Chocolate extravaganza at Hestercombe

9:09am Tuesday 29th January 2008

A CHOCOLATE Extravaganza is being held at Hestercombe Gardens for the third year running on Saturday, March 8, from 10am-5pm.

A startling array of chocolate exhibitors, mostly South-West based, will take centre stage, showing off their top quality chocolate products.

There will be tastings, demonstrations, free recipe cards and a special focus on chocolate in the Courtyard Café.

Exclusive hand made chocolates of every conceivable variety will be available from traditional truffles, to fudge, chocolate bars and Florentines, as well as chocolate novelties from Kernow Chocolates, a wide range of chocolate cakes and biscuits including brownies, fudge cake, cookies and tarts.

Go wild with Chocolate Fountains of Somerset and luxuriate in a rich, hot chocolate drink from Minehead based Nutcombe Chocolates' new ciocchino machine.

Also look out for chocolate treats for Mothers Day and custom made and hand decorated Easter Eggs.

Whatever the weather, Granny Gothards' mouth-watering array of homemade dairy ice creams and sorbets will also be hard to resist.

Chief Executive of the Hestercombe Gardens Trust Philip White is thrilled that this event has become a regular fixture on the Hestercombe calendar.

He said: "We've been overwhelmed by the crowds attracted to The Hestercombe Chocolate Extravaganza - it shows what a magnetic attraction chocolate seems to have!

"By bringing together such a variety of chocolate products under one roof we are creating the sort of chocolate filled fantasy that people seem to find irresistible."