London, UK - 13 October 2016
1. Various of Chocolate Show fashion catwalk with dresses and costumes incorporating chocolate
2. Mid of audience at Chocolate Show
3. Various of Chocolate Show owner Sylvie Douce being introduced on stage and addressing audience
4. Wide of audience
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Sylvie Douce, founder, The Chocolate Show
"The name of the cover of the chocolate is a dress and for that reason we decided to create dresses made in chocolate."
6. Mid tilt up on stage of model wearing sparkling chocolate leaf dress and eating chocolate lolly
7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Sylvie Douce, founder, The Chocolate Show
"It's art, you know the couture fashion is art and the chocolate maker is a job of art because they are creators together and together they can make something unique."
8. Wide of chocolate high heeled shoes on stand
9. Close of shoe with heel studded with edible pearls
10. Mid zoom in on men's chocolate brogue shoes
11. Various close of chocolates on stand focussing on specialist tastes including curry, lemon chutney, mustard and basil
12. Close of tag for mustard chocolate
13. Close defocus on lemon chutney chocolate
14. Wide of Russell Pullan co-founder of 5th Dimension Chocolates
15. Various of Pullan choosing chocolates
16. SOUNDBITE: (English) Russell Pullan, co-founder, 5th Dimension Chocolates
"It's a milk chocolate shell is this, you can see the centre of it now. I'm getting some raisons from that to start with and then you can feel the spices of the curry coming through."
17. Close of chocolates on a stand next to Halloween pumpkins in picnic basket on Hill Street Experience stand
18. Close of pumpkin
19. Close of Greg Smith
20. Close of Chris Smith
21. Close of Chris Smith reaching into the basket and grabbing a pumpkin
22. Close of Chris Smith crushing the pumpkin in his bare hands revealing it's made of chocolate
23. Various of the Smith brothers eating their pumpkin chocolate
24. Close of bottle of Hudson and Bond's chocolate champagne being wiped
25. Various of champagne being poured into glass
26. Close of stand with chocolate head of actor Benedict Cumberbatch sitting next to white, gold and dark chocolate 'Cumberbatch bunnies'
27. Close of life sized chocolate bust of the British Queen Elizabeth
28. Various of white and dark chocolate life sized busts of the Queen and corgi dogs
29. Various of Claire Smith founder of A Little Piece of Love covering chocolate troll lolly in chocolate flavour candy floss
30. Close of candy floss being handed to one of a group of women visitors
31. Mid of young woman eating the candy floss troll
32. Mid of chocolatier Paul Young sitting down to traditional English 'afternoon tea party' with executive chef of the Intercontinental Park Lane
33. SOUNDBITE: (English) Paul A. Young, chocolatier
"We've come together as a collaboration to create an afternoon tea that spans from now right through autumn, then there'll be a Christmas twist in there as well, but with the flavours of autumn and the textures all edible."
34. Close of open dainty sandwiches with salmon and tuna
35. Close of scones
36. Close of plate stand with food being passed by Young to Wells
37. Close of Wells eating sandwich
38. Close of sandwiches
39. Mid of Young choosing sandwich and eating it
40. Close of surprise autumn box which contains the 'bonfire cone'
41. SOUNDBITE: (English) Paul A. Young, chocolatier
"My favourite bit, or our favourite bit (pointing to Ashley Wells) is this, it's a bonfire cone and the ganache in there tastes of bonfire, it's smoky, warming, crackly and the crunchiness of the cone is like crackly wood. It's the best bit, and I'm going to taste it, it's like the smell of burning embers, crackling embers, burning leaves, it's sweet it's delicate and it's got heat at the end."
42. Various of chocolate Christmas tree and village
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Tastes of bonfires and hot curry, it's the heady mix which kicks off the International Chocolate Show in London.
Everything including the designer chocolate dresses and afternoon chocolate tea was on the golden theme of Autumn.
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This is how to be the queen of the catwalk.
The bodice is made of chocolate covered nuts, the sceptre and the golden orb are 24 carat chocolate.
Shakespeare's Henry IV said: "Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown."
But there's no sign of a melt down here, although if you look closely you'll see some of the creations are reaching room temperature.
And while catwalk models show no sign of getting hot under the collar, it's a well known fact that chocolate melts at body temperature.
The theme of the Chocolate Show in London this year is autumn and it's reflected in the elaborate frocks on show.
There's even a traditional Scottish highlander whose sabre and sporran are one hundred percent cacao, even the design of his tartan kilt is made of coloured chocolate.
The fashion parade at the Chocolate Show has become an annual highlight and soon it will be touring the world.
The founder and owner of the show Sylvie Douce says: "The name of the cover of the chocolate is a dress and for that reason we decided to create dresses made in chocolate."
Douce believes the French passion for chocolate and fashion go hand in glove: "It's art, you know the couture fashion is art and the chocolate maker is a job of art because they are creators together and together they can make something unique."
A big trend in the world of chocolate this year is a taste for the unusual.
Russell Pullan of 5th Dimension Chocolates has mastered the art of surprise with his mustard, lemon chutney and curry which are designed to warm you up when it's cold outside.
The curry is a new flavour this year and Pullan can't get enough of it: "It's a milk chocolate shell is this, you can see the centre of it now. I'm getting some raisons from that to start with and then you can feel the spices of the curry coming through."
At this time of year it's not unexpected to see the stands dressed with a few pumpkins, but these are not one of your five a day.
The Hill Street brothers Chris and Greg Smith are out to prove that when it comes to chocolate all is not as it seems, especially when it's Halloween.
Here it's all being washed down with a flute of chocolate flavoured champagne.
There are some interesting faces at the show this year, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth and her beloved corgis sit on the same stand as Benedict Cumberbatch.
Now his fans can enjoy the Cumberbatch Bunny, it's being launched now for Easter.
The champagne is one of the new launches at the show, as is the chocolate flavoured candy floss which is the invention from Claire Smith who founded the English chocolate house "A Little Piece of Love".
At the centre is a chocolate troll, to remind you that this is the season of witches and wizards and generally unusual things.
When the English head towards the winter months, they like nothing more that to indulge in a traditional 'afternoon tea' of dainty sandwiches and delicate sweets.
Of course this is not the Mad Hatter's tea party from Alice in Wonderland, but chocolatier Paul A. Young and Ashley Wells an executive chef at the Intercontinental, have been concocting a surprise.
Young explains: "We've come together as a collaboration to create an afternoon tea that spans from now right through autumn, then there'll be a Christmas twist in there as well, but with the flavours of autumn and the textures all edible."
Even the savouries like the roast beef sandwiches feature white chocolate horseradish cream.
Salted caramel white and dark chocolate replaces the cream and jam, but the big surprise visitors will get at the Intercontinental is hidden in this box.
Blackcurrant thyme leaves, and a chocolate pod featuring cardamom ganache and cedar wood chocolate twigs.
Young says his favourite is the Bonfire cone which has real smoke flavour: "My favourite bit, or our favourite bit (pointing to Ashley Wells) is this, it's a bonfire cone and the ganache in there tastes of bonfire, it's smoky, warming, crackly and the crunchiness of the cone is like crackly wood. It's the best bit, and I'm going to taste it, it's like the smell of burning embers, crackling embers, burning leaves, it's sweet it's delicate and it's got heat at the end."
There's a new trend in place for Christmas as well. The chocolate tree is filled with presents for each of your guests.
The idea is that they all take away part of the tree and the village below when they leave.
The show is touring various parts of Europe before going to the Far East, including Korea.
The International Chocolate Show is in London until the 16th October.
