Fathers Day – Treat Dad to Something Sweet Fathers Day falls on Sunday 21st June this year, and it’s probably the least remembered annual occasion! Certainly it pales into comparison with Mothers Day! Of course, it hasn’t been around for as long as Mothers Day, and we all know that our Mum’s have always been[…]
With current global events leading to sky-high fuel costs, we’ve had some fuel for thought. Working closely with some of our local garages and filling stations, we’ve been refining a new fuel which can be used to power regular petrol or diesel engines, with a little adjustment to the fuel delivery system. “What is this[…]
Well, we’re several weeks into 2026, and as far as I can tell, it feels like not a single day has gone by since New Year when it hasn’t rained here in Barnard Castle! There are pop-up glamping ponds in fields which have had excited ducks in temporary residence for a couple of weeks now,[…]
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,[…]
