Hey! I’m Amarachi Clarke, founder of Lucocoa, London’s first Bean to Bar Chocolate Maker. I am a proud chocolate crusader and activist. In 2015, I began exploring my curiosity and passion for the chocolate-making process. I am wholeheartedly dedicated to making delicious chocolate while revolutionising ethical, fair, and sustainable practices within the cocoa industry. At Lucocoa, we make our chocolate by hand, from scratch, by importing the best beans from around the world and turning them into chocolate in our factory in Bermondsey, Southeast London. We make our chocolate by hand for several reasons. The chocolate supply chain is broken. Child and slave labour are still prevalent on many cocoa-growing farms, which is often ignored by big producers. But not by us. We are not a chocolate company that thinks this is okay. We know and trust all our suppliers – they are our partners, and together we are kick-starting a chocolate revolution where our farmers get paid much more than Fair Trade and Rainforest Alliance standards. We are proof that this is possible. Furthermore, we make chocolate by hand because we believe you deserve better chocolate. As the chief chocolate maker, I take my time to understand our beans. I have learnt to know when the right time and temperature to roast them is and how long to grind the beans on our stone rollers.