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Around Christmas time, the amount of chocolate lying around the house increases greatly. Whether it’s advent calendars opened each morning, festive treats being baked or gift boxes of chocolates being shared out – chocolate is never far away.Luckily, chocolate is more than just a sweet treat for your tastebuds, research found that the scent of chocolate has a significant calming effect on the brain. When a group of volunteers smelt chocolate, their brain waves showed a reduced at …

Aneesh Popat features on the TV show Nadiya Bakes showcasing the ultimate indulgent chocolate tart.

Colgate commissioned Aneesh to develop a red chocolate lip which would conceal behind it a new-to-launch toothpaste held by a beautiful printed smile. The chocolate lips had the colgate instagram tag @colgateuk and hashtag #PoutFree engraved on to them. Made from a red tinted luxury white chocolate this chocolate lip stretched a generous 23cm!

To celebrate the BBC Audio Drama Awards and to thank the esteemed judges we provided bespoke chocolate boxes with beautiful matt purple paper and silver foiling. The box showcased a selection of our favourite flavours and some specials including rhubarb, sea-buckthorn, mango and cranberry.

In October of 2019 I was taken to Alto El Sol, a plantation in Peru who supply beans to Cacao Barry - a brand who we work closely with for our origin chocolate supply. It was my first trip to plantation although not my first encounter with a real cacao tree. My first face to 'face' experience was at The Eden Project in Cornwall where I unexpextedly stumbled across the tree in their Tropical Biome. I wept under the tree remnisicing all the moments I had spent for years with chocolate. I expected …