Hotel Chocolat

Hotel Chocolat Group Limited
Formerly
  • Hotel Chocolat Group Limited (2013–2016)
  • Hotel Chocolat Group PLC (2016–2024)
Company typeSubsidiary
LSE: HOTC
IndustryChocolatier
Founded1993 (1993)
Founder
  • Angus Thirlwell
  • Peter Harris
HeadquartersRoyston, Hertfordshire
Number of locations
164 (2025)
Products
  • Chocolate
  • Hot Chocolate
  • Gifts
  • Cooking Chocolate
  • Cuisine Items
  • Drinking Tea
Revenue£204.5 million (2023)
Number of employees
2,300+
ParentMars Snacking
Websitehotelchocolat.com
Footnotes / references

Hotel Chocolat Group Limited is a British chocolate manufacturer and cocoa grower. It produces and distributes chocolate and other cocoa related products online and through a network of cafés, restaurants, outlets and factory stores.

By 2023, it had been reported that the firm had 125 stores spread across the United Kingdom. It is the only company in the UK to own its own cocoa farm. Its acquisition by Mars Inc. was completed in January 2024.