Find out more about what has been happening at Chocolate Fayre.
With the first doors of advent calendars now open, trees beginning to appear in windows and sprouts starting to be cooked, Christmas is fast approaching, and I thought we should let you all know about last posting dates and festive opening times here at Chocolate Fayre. To ensure we have enough time to get gifts[…]
Christmas is coming, and if you’ve never visited the Chocolate Fayre shop in the heart of Barnard Castle, you’ve missed an absolute treat! From the moment you walk in, you’re hit by a heavenly scent of chocolate and freshly ground coffee; and your eyes are met with row after row of over 75 incredible looking[…]
Chocolate Fayre Customer Service Roles – What Is The Job? As our Coffee Lounge and Shop get ever more busy, we are looking for two friendly and enthusiastic people to join our growing customer service team at Chocolate Fayre, Barnard Castle. · Hours: o Part time role (3 x 8 hr days a week, 09:30-17:30,[…]
We are looking for two friendly and enthusiastic people to join the team at Chocolate Fayre, Barnard Castle for the build-up to the busy Christmas season. Hours: One part time role (3 x 8 hr days a week, 09:30-17:30, including some weekends, midweeks & school holidays) One full time role (5 x 8 hr days[…]
Good news! The long-awaited, highly anticipated Chocolate Fayre Coffee Lounge expansion project is almost there! However, despite all of our project team working incredibly hard to finish the project, we have been let down by some of our furniture suppliers, with damaged and delayed deliveries. And it would be very difficult to have a Coffee[…]
Chocolate Fayre Customer Service Roles – What Is The Job? We are looking for a two friendly and enthusiastic people to join the customer service team at Chocolate Fayre, Barnard Castle. · Hours: o Part time role (3 x 8 hr days a week, 09:30-17:30, including most weekends, midweeks & school holidays) o Full time[…]
As we approach the summer holidays here, we are getting ever closer to completing the refurbishment of the building next door, and it’s transformation into the Chocolate Fayre Coffee Lounge. One very important stage in the process is to open back up the link between the two buildings which existed historically. This will be done[…]
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 many of you know, we are in the middle of a substantial project to complete a considerable renovation to the former Wilson’s shop next door to us at 8 Horsemarket in Barnard Castle. The aim is to expand into this, adding to our existing shop space, while also bringing back indoor seating – something[…]
