1993
We started selling chocolates online. Yes, that's before Amazon existed!
We started selling chocolates online. Yes, that's before Amazon existed!
We launched the Chocolate Tasting Club - a unique chocolate subscription service.
We opened our first Hotel Chocolat store in London.
We became cacao farmers, buying an overgrown cacao farm in Saint Lucia.
We opened our first café in London's Borough Market, serving hot chocolate and cacao centered food. You can still visit it today.
That overgrown cacao farm? In 2011 we opened our eco-luxury hotel, restaurant and spa there. People flew in from New York just for the food.
Hotel Chocolat is voted the UK's "most advocated" British Brand!
Hotel Chocolat lists on the London Stock exchange (HOTC) and we're awarded Mid-Market Business of the Year.
The year of the Velvetiser! Our iconic Velvetiser™ launches and starts a hot chocolate revolution in the UK. It's also the year that we expanded the business into Japan.
We opened our office in Ghana to drive our Pioneering Gentle Farming initiative in the region.
We're back in the USA! A new team join us to bring happiness through chocolate across the Atlantic, and velvetise your world.