March 1988, In the picturesque Derbyshire town of Bakewell. Barbara Holdsworth took a deep breath, rolled up her sleeves and started work.

Our story: “It’s been over 35 years since my Mum, Barbara started making chocolates from a small unit in our home town of Bakewell, driven by a passion for chocolate with a firm belief that a market existed for British handcrafted chocolates. Barbara began to blend the best possible ingredients from around the world in order to realise her dream. Barbara developed unique recipes and improved them to exacting standards to create an exquisite range of world-class chocolates. In time, the chocolates gained a growing reputation and Holdsworth Chocolates became one of ‘the’ chocolate experiences.”

Holdsworth Chocolates was born.