I’m going on BBC local radio from my home office at 9am to talk about chocolate and a huge delivery of wood and compost has arrived for me to take through my house. Cool cool. 😅
Thank you, Farrukh! ❤️🙏🏻
Would you like to discover London's best bakeries and chocolate shops?
Have a look at these curated maps by my friend @jenniferearle.bsky.social
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www.jenniferearle.com/shop
Bubala! The best vegetarian restaurant. The Delamina restaurants usually have great options too. And Rovi. I’m vegetarian so most of the restaurants I mention in my newsletter are good for vegetarians or I’m clear if they’re not!
😁 it’s pretty sweet (😆 sorry 🤪)
I bet they’re tax deductible as workwear.
* Sir Paul Smith 😅
Totally loved his stories. Seems like a lovely man.
Designer Paul smith wearing a black suit and shirt in front of a 20ft Christmas tree covered in colourful baubles and 100+ unique bird houses that could fit actual birds. In the foyer of Claridges Hotel by the staircase.
Not sure why this photo looks like it’s from 1983 but it’s my favourite from this morning’s unveiling of the Claridges’ Christmas Tree with designer Paul Smith. And I got my first mince pie of the season and some sweets so it’s been a happy end to the first half of the week. 💪
Tomorrow I’ll be sharing a round up of advent calendars and Christmas hampers. Expect lots of chocolate, of course. 🥰
Have you already bought an advent calendar? Are you planning to?
Me too! Sold.
How are these fillings conscious enough to be “woke”? 😳 Is this the new level of bros’ caveman diet? Eat the animals while they’re still breathing?
These days I usually only run tours and tastings for private groups, but Milly & I will co-host two more of the Notting Hill Bakery Tours in February & March 2025
www.chocolateecstasytours.com/collections/...
And we might do some more in other areas later in the year. Where would you like to go?
Cut pastries on plates outside.
Inside a layered pumpkin praline pastry. Cut and held by someone.
Man holding a wooden tray with 12 different pastries.
Eight different mini filled choux buns on a wooden tray on a wooden bench in golden hour sunlight.
🍫 Next year it’ll be 20 years since I set up Chocolate Ecstasy Tours in London. 😵
chocolateecstasytours.com
🍦 In 2015 I led the first Ice Cream Ecstasy Tour.
🥐 This month I finally ran the first dedicated bakery tour with my friend, author & photographer Milly Kenny-Ryder. Expect more in 2025!
Please say hi if you’re into any of the following:
* craft / bean to bar chocolate
* artisan bakeries
* vegetarian/ plant based whole foods
* London history
* nutrition geekery
* getting lost down wormholes of random facts and stories 🫣
Another social app. 😅 Is it worth hanging out here guys?
