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Willie's Chocolate Factory Cookbook (Hardcover)

by Willie Harcourt-Cooze (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton (19 Mar 2009)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0340980516
  • ISBN-13: 978-0340980514
  • Product Dimensions: 24 x 18.2 x 3.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 2,616 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'In the past 15 years, a love affair with high-quality chocolate has swept through Britain and Harcourt-Cooze is its new, ambitious cupid'

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An eccentric entrepreneur with a mission to educate the British public into the delights of top quality chocolate, Willie Harcourt-Cooze, star of the Channel 4 series WILLIE'S WONKY CHOCOLATE FACTORY, shows how to use the ultimate luxury ingredient in a collection of over 60 mouth-watering recipes.


Willie's Chocolate Factory Cookbook is composed of two parts. In the first half of the book, Willie tells the extraordinary story behind his dream to produce the very best chocolate in the world. Twelve years ago, he and his wife Tania sold everything they had to buy a cacao farm in the Cloud Mountains of Venezuela. Passionate about growing, harvesting and processing their own cacao beans, their chocolate dream took the family to near bankruptcy, and from the wilds of Venezuela, where Willie learnt how to be a cacao farmer, to the rolling hills of Devon, where he built a small, chocolate factory and now makes his 100% cacao bars.


We're conditioned to think that chocolate is a confectionary, when in actual fact the real thing is the most wondrous, versatile ingredient, whether you use it for savoury or sweet. Willie's recipes show how 100% cacao can enrich an astonishing range of dishes, from Tiramisu and Venezuelan Hot Chocolate to Chicken Mole and Porcini and Chocolate Risotto. Like salt, just a small amount can strengthen or bring out the flavours in food, or simply add depth and richness and body. It's amazing stuff, and should live by the olive oil in everyone's kitchen.


With stunning photography, a compelling narrative, and fantastic, easy-to-follow recipes (including those from his Channel 4 programmes), Willie's Chocolate Factory Cookbook is perfect inspiration for all food-lovers. Viva Cacao! The chocolate revolution starts here...


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47 of 47 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Willie's winning recipe for life, 15 Mar 2009
This book is part autobiography, part cookbook. In the first half of the book we learn of Willie's hard but idyllic childhood, followed by a tough early adulthood that leads to travels that eventually take him to Venezuela. The stories about how he comes across a cacao plantation, buys it, improves it, and decides to move in to chocolate making are all recounted in the recent TV series but here are much more interestingly told, and in more detail. I could recommend the book just for the first half. However, the second half of the book, Willie's recipes, is also very rewarding. When I watched the TV series my attention was always held by Willie's cooking, and in particular the ways he could find to add chocolate into his dishes. Well, I have already tried out a few of the recipes in the book (for Hot Chocolate, Cacao Bread, and Chicken Mole) and found the results delicious! He may look a bit crazy but there's no doubt that Willie is a force for good in the world of fine chocolate. He was a deserving winner of the Academy of Chocolate's Personality of The Year Award in 2008.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, 10 April 2009
My girlfriend bought me this book and we're both hooked! We've tried most of the recipes and I've never tasted chocolate like it; even when you can't get hold of the special 100% cacao stuff they taste absolutely delicious. One problem - you'll never be able to go back to Cadburys...
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars utterly brilliant, 9 April 2009
Absolutely brilliant. Willie's passion is evident throughout the book, and what a wonderful tale of triumph over adversity. I love how use the chocolate can be used in both sweet and savoury recipes - congratulations Willie on a superb book. Worth every penny.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic all round Chocolate Cookbook
We were recommended to this book by a relative. My son made the chocolate biscuits with his cousin (he is only 10 years old) and felt that we should add the book to our... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Mrs. Amelia L. Noble-brown

4.0 out of 5 stars Delicious!
Watching the programmes about the setting up of the chocolate factory was absolutely exhausting! The man is a human dynamo of boundless energy and endless enthusiasm which is a... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Soo Broo

5.0 out of 5 stars Chocoholics dream
Bought this book as a present for the man who has everything but loves chocolate. Plenty of fab recipes with great photos, well worth the money unlike some cook books. Read more
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This book has brilliant ideas for cooking with Willies beautiful dark chocolate that has the best flavour of any other chocolate anywhere in the world in my opinion.
Published 5 months ago by Chris Rogers

5.0 out of 5 stars Eye-opening
Having managed to miss the tv series I didn't know what to expect with this book, but found it fascinating. Read more
Published 5 months ago by P. Ashley

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A genuinely good read offering a background for the source of the chocolate and its makings. The recipes themselves cover every season and every occasion. Read more
Published 5 months ago by G. V. Keith

5.0 out of 5 stars Willie's Chocolate Factory Cookbook
This is a very good book, even if you have seen the series on television. It is interesting to read about Willie's experiences, and all that led up to his factory. Read more
Published 6 months ago by V. E. Cairns

5.0 out of 5 stars Willie's Chocolate Factory Cookbook
Great recipes, loved the Bread and Butter Pudding. The illustrations are clear and make your mouth water!
Published 6 months ago by Robin

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I bought this book mainly because I am a chocolate fan but also because I have become a great admirer of "Willie" I think he is doing a great job. Read more
Published 6 months ago by V. Robson

4.0 out of 5 stars Willie's Chocolate Factory Cookbook
I bought this book as a present , it has a good amount of text introduction to Willie's project as well as some mouthwatering recipes and great photo's.
Published 6 months ago by AJ

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