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Ben Ellis Pastry Chef & Chocolatier Multi-Award winning & currently the UK’s Leading Chocolatier! No added Oil, Egg, Sugar, Cream, Sweeteners, or anything artificial!
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Creating supreme health conscious luxury freefrom chocolates with fresh fruits, herbs, water ganache, & incredible flavour!

So incredibly proud of Samuel Ellis, what a capable & kind young man we have! We are so happy he is getting recognition ...
02/08/2026

So incredibly proud of Samuel Ellis, what a capable & kind young man we have! We are so happy he is getting recognition for not just his latest heroic act but a literal lifetime of heroism & selflessness!

We are in The Northern Echo newspaper & online this weekend! 🥂❤️🥰🫶

02/08/2026

Well… Ben & I massively underestimated how long it would take to wrap everything up before our little summer break! 🤣🤦🏻‍♀️

After I posted about us taking some time out to enjoy the holidays with the boys, we ended up working solidly until 1am! Today I’m still ploughing through emails, packing the last orders, filling stock boxes, and liaising with customers & clients, while Ben is busy finishing fresh chocolates for Cathedral View, Ripon & Strickland & Holt, Yarm.

Tomorrow we have one final chocolate-making demo & Q&A to host, and then on Tuesday morning we’ll make one last special delivery to a client in Leeds at the crack of Dawn… that’s it! The laptops can close, the chocolate moulds can have a rest, and our focus can finally be 100% on our boys. ❤️

Phew! We really can’t complain. We’re incredibly grateful and so proud to have built such a thriving business from scratch. Yes, we’re completely exhausted, but we’re even more excited for the weeks ahead making memories with our precious boys.

Bring on Tuesday! ❤️🥂🙌

🍫❤️

01/08/2026

❤️Public Announcement❤️

As of today, we’re pressing pause on the business to focus on something even more important… uninterrupted family time for a few weeks!

Running a family business means we’re incredibly lucky to be at home with our children, but the reality is that countless late nights, early mornings and long working days 7 days a week for most of the year, often mean we’re not as present as we’d like to be. Childhood passes by far too quickly, and these summer holidays are precious, so we’re taking some time to switch off, put work aside, and make memories together before September arrives and it’s back to working all hours again.

Our chocolates will still be available at Cathedral View, Ripon & Strickland & Holt, Yarm if you’re looking for treats or gifts in the mean time.

We are back on the 25th August.

Thank you all for your continued support and understanding. Wishing you all a wonderful summer filled with love, laughter, and special family moments. ☀️

How can your gluten free vegan chocolate taste nice?! 🤔It’s a question we get asked all the time! We get it! Typically V...
28/07/2026

How can your gluten free vegan chocolate taste nice?! 🤔

It’s a question we get asked all the time! We get it! Typically Vegan chocolate tastes awful & belongs in the bin!

It’s been long accepted that Vegan & dairy free chocolate couldn’t taste indulgent as it doesn’t contain cream, butter, & eggs.. but we go further & don’t add extra sugar, sweeteners, oil, or anything artificial or ultra processed!

Given the popular opinion that all the above ingredients are not just needed but essential for chocolate to taste good it’s no wonder we get that question often!

Some people are so sceptical that they literally turn their nose up and walk away without even trying a sample. We’ve even had people tell us, “That can’t possibly taste nice!” before they’ve taken a single bite.

So we have something to say..

It’s official…

Our Vegan/Dairy free chocolates really do taste incredible! 🍫✨

We are so proud to be recognised as a Great Taste Producer for our Vegan/Dairy Free/Dark Chocolate by the Guild of Fine Food.

Creating chocolate that’s deeply nourishing and genuinely delicious has never been about following the crowd.

It’s been about challenging everything people think they know about chocolate and proving that chocolate can taste luxurious, with incredible refreshing clean flavours, using wholesome ingredients, & leaving consumers thinking WOW in the process.

So, if you’re of the firm opinion that Vegan or dairy free chocolate must taste terrible without all the heavy calorific ingredients, you should try ours.. it will blow your mind! 🤯🙌🥂😜

Visit www.BenEllisChocolatier.co.uk to find out more!

🌟 Summer Special 🌟We are taking bookings throughout the summer for just £75, including local delivery to Northallerton, ...
18/07/2026

🌟 Summer Special 🌟

We are taking bookings throughout the summer for just £75, including local delivery to Northallerton, Thirsk, Stokesley, Stockton, Darlington, Ripon, Harrogate, York & everywhere in between!

🍒🍰 Introducing Our Luxury Black Forest Gâteau… 🍰🍒

Some things simply never go out of style…

As the summer heat arrives, Ben is swapping melted chocolate for chocolate sponge & getting back basics…. ❤️

Our magnificent 3-layer Luxury Black Forest Gâteau is lovingly handcrafted with:

🍫 Rich chocolate sponge
🤍 Layers of fresh whipped cream
🍒 Sour black cherry compote
✨ Finished with Belgian chocolate shavings, fresh cherries and handcrafted chocolate decorations including edible chocolate soil.

Every bite is light, fresh & beautifully balanced. Bursting with the classic flavours that have made Black Forest Gâteau a timeless favourite.

We don’t do small portions in this house… 😍 the cake comfortably serves 16+ generous portions, making it perfect for:

☀️ Summer BBQs
🌸 Garden parties
🎂 Birthdays
🥂 Anniversaries
🎉 Family celebrations
🍽️ Or simply as an unforgettable dessert after Sunday lunch… with plenty left to enjoy over the following days!

It is a treat for all the senses & smells absolutely AMAZING!! 😵‍💫😋

Please message us to reserve your cake before our diary fills up.

✨ In the midst of handcrafting an incredible commission for Warburtons’ 150th Anniversary celebrations, we had the pleas...
12/07/2026

✨ In the midst of handcrafting an incredible commission for Warburtons’ 150th Anniversary celebrations, we had the pleasure of taking a day away from the kitchen to attend Lloyd Motor Group’s 50th Anniversary event held at Rockliffe Hall. ✨

For this very special occasion, we handcrafted 50 bespoke luxury chocolate gift boxes, created exclusively for the event, before setting up a beautiful display of our award-winning chocolates for every guest to enjoy throughout the event.

We also had the opportunity to host a live Q&A, giving the guests the chance to meet the people behind our luxury chocolate brand (AKA us! 😊), hear our story, learn about our passion for challenging industry norms, and discover why we believe luxury chocolate should be crafted with honesty, integrity, and the finest whole ingredients.

One of the highlights of the event was watching people experience our chocolates for the very first time. Seeing those genuine smiles, surprise and delight is exactly why we do what we do.

A heartfelt thank you to everyone at Lloyd Motor Group for making us feel so welcome and for trusting us to be part of such an important milestone. Congratulations on reaching an incredible 50 years in business. It was an honour to celebrate with you, and we wish you every success for the future.

We would love to hear from you if you’re planning a corporate event, client appreciation evening, product launch, awards dinner or VIP experience, or simply want to wow your party guests with a luxury chocolate experience that gets them talking, sharing photos and remembering your event long after they’ve gone home.

10/07/2026
🤎 From our home kitchen… to helping celebrate 150 years of one of Britain’s most iconic brands... Warburtons 🤎Six weeks ...
10/07/2026

🤎 From our home kitchen… to helping celebrate 150 years of one of Britain’s most iconic brands... Warburtons 🤎

Six weeks ago, this project was simply an idea.

A conversation.
A plan.
A blank sheet of paper.

Six weeks later, it had become 130kg of handcrafted luxury Belgian chocolate, individually made, packaged and personally delivered for two spectacular celebrations marking Warburtons’ 150th anniversary.

Sometimes we have to stop and pinch ourselves.

Because this business didn’t begin in a factory or a commercial kitchen.

It began, & still is, operating entirely from our home.

And it’s still just the two of us.

With a belief that if you care enough about quality, craftsmanship and the people you’re creating for, extraordinary opportunities will eventually find you.

Over those six weeks, our days blurred into nights.

There were endless emails, planning meetings, production schedules, sourcing ingredients, designing each chocolate element, handcrafting every piece, carefully packaging hundreds of gifts, and making sure every last detail was exactly as it should be.

For the first celebration, 140 guests each received three handcrafted chocolate creations…

✨ A white chocolate ‘W’ with delicate 24-carat edible gold leaf.

✨ A generous bag of milk, white and dark Belgian chocolate shards, each one hand-finished on both sides with edible gold leaf & the dark chocolate also had an element of Warburtons signature orange colour splattered both sides.

✨ Six hand-rolled dark chocolate truffles, dipped in white chocolate before being dusted in brilliant orange lustre and finished with shimmering gold flakes.

Then, just two weeks later, came the second event…

400 guests each received a 200g bag of handcrafted chocolate shards, every single piece decorated by hand with the same striking orange finish and edible gold leaf.

In total…

🍫 130kg of Callebaut Belgian chocolate.

📦 Hundreds of individual gift bags.

🚗 Personally delivered by hand, exactly when they were needed.

And somewhere along the way…

There was so much bright orange lustre powder flying around our kitchen that Vicky ended up completely covered from head to toe in orange and gold sparkle… looking remarkably like a giant glittery Wotsit! 🤣🧡🤦🏻‍♀️

Moments like these remind us just how far this journey has taken us.🥂🙏

From our home kitchen to creating luxury chocolates for internationally recognised brands…

It’s something we’ll never take for granted.

To everyone at Warburtons, thank you for placing your trust in us. It has been an absolute privilege to contribute to such an important milestone.

And to everyone who continues to support our special business…

Every order you place, every post you share and every recommendation you make helps create opportunities like this.

Thank you for believing in us.

Here’s to celebrating remarkable milestones… one handcrafted chocolate at a time. 🤎🍫

🍫🤎 Happy World Chocolate Day! 🤎🍫Today, the world celebrates chocolate… but for us, it’s so much more than chocolate.It’s...
07/07/2026

🍫🤎 Happy World Chocolate Day! 🤎🍫

Today, the world celebrates chocolate… but for us, it’s so much more than chocolate.

It’s every 1am start, every late night, every challenge we’ve refused to let define us, & every smile from a customer who tells us they’ve finally found chocolate they can enjoy and trust.

What began from a place of abject survival, & to focus on positivity in very bleak times, in our home kitchen has become a journey beyond anything we could have imagined.

A journey that has seen our chocolates enjoyed by families across the UK and around the world, recognised as among the best in the world, and featured in Forbes, Vanity Fair and Business Insider.

But no award will ever mean as much as the messages we receive from people who tell us our chocolates have brought a little joy back into their lives.

That’s why we do what we do.

We believe chocolate should be crafted with honesty. With care. With integrity. With ingredients you can recognise and trust.

Every chocolate we create is handcrafted with fresh fruits, herbs and whole ingredients because we believe indulgence shouldn’t come at the expense of your wellbeing.

To everyone who has ordered from us, shared one of our posts, recommended us to a friend, or simply cheered us on from afar… thank you.

You are the reason we keep pushing boundaries, challenging convention and believing that chocolate really can be different.

From our family to yours…

❤️ Happy World Chocolate Day. ❤️

With love and gratitude,

Ben, Vicky, Samuel, & Joseph x

If you want to find out more about our special business please click the link https://benellischocolatier.co.uk

Explore our range of mouth-watering, hand-crafted, luxury chocolates that will treat your tastebuds to the ultimate experience.

📅 Last orders for our Teacher Gift Boxes will be Tuesday 7th July.🍎❤️ Because “Thank You” Means So Much More Than Words…...
05/07/2026

📅 Last orders for our Teacher Gift Boxes will be Tuesday 7th July.

🍎❤️ Because “Thank You” Means So Much More Than Words… ❤️🍎

Teachers don’t just educate. They encourage, inspire, nurture confidence and help shape futures.

This summer, thank them with a gift that’s every bit as thoughtful as they are.

For just £10, our beautifully presented Teacher Gift Box includes 6 of our best-selling luxury artisan chocolates, finished with a heartfelt keepsake label that reads:

“With heartfelt appreciation for all that you do… Thank you, & have a wonderful summer!”

Created by a Chocolatier recognised as one of the best in the world, these are chocolates unlike any you’ve tasted before.

✨ Handcrafted in Britain using the finest Belgian chocolate.
✨ Infused with fresh fruits, herbs and whole ingredients for an incredibly pure, vibrant flavour.
✨ Light, refreshing and calorie light.
✨ Free from gluten, oil, egg, butter, cream, added sugar, sweeteners, artificial ingredients and ultra-processed ingredients.
✨ Beautifully handcrafted in small batches with uncompromising attention to quality.

Every chocolate is created with the belief that luxury should never come at the expense of purity, flavour or wellbeing.

For a gift they’ll genuinely remember long after the last bell has rung, choose something as extraordinary as the people receiving it.

📅 Last orders for our Teacher Gift Boxes will be Tuesday 7th July.

⚠️ Very limited availability. Once they’re gone, they’re gone.

Simply click the link to order on our website https://benellischocolatier.co.uk/product/teacher-thank-you-gift/

Or

Please message us to reserve yours before it’s too late. ❤️

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