The Chocolate Museum — Attraction in London

The Chocolate Museum is a real and hidden gem of the colourful and vibrant Brixton neighbourhood. This independent museum established here in 2013 and its collection consists of a range of objects and memorabilia acquired over many years from different merchants and collectors.

Here you'll find a range of ethically sourced chocolates produced by independent bean-to-bar makers and focus on single origins chocolate bars, from Ghana, to Ivory Coast, to Ecuador, to Venezuela that blend fruits, spices and herbs.

What I also really love about this place is the programme of workshops offered for families as well as for schools, or special occasions where you will learn many things about cocoa and how to make chocolate out of it.

In addition to this, my 5 stars go to the lovely and professional ladies running this unexpected and tasty...

Sophie guided my group through a taste exploration of the different beans and how this changes the subtleties of the chocolate. We then split into three groups to have a go at creating our own hand dipped chocolates. A fun, if messy, way to spend an afternoon and the little bags of chocolates we made would make excellent gifts. This particular venue wasn't fully wheelchair accessible due to its age, but through discussions in advance we established where we could access facilities should they be needed. They also have a shop and the museum is moving to a new location this year so any access issues will be addressed in the move. The pace was very inclusive and although we were a group of colleagues this activity would also be good for schools, clubs, family...

1. the level of cleanliness is below standards - we are not making pottery, we are making food!
2. Ivy was giving all the participants some chocolates to taste with her hands after she touched her clothes and her face without gloves.
3. Ivy was not passionate at all - didn’t even mention that there was a museum to visit.
4. the place was freezing throughout the 2 hours we have been there. We had to keep our jacket on.
5. the place looks unkept and in need of refurbishment or at least a deep clean including the glass windows you see from the streets.
6. for 40£/person you would expect certain standards.

Overall we enjoyed making the chocolates but we were constantly apprehensive about the...