Willie's Wonky Chocolate Factory

Description: Channel 4 / Cooking / Willie Harcourt-Cooze is determined to be the first chocolate producer to grow and make 100 per ... more

Willie's Wonky Chocolate Factory ... cent cacao from bean to bar. From his work on the Venezuelan plantation to his humble Devonshire factory Willie is making new headway to elevate chocolate from a delicious dessert to an essential cooking ingredient.

Newest Review: ... review. Willie used three types of beans, El Teseoro which is from his farm in Venezuela and Carenero and Rio Caribe which he has sourced from other parts of the country all of which look and taste completely different and the documentary that recently aired on Channel 4 told the tale of his desire to create a world of chocolate lovers and to encourage people to look at it differently and ... more

... class it as an ingredient rather than just a bar of something sweet. Willie Harcourt-Cooze is on a mission to produce the best chocolate in the world, from bean to bar and beyond, the dream started 12 years ago, when he bought a cocoa farm in the lush ...more

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Willie's Wonky Chocolate Factory: Not an Oompa Loompa in sight! (574 words)
by - written on 13/04/08 (Very useful, 253 readings)
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As I seem to be spending more and more time on the internet and less time watching the tv it now falls on my partner to find something to watch in the evenings and with him it normally means a documentary of some sort but when he saw this advertised he thought it would be right down my street. *~*Who is Willie?*~* Willie Harcourt-Cooze is a chocolate entrepreneur, in fact he is one of the first brits since Cadbury to produce and develop his own chocolate. Many people may automatically sense Willie Wonka from the title of this 4 part programme through to the eccentric character that Willie Harcourt-Cooze is, but there are no similarities whatsoever between ... Read the complete review

Don't you just want to poke him in the eye with a chocolate ... (1039 words)
by - written on 01/04/08 (Very useful, 598 readings)
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The contenders for 2008 most irritating TV personality already have a frontrunner, a man by the name of Willie Harcourt-Cooze, a six-foot-four, half Belize, half Irish chocolatier, who recently starred in Channel Fours documentary, 'Willies Wonky Chocolate Factory'. Willy loves his chocolate and combined with a name like that the girls seem to love him, if the posh women's magazines are anything to go by, his public school ascent and wild frontier looks and bombastic personality over-bearing to say the least to the guys but making the Sloane's go weak at the knees. He's not my type but I can imagine him being a Horse & Hound pin up. Early on ... Read the complete review

Willie's Wonky Chocolate Factory: A show for sinners! (222 words)
by - written on 31/03/08 (Useful, 60 readings)
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This is a very good series produced by TVs best channel , channel 4 This program is based on Willie Harcourt-Cooze who is obsessed with all things chocolate. Willie is working his hardest to create his own line of unique choclate products ranging from being used as a cooking ingredient to a low fat energy boosting hot chocolate beverage. This program follows the journey of Willie and his family from there home in Devon to there own coco farm in Venezuela. Willie has encountered many set backs on his journey including lack of funding and support from the bank to factory equipment not being up to the grade to produce the best coco that ... Read the complete review

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