MOST EXTRAVAGANT EASTER BUNNY IN THE WORLD GOES ON SALE

Looking for a perfect Easter gift for that chocoholic in your life?

Well if you have a spare GBP �33,000 (USD $49,000) then website VeryFirstTo.com may have the answer.

They are selling a 38cm high Easter bunny, which has been hand-carved from a block of 75 percent Tanzania-origin chocolate by award-winning chocolatier and International pastry consultant Martin Chiffers - a former chef decor of Harrods.

The bunny's eyes have added sparkle from two 1.70 carat round brilliant diamonds, which have been nestled into the chocolate, with a combined value of over GBP �25,000.

"We're now coming towards Easter and we wanted to come up with the dream Easter gift and we couldn't think of anything more unprecedented and remarkable than a beautifully carved chocolate Eater bunny enhanced by the most phenomenal 1.70 carat diamonds," says Marcel Knobil, founder of VeryFirstTo.

"I think most rabbits are probably accustomed to standard carrots but you can't imagine more impressive carats than these for what is the most extravagant Easter bunny in the world."

The chocolate bunny took two days to carve and weighs around five kilograms. That means that it contains about 584,000 calories.

And though it wasn't intended as an edible treat, the buyer may find it hard to resist.

"Every time I've been close to it, it's just smelt delicious," says Tobias Kormind, managing director of 77 Diamonds, who provided the stones.

"You just want to lean in and nibble the ear a little bit."

For those who can resist the temptation to eat it, the bunny can be displayed for two years if its temperature is regulated to around 16 degrees.

If it's purchased, a donation of GBP �1,000 will be made to The Prince's Trust charity.

77 Diamonds have offered to create a bespoke piece of jewelry for the buyer featuring the gems free of charge.

Smaller stones are available upon request, which would reduce the total cost.

AP Entertainment

London, 18 March 2015

1. Medium shot Martin Chiffers posing with chocolate Easter bunny

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Martin Chiffers/International Pastry Consultant and brand owner of Chiffers at Mitsukoshi Ginza Tokyo:

"Sitting behind me is a hand-carved chocolate rabbit with very sparkley eyes. I call him Bright Eyes."

3. Various of Martin Chiffers posing with chocolate Easter bunny

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Martin Chiffers/International Pastry Consultant and brand owner of Chiffers at Mitsukoshi Ginza Tokyo:

"It started off with a solid piece of chocolate and basically it's a hand-carving. Wood-carving tools I use to carve the shape and to put all the details. It's slightly sprayed with some cocoa butter and then polished."

(Reporter: "And then obviously adding the diamonds.")

Chiffers: "The diamonds on the eyes, which were done this morning with a hot spoon."

5. Tilt up chocolate Easter bunny

6. Close up of chocolate Easter bunny diamond eyes

7. SOUNDBITE (English) Marcel Knobil/Founder of VeryFirstTo:

"We're now coming towards Easter and we wanted to come up with the dream Easter gift and we couldn't think of anything more unprecedented and remarkable than a beautifully carved chocolate Eater bunny enhanced by the most phenomenal 1.70 carat diamonds. I think most rabbits are probably accustomed to standard carrots but you can't imagine more impressive carats than these for what is the most extravagant Easter bunny in the world."

8. Close up of chocolate Easter bunny

9. SOUNDBITE (English) Tobias Kormind/Managing Director of 77 Diamonds:

"Well that amazing rabbit was created by Martin, chocolate chef extraordinaire, in combination with VeryFirstTo. We're bringing this large chocolate rabbit out for the first time. We put some lovely, large diamonds inside, which we're happy afterwards, once the chocolate has all been eaten, to make some fabulous jewelry with a matching pair of diamond earrings."

10. Various close ups of chocolate Easter bunny

11. SOUNDBITE (English) Marcel Knobil/Founder of VeryFirstTo:

"We weren't anticipating that people were actually going to eat it, we just thought that they would proudly display it, but having been close to it and smelt the power of that 75 percent Tanzanian origin chocolate, I think it's going to be very difficult to resist."

12. Various close ups of chocolate Easter bunny

13. SOUNDBITE (English) Tobias Kormind/Managing Director of 77 Diamonds:

"Every time I've been close to it, it's just smelt delicious. You just want to lean in and nibble the ear a little bit."

14. Wide shot of chocolate Easter bunny

FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: 4060663

LEAD IN:

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.

STORY-LINE:

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.

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

LEAD IN:

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.

STORY-LINE:

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.

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

SOME IDEAS FOR TREATING A FAVORED NEWBORN LIKE ROYALTY

With Prince Harry and his pregnant wife Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, expecting their first child in late April or early May, friends and family will be looking for that extra special baby gift to celebrate the arrival fo a new royal.

According to Shanil Malam – toy concierge at Harrods department store in London – a classic Steiff bear is always a good option.

The German company has been producing handcrafted teddy bears since 1880 and offer something that a new child will cherish "for the years to come."

"You can get monogramming done so it's literally their name, their date of birth," he says.

Other options for newborns at the London department store include boy/girl-themed outfits, silverware and personalized baby hampers.

It even offers a range of high-class strollers, such as a top of the line, hand-built model from Aston Martin.

What does actual royalty use?

Well, in Britain it's usually Silver Cross. Founded in 1877, the company has been bouncing royal babies in their fancy prams since the birth of King George VI.

Prince Charles got around in one when he was born and now the three children of Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton, have shared their Silver Cross ride.

As for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's child, we'll just have to wait and see.

Harry and Meghan are reportedly keen to celebrate the birth of their baby privately as a new family, so it might be a while before we see the royal couple out and about with their new child and upmarket stroller.

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Archive: London, 15 July 2013

1. Medium of tourists outside Harrods department store

2. Close up of Harrods emblem

ASSOCIATED PRESS

London, 16 April 2019

3. Wide, push in to close of baby gifts window display

4. Medium of toy solider

5. Close up of doll

6. Medium close of pink crown cushion

7. Close up, pull out to medium of Aston Martin pushchair wheel

8. Medium of pram

9. Medium of pram

10. Close up of Marie Chantal logo

11. Wide pan of baby clothes room

12. Wide, push in of shelf with teddy bears

13. Medium pan left to right of shelf

14. Close-up of unicorn teddy

15. Close-up of teddy bears

16. SOUNDBITE (English) Shanil Malam, toy concierge – on how you become a toy concierge:

"So, becoming a toy concierge, I had to kind of gain product knowledge. So, from like the first, let's say, month of my role here, I was in customer services, so, kind of being on the shop floor, kind of moving around from room to room gaining that customer… or customer, kind of, let's say, customer requirements and built a kind of product knowledge from there and kind of got my expertise from that."

17. Medium wide of soft toys

18. Close-up, pull focus of bunny toys

19. Close-up, pan left to right of silverware

20. Close-up, pull focus of silverware

21. Pan left to right of display case

22. Close up, pull out of bib

23. SOUNDBITE (English) Shanil Malam, toy concierge – on what a toy concierge does:

"A normal scenario will be a parent not knowing what they want to get for their kids so they literally are just like, 'I've got a six year old, I want to buy this. They're into football or they're into action hero, or action toys,' and that's how we kind of build a relationship and then kind of move on from there."

UK POOL

Archive: Birkenhead, 14 January 2019

24. Medium of Duchess of Sussex examining child's knitted hat

25. Medium shot audience

26. Wide shot Duchess of Sussex

UK POOL

Archive: London, 7 February 2019

27. Close-up Duke and Duchess of Sussex talking to guests

28. Tilt up from Duchess' baby bump

UK POOL

Archive: London, 30 January 2019

29. Wide shot Duchess of Sussex speaking to metalworkers

30. Various shots Duchess of Sussex speaking to metalworkers

31. Close-up baby bump

ASSOCIATED PRESS

London, 16 April 2019

32. SOUNDBITE (English) Shanil Malam, toy concierge – on buying for a royal baby:

(Reporter: "If you had to give people advice on buying something for a royal baby, what kind of thing would you go for?")

"So I have always said to someone that is wanting to buy a gift for a baby, something that they can always remember. So something like a Steiff bear, where it's handmade. You can get monogramming done so it's literally their name, their date of birth, and then you can kind of remember that and kind of hold on to it for the years to come, rather than a toy where they just going to grow out of."

33. Wide of cuddly toys room

34. Various of cuddly toys

35. SOUNDBITE (English) Shanil Malam, toy concierge – on playing with the toys:

"We have the option to. Like, there's always an option to play with toys so even if… let's say for example it's quiet or you want to interact with the kids, so even if it's like, for example, Easter, we can have like private tours coming in where they, we surprise and delight customers or their children. They will be like literally so engaged, where you can play with snow or you can play with the air ball, you can play with LEGO. So it's all kind of free flowing. It's a fun atmosphere."

36. Wide of "It's a boy!" baby outfits

37. Medium of baby outfits

38. Medium wide of "It's a girl!" baby outfits