A chocolate-based business that offer workshops and tasting experiences have relaunched in their new premises in Llanidloes.
Coco Live was halted for two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic but is back underway in its new premises at Parc Derwen Fawr.
Coco Live comprises a team of experienced chocolate makers who pass on their skills to participants at hands-on, fun events. Events range from a ‘Chocolate Experience’, where chocolate bars and shards are made and decorated, through to making filled chocolates and truffles with a selection of caramel and ganache fillings.
Workshops can be tailored to special dietary requirements, such as vegan and for celebrations, including birthday parties or family celebrations.
Believing the chocolate schools will be popular with visitors to the region, Lori has joined MWT Cymru to promote them.
MWT Cymru is an independent membership organisation that represents more than 600 tourism and hospitality businesses across Powys, Ceredigion and Southern Snowdonia.
“Our informal approach, encouraging bowls to be scraped and spoons to be licked, is a hit with everyone,” said Coco Live founder, Lori Whinn.
“After all, chocolate tends to bring out the inner child in all of us!
“We have made chocolate with people of all ages - from four to 90 plus, and it’s a fun and tasty experience all round. It is a popular group activity for societies and families, and we also plan monthly ticketed workshops so that individuals or smaller groups can come along
“If chocolate making isn’t your thing and you prefer to experience a tutored chocolate tasting with information about how chocolate is produced, that’s also available from our chocolate school.”
Following the relaunch, Lori has plans for them to carry out some charity workshops, with the proceeds going to the Village by Village charity.
The Ghana charity aims to reduce child poverty in chocolate growing areas, and has a vision to ensure that children have access to clean water, basic sanitation and a chance of a better life through education.