One of the first bookings of the year for Chocolate Fountain Hire  was for Becky’s 40th birthday party being held at Four Pillars Thames Oxford Hotel. We set up the chocolate fountain  in a lovely room which was decorated with pink purple and silver balloons and looked really good. We set up the 5 tier 50″ chocolate fountain on a table in the corner next to the buffet tables. We quickly set up the dips which were strawberries, melon, mango, banana, cream filled profiteroles, chocolate brownies, mini donuts, marshmallows, Turkish delight and fudge, how yummy! The children found us first, but soon we were surrounded by the grown ups eager to try the warm chocolate. We were very busy all evening, even after the delicious buffet food had been served. By the time 10.30 came round, everyone had eaten their full and it was a tired fountain crew that packed up and went home, leaving the dancing and partying in full swing!

The guests were given a delicious buffet of Bacon or Sausage Rolls with chips and of course the yummy treats from our Chocolate Fountain. The Bride and Groom enjoyed first taste of strawberries dipped into the melted Belgian chocolate and the guests followed swiftly after, tucking into donuts, profiteroles and a favourite of all was the rich Turkish delight! The younger guests enjoyed the marshmallows and grapes; some didn’t dip into the chocolate fountain !! Soo it was time to pack up the chocolate fountain and leave the guests to enjoy their evening dancing the night away to an amazing DJ!!

There was a joint celebration as one of the guests had their birthday that day and his main choice of celebration for his 72^nd birthday was to indulge in the 2012 shaped vodka ice luge.  The live band played throughout the evening and the guests danced their way into 2012 with champagne and good friends!

Chocolate Fountain Hire were asked to provide a Chocolate Fountain in London for a Christmas Party at Investec, who are a specialist bank and asset management company. The chocolate fountain was to be the centrepiece for the party which was for the children of Investec’s employee, and we were expecting a very special guest! The children piled in with their parents and helped themselves to mini beef burgers, pizza, curly fries, onion rings and toffee apples, all prepared by the chef’s in the kitchen. As soon as we had set up, we had children (and their parents) all eager to taste the creamy milk chocolate fountain dips, which included strawberries, fresh pineapple and mango! When the kids were full of chocolate and ice cream, the ‘special guest’ appeared in the lift, complete with his two elves, it was of course Father Christmas! And with his appearance came shower of sparkly confetti from the ceiling. You should have seen Matt and I desperately trying not to let it get into the fountain, we looked very funny flapping our arms about! With the exit of Father Christmas, the parents and children alike got into their coats and left, tired, happy and looking forward to the festivities of the season. As for the Chocolate Fountain Team, we left happy that a job had been well done.

At Chocolate Fountain Hire we love nothing more than being invited back to provide chocolatle fountains for previous customers.We were very pleased to be asked back to Alfa Laval to provide Chocolate Fountains and a fruit palm tree for their annual Christmas party held in their offices. We were asked to do something different this year, so we provided three small chocolate fountains, a medium fruit palm tree and a candy floss machine! The chocolate fountains were milk, white and a red one! We make the red fountain by adding organic natural food colouring to white chocolate, and it goes as red as we like! We arranged the chocolate fountains in the middle of a table and wrapped festive red organza around them all, and dotted the dips in their white china bowls around them. The fruit palm tree was covered with fresh melon, Satsuma’s, pineapple, strawberries, kiwi fruit and grapes, it looks delicious. The chocolate fountains were very well used with guests enjoying cream filled profiteroles; mini sugared donuts, marshmallows, fudge, jelly babies, pink wafers and lots more! The candy floss was a HUGE success, with guests queuing up for baby pink candy floss on a stick, and it smelt delicious! The whole Christmas party was lots of fun, and the employees of Alfa Laval went back to work in the afternoon full of fresh fruit, red chocolate and candy floss!!

We were excited to be asked to provide a chocolate fountain and fruit palm tree at  a New Year’s Eve party at Highley Manor in Haywards Heath for Sarah. It’s always lovely to be asked to cater at people’s special occasions, and a New Year party is no exception. We were to be the ‘pudding’ after the guests had tucked into ham, beef and poached salmon. We were very popular! Sarah had also asked us to provide a fruit palm tree, which we filled with fresh strawberries, melon, grapes, kiwi, clementines and fresh pineapple. The tree stood a very impressive 7ft on the table, including 3ft of real palm leaves! Guests are sometimes a little reluctant to eat from the fruit trees as they look like works of art, but these guests quickly realised that it was for eating, and the tree was soon looking a little bare! After supper, Choclate and cheese, the dancing started in earnest, with people milling around,occasionally nibbling a piece of fruit, or a jelly baby from the chocolate fountain dips. On the stroke of midnight, Champagne was drunk and auld Lang sayne was sung, and the chocolate fountain hire team had a little kiss and a hug and crept out of the party, leaving it in full swing. What a great party!

Recently chocolate fountain hire enjoyed a local booking by travelling more locally to Pewsey in Wiltshire to attend the wedding reception of Darren and Leanne. The happy couple were married 3 weeks earlier in the caribean and celebrated with family and friends at Bouverie Hall. To match the wonderful Caribean theme we provided a beautiful chocolate fountain, a drinks fountain, which was filled with a colourful rum punch and not just one but TWO of our stunning palm trees!! One was covered ith delicious fresh fruit the second an amazing display of sweets! Both were equally enjoyed by the children and adults alike!! After enjoying hours of delicious profiteroles, donuts and fudge we left the guests young and older danicng the night away to their amazing live band!