Welcome to Willie’s TV, where you’ll find inspiring recipes for cooking with cacao and chocolate from savoury to sweet, from my quest for the finest beans around the world from Indonesia to Sierra Leon to Colombia, from those journeys to find the best ingredients to make the finest flavours, from my adventures looking for antique chocolate machines to produce artisan chocolate; it’s here!
Willie and Captain Darren go on a 40-foot dive to prepare the freshest scallops ever with a dusting of Willie’s Supreme Cacao on a bed of salad.
Willie shows you how easy it is to make rich, deep dark sexy fresh cream truffles. Truffles are the best way to taste the different flavour profiles of cacao beans.
Travelling in Spain, Willie selects tempting local produce, and cooks up a storm. Olives, beans, chorizo. walnuts… The best ingredients make the finest flavours!
On his way to Freetown, Willie spots an unusual creature, a “Cotton Mouse” (or is it?!) and turns it into a delicious cacao dish…
Inspired by an original maize and chocolate drink, Willie decides to make and test a delicious cacao tortilla, using local ingredients.
In Sierra Leone Willie is invited to cook for the chief. The meal is a little late because Willie has to improvise – there’s no whisk, and then there’s no barbecue.
Inspired by local ingredients in Sierra Leone, Willie decides to make an orange & Almond bitter chocolate cake… Now he just has to find somewhere to cook it…
What to do on a gloriously sunny day in Devon? Bake Willie’s classic Cloud Forest Cake in the garden of course. A cake made in heaven….
Willie fishes for mackerel on the mouth of the river Exe with a friend. They return to prepare Cacao, Roasted Pepper and Chilli Harissa to go with their catch on the jetty.
A chocolate sorbet needs three ingredients, fine sugar & chocolate, & fresh, pure water. Willie sets out across Dartmoor to source water for the perfect sorbet.
Willie picks sloes in a Somerset orchard and makes sloe berry chocolate vodka, a great after-dinner liqueur or dessert served with a biscuit or a slice of cake.
Willie Harcourt-Cooze and his friend Rob make a Classic Chocolate Mousse in a Bitter Chocolate Casing, one of Willie’s dinner party favourites.
Cacao has been consumed as a drink for thousands of years in Central America. This recipe is based on a typical Aztec beverage.
Willie finds the future of his chocolate making in two old chocolate making factories in Spain. Beautiful old machinery to take home to the Factory in Devon.
Follow the tantalising and pure process of chocolate making, all the way from bean to bar in Willie’s North Devon factory.
Willie’s Cacao eggs-clusive Easter event in London. Venezuelan breakfast making, Easter egg making, and music from the wonderful Malambo. Eggcellent.
Willie describes the perfect tempering method, and how to get your home made easter eggs smooth and gleaming.
On his way to Freetown, Willie spots an unusual creature, a “Cotton Mouse” (or is it?!) and turns it into a delicious cacao dish…
Inspired by an original maize and chocolate drink, Willie decides to make and test a delicious cacao tortilla, using local ingredients.
Willie is very excited to make connections to Sierra Leone, help support sustainable regeneration of the cacao farms, and find the perfect cacao for Ginger & Lime.
In Sierra Leone Willie is invited to cook for the chief. The meal is a little late because Willie has to improvise – there’s no whisk, and then there’s no barbecue.
Inspired by local ingredients in Sierra Leone, Willie decides to make an orange & Almond bitter chocolate cake… Now he just has to find somewhere to cook it…
Willie travels through Colombia to meet the cacao farmers who are making incredible changes to how they farm, and making great beans for a new cacao for Willie!
One of the classic scenes from Willie’s Wonky Chocolate Factory featuring Willie’s story of The Turkey.
One of the classic scenes from Willie’s Wonky Chocolate Factory featuring Willie’s preparation of Junkie Pig.
One of the classic scenes from Willie’s Wonky Chocolate Factory featuring Willie’s story of The Mushrooms.
One of the classic scenes from Willie’s Wonky Chocolate Factory featuring Willie’s story of The Eel.
