Hotel Chocolat Cafe | Cambridge

After my Joe Browns photoshoot (post here) I almost opted to go straight home and curl up on the sofa. It had already been a hectic week. A tempting invite to attend the opening of the new Hotel Chocolat Café (yes I said Chocolate Café!) in Cambridge’s Lion Yard Shopping Centre, however, was simply too good to resist.

I met Pippa in Cambridge’s Grand Arcade and we caught up over a smoothie. In fact we were so engrossed in our conversation that it took us a while to notice that the staff were politely stacking the chairs and tables around us. We quickly hurried out so that they could go home, the poor things!

The relocation of Hotel Chocolat’s Cambridge store to Lion Yard signifies the start of a brand new chapter.  Not only does this newer, larger space offer the usual shop where you can buy all of the luxury chocolate delights that they’re famous for, but it also features their first boutique Chocolate Café, a spacious seating area and even a School of Chocolate. Now have you ever heard of anything that sounded more heavenly?

Once inside we spotted Emma and together we began to explore all the goodies on display.

Trays of chocolate brownies, hazelnut blondies and even cocoa infused beef were continuously passed under our noses. Having not had any dinner that evening I was more than happy to oblige.