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About Lisa Bone

Design & Marketing Associate for Choc affair. I am 23 years old and live in the beautiful city that is York! I love baking and creating new recipes for the Cocoa Corner. My favourite chocolate just has to be our Salted Caramel Milk Chocolate - it's extremely more-ish - so I have to be careful if there's any about!

Why is Palm Oil Bad?

Why is palm oil bad? Palm oil itself is an oil harvested from a resource, yet it is widely blamed as the one of the leading causes of deforestation, along with beef farming, soybean production and timber farming. The world’s consumption...

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What is Palm Oil?

What is Palm Oil? Palm oil trees are a single stem tree, which can grow to over 60 feet tall, with huge fern like leaves that can be as large as 16 feet in length. This tree produces tightly packed clusters...

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#choosewisely campaign

#choosewisely Campaign

This Easter we are going to be talking about the ongoing issues with palm oil, in the hope that what we talk about can help you to make better decisions when purchasing products; especially chocolate! Our #choosewisely campaign aims to explore...

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Choc Affair Re-brand

At the heart of it…

2019 has seen us undertake the refresh of our brand, with the aim of modernising our packaging and logo. It’s quite interesting when you sit back to work through the process, as it makes you ask questions of where you...

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DIY Christmas Gifts

Sometimes, a handmade gift beats all other gifts; it’s personal, and beautiful; and not only shows that you have spent money on a loved one - but thought, and time, which are precious to us. But where do you start?...

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