Like many businesses, we have a tagline at Chocolate Fayre. It’s painted on our wall behind the shop counter. It appears in our adverts and on our website, and social media, and it’s what we try and do every day. It came about several years ago almost by accident. There were no focus groups or[…]
What a fab day that was at Chocolate Fayre yesterday! I had so many lovely conversations with some of our regular customers, as well as many visitors to the town. It’s a great feeling when people head back out from the shop, with a broad smile and a cheery goodbye, having had a great Chocolate[…]
Following months of the dark, cold days of winter, February can sometimes be a challenging month. But then it is also when we begin seeing snowdrops appear in gardens and roadside verges, the days are getting longer and warmer, and steadily the shadow of winter is shaken off, while spring is almost in sight. During[…]
Recently we had the pleasure of hosting a couple of students on work experience. Now, everyone has talents, abilities and intelligences, however often these just aren’t what’s desired from our current education system. So, while our work experience students got stuck into the world of chocolate, coffee and ice cream, I also wanted to know[…]
As we mark the 80th Anniversary of the D-Day operations of June 1944, which signalled the beginning of the end of the Second World, we look at the small, but important part which chocolate played during this time. While we’re all familiar with war rationing, and the fact that sweets (including chocolate were heavily rationed[…]
As April’s eternal wind and rain finally abated and the long awaited spring sunshine tentatively peered round the corner of a cloud before making a full appearance almost in time for the early May Bank Holiday weekend, the Chocolate Fayre team gave our Secret Garden its spring clean, while also adding lots of greenery and[…]
4 years ago, it all began to get very serious. we closed our shop and re-opened to online orders and phone orders only, and Barnard Castle emptied of cars, with only a handful of businesses able to still operate. Terms like social distancing, home-schooling furlough and working from home became part of everyday language,[…]
Chocolate Fayre has been part of Barnard Castle’s high street scene for over 36 years, and at the core of what we do, it is all about you – our lovely customers! Whether we see you almost every week, just at Christmas time, when you’re on holiday in our area, as a first time visitor,[…]
In the wonderful world of chocolate, the bit which you see, smell, taste and (hopefully) fall in love with is the end result of a huge amount of effort from a lot of people. We are constantly trying to improve what we do and how we do it, introduce new ideas and products, and make[…]
As the cold, grey weather and darker evenings of January become a distant memory, we look forward with hope and optimism to warmer days, happy occasions and celebrations. Here at Chocolate Fayre, the shop is decked out in reds, pinks and whites, as we approach St Valentine’s Day on 14th February. There are many legends,[…]
