The King and the Chocolate Makers..the story so far
This section is all about us. Forgive us for sounding a tad self-involved but the time has come to reveal ourselves in our full glory (steady! - Ed)
So allow us to take you by the hand and lead you through the golden streets of Partridge Green to the scented, delicious, truly, truly scrumptious world of Cocoa Loco.
Once, many, many years ago, (well alright 2005), a young(ish) couple called Rory and Sarah decided to follow their dreams and set up Cocoa Loco. Their mission was simple, to bake joyous confections that melt on your tongue using entirely organic ingredients and in a manner which caused minimum impact on the environment. Their baking would be made with love, their service second to none and their customers would become friends.
As the years passed, their fame spread. Soon Sarah and Rory had to take on people to help them. They attracted the most talented cooks in the land, people who cared passionately about good cooking, smelt of chocolate and occasionally drank too much red wine.
Together they expanded their list of fabulous concoctions, coming up with ever more gorgeous creations until even the King of Sussex (well the Sussex Food Awards actually) came to sample their delicious brownies and goodies and declared them the Best Food Producer in the whole of Sussex in the year 2007 and they all lived happily ever after.
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| Meet the Team!
We’re not oompa lumpas but we are short and sweet. Meet the Cocoa Loco team. |
| Name: Sarah
Nickname: I like my name, but always liked my sister’s middle name better, am not allowed to say what it is, got told off for telling her husband.
Six words your friends would use to describe you:
Strong minded, barmy, busy, bubbly, tenacious, funny
Wild Thing or Mild Thing: Wild thing
Dream food: Great big field mushrooms filled with blue cheese and grilled, big bowl of moules mariniere, avocado and prawns, lobster, big wedge of cheesecake, the claggy heavy sort that sticks to the roof of your mouth. I wouldn’t actually be able to eat ALL this but we are dreaming here!
Nightmare food: Lamb chops/ pork chops
The Fat Duck or the Ivy: Both, but would swap either for a meal at Giorgio Locatelli's restaurant, especially if he sat and talked to me while I ate!
Weirdest place you’ve eaten brownies: I like to eat them while in the bath, frozen in the summer or just warm in the winter
Blackjacks or Fruit Salad: Fruit salad, hate liquorice
First record: Blondie - Auto American
Fave ipod tracks: Killers, first album (but ipod broken;-()
Top celebrity crush: Don't tend to have crushes, but find certain voices very attractive, e.g. Giorgio Locatelli, and Bill Nighy.
Hate to be stuck in a lift with: John McCruick, no explanation needed I think!
Dinner party wishlist: Rory, Louis Theroux, Chris Evans, Jonathon Ross, Nigel Slater (am hoping he would offer to help in the kitchen so we could chat about food), Giorgio Locatelli, Chantel Cody (Rococo) and Nadine Abensur (Cranks).
My perfect day would involve: Winning Sussex Food Producer of the Year, oh yes we did!!!
Sad/mad/bad: the mass production of goods, especially food, to the detriment of the environment. |
| Name: Helen
Nickname: Hels Bels
Wild Thing or Mild Thing: 16 - 30 Years Wild thing, 30 years to present Mild thing. Just wait to the kids leave home!
Dream Food: Oyster omelettes from a side street in Bangkok, Eggs Benedict for Sunday Brunch with the gang I got drunk with the night before, fish and chips on Brighton Pier, Sunday lunch with family and friends, a last minute BBQ, Banana bread with egg shell cooked by Hettie (3 year old daughter), falafels from the Jewish quarter in Paris and much more
Nightmare Food: Ginger. Yuk.
The Fat Duck or the Ivy: Fat Duck
Weirdest place you’ve eaten brownies: Brownies are to be taken seriously and eaten while sitting in a comfortable chair with a really good coffee.
Favourite tipple: White wine from Margret River, drunk while chatting to the wine maker on a balmy Australian evening.
Blackjacks or Fruit Salad: Fruit salads no black tongues.
Fave ipod tracks: Radio 2 !!!!!!! Chris and Jonathon. Do not have a ipod would like one for birthday please.
Top Celebrity Crush: Liam Neeson- hubba hubba yum yum.
Hate to be stuck in a lift with: Joel (my 6 year old son) he would just scream and scream.
Dinner Party Wishlist: Alister, Gabbie, Alice and Paul (my friends from Oz and USA, don’t get to see enough of them. Well Alice is in London). Laurence Llewellyn Bowen (makes me laugh), Eddie Izzard (makes me laugh), Richard (hubby - serves the wine), Gordon Ramsey (to bring the first course), Nigella Lawson (to bring the pudding), Sarah and Rory (your chocolates would be served with coffee!) Me (would cook the main), Jamie Oliver (to help wash up and chat about kids eating habits).
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| Name: Rory
Nickname - Mr Rory
Six words your friends would use to describe you: Bouncy, lively, fun
confident, extrovert, mischievous
Wild thing or Mild thing: Wild thing, but I can’t say anymore with the court case pending (joke)
Dream food: Freshly caught scallops, cooked in their shells over a fire on the beach
Nightmare food: Cold monkey brains served with a big helping of sprouts
Fat Duck or the Ivy: The Fat Duck of course, a celebration of experimentation with food in the search for perfection.
Weirdest place you’ve eaten brownies: I eat brownies everywhere and anywhere - what is weird if a day goes by without eating at least one :-)
Top Three Films: The Chorus, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Monty Pythons The Meaning of Life
Blackjacks or Fruit Salad: Fruit salads, happy childhood memories of the village sweet shop and how far 10p would go.
First record: The theme tune from Ghostbusters, oh the shame.
Fave ipod tracks: Coldplay - X&Y Album, Moby - Play Album, Samuel Barbers Adagio for Strings, The Killers - Hot Fuss
Hate to be stuck in a lift with: A Tyrannosaurus Rex
Dinner party wishlist: Eliza Manningham-Buller, Sir Ranulph Fiennes, Stephen Fry, Aung San Suu Kyi, Josie Lawrence, Nigella Lawson, Madonna, Michael Palin, Matthew Parris, Pete Postlewaite, Segolene Royal, Dita Von Teese, John Simpson, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
Perfect day: Breakfast in bed together eating bacon & cheese croissants & reading the newspaper like we have all the time in the world. To then spend the day cycling or sailing with Sarah with an outdoor party (on the beach or in a wood) with friends in the evening.
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| Name: Enza
Nickname: Ferrero Roche Barba (Oh Ambassador - ed)
Six words your friends would use to describe you: Quirky, unique, particular, weird, crunchy, organic
Wild Thing or Mild Thing? Wild thing
Dream Food: A small dish of linseeds with a splattering of chocolate flavoured sesame
Nightmare Food: Freddie Kruger full English £1.99 including tea (refillable)
Weirdest place you’ve eaten brownies? 1,258 feet and 8 inches up whilst trying desperately to open my parachute
Top Three Books: Chocolat, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Life and Loves of Leonardo Da Vinci
Top Three Films: K pax, French Kiss (with chocolate), Ghandi
Fave ipod tracks: Black eyed peas, Enya, il Divo, The Feeling, The Clash, Lancing College Church Choir ensemble,
Top celebrity crush: Dalai Lama
Hate to be stuck in a lift with: A claustrophobic
Your Dinner Party Wish List: Boris Johnson, Ricky Gervais, Dalai Lama, John Streeter Flat 4, Cate Blanchett, The Queen (Helen Mirren)
My Perfect Day: Waking up to breakfast in Venice, lunch and shopping in New York, afternoon tea with the Dalai Lama, supper with Ray Mears.
If you were invisible for the day: I would check out Cocoa Loco’s secret ingredients to discover WHY they are so incredibly scrumptious!
Things that make me happy are: Chocolate and red wine (separately or together)
Sad/mad/bad - Farming is too commercial (no turkeys for Christmas) |
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