Rococo Chocolates

Specialties

Chantal Coady has taken the experience of fine chocolate retailing from the «Dark Ages» of the 1980’s, when she founded her inspiring and engaging Rococo Chocolates store in Chelsea, and transformed London into a World Class chocolate destination. Rococo’s famous Hot Chocolate can be experienced in many Artisan variations at The Knightsbridge Lounge, as well as offering chocolate making workshops at the unforgettable Motcomb St store, just around the corner…

History

Established in 1983.

In 1983, a young woman dared to follow her dream: to share with others her love for chocolate. Determined to change the way fine chocolate was perceived and presented, Chantal Coady transformed the stuffy, conservative, commercial norm of chocolate retailing to the inspiring engagement of the senses that such a delectable delight deserved, and through it, has spread the beauty and joy of chocolate far and wide — starting with London!

Meet the Business Owner

Chantal C.

Business Owner

Chantal envisaged Rococo to be a chocolate paradise. With friends from art school she painted cherubs and clouds on the ceiling after Botticelli’s ‘The Birth of Venus’ and stippled the walls in a candyfloss pink that matched her hair. A chandelier was made from sugar; gilded mirrors and candelabra were mounted on the walls. Her eighteenth-​century-​meets-​punk style fit into the rebellious vibe of Kings Road and the imagination and sense of fun intoxicated chocolate lovers who, bored with suffocating department store confectionery departments, came on pilgrimages from miles away. One of our early customers was Joanne Harris, and it’s even been said that Chantal was an inspiration for her book ‘Chocolat!’