have singer/songwriter Jonathan Coulton. He may like eating people’s brains, but …

Yes, it’s that time of the week where we go abduct random people we’ve seen on TV and interrogate them about their chocolate-eating habits. This time we put the spotlight on actress Clare Wilkie – best known for her roles …

Yes it’s Chocophile time again! Today we’ve dusted off our oversized comfy chair and aimed our surveillance cameras squarely at Big Brother host Davina McCall. Let’s see how she likes it…. Chocophile: Davina McCall Occupation: TV Presenter Interrogation Begins: Milk, dark or white: Milk! Favourite childhood chocolate: Bounty bar Fruit or …

It’s Chocophile time again, and this time we’ve tracked down and strapped down actress Felicia Day (Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Dr. Horrible, The Guild). Well someone has to. Chocophile: Felicia Day Occupation: Actress, Filmmaker, Geek Web Site: feliciaday.com Interrogation Begins: Milk, dark or white: Dark if it’s solo, milk …

It’s time for another in our Chocophile series – where we drag interesting people off the streets and interrogate them about their chocolate-eating habits. This week we’ve collared XFM DJ Eddy Temple-Morris…. Chocophile: Eddy Temple-Morris Occupation: DJ, producer Web Site: Facebook / Myspace Interrogation Begins: Milk, dark or white: When …

An Interview with Thomas Schnetzler, Lindt’s Maître Chocolatier for Australia Swiss-born and raised Thomas Schnetzler chose a patisserie and confectionery apprenticeship and after completing his mandatory Swiss army service a month shy of his twentieth birthday, found himself in Melbourne. …

This is the first in a regular series on Chocablog, where we discretely follow interesting people (from a safe distance) before sending our agents in to apprehend and question them on their chocolate eating habits. We start with actor and presenter …