In an exciting first, our Y3 boys competed in our inaugural Chocolate Creation Final—the tasty first prize: their chocolate bar produced in the Walkers Chocolate factory.
As you can imagine, there was a huge amount of choco-licious creativity on show as the boys unveiled their creations.
The exciting final was the culmination of a term of learning, which saw the boys head to Cadbury World, learn about the cocoa bean journey, enjoy some serious chocolate tasting, research the different chocolate companies and learn about Fairtrade.
The boys even undertook their own research, investigating which types of chocolates and fillings were most popular.
The boys then designed their chocolate bars, using their research to inform their choices regarding flavours, shapes and textures.
They created names for their chocolates, used AI to create some brilliant artwork for their chocolate bars and even created adverts to sell their creations.
With all this hard work behind them, it was time to pitch their chocolate bars to the panel (or bar) of chocolate judges, Mr Tom Murtagh from Walkers Chocolates, Mrs Clare and Mr Silk.
After brilliant presentations from all the teams, the judges had the almost impossible task of picking the runners-up and the winner.
Mr Silk praised all the boys for “their brilliant efforts”, ‘I could have chosen them all!’, he added.
Mr Murtagh was highly impressed with the boys’ “really exciting’ ideas. High praise from the true chocolate expert who sees pitches for new chocolates daily.
After some serious deliberation, the judges announced Rocklate and Choco Loid as the runners-up and Ray-Bar as the winner for their brilliantly rounded pitch for their irresistible milk chocolate bar filled with marshmallows and honeycomb.
The best part is that the Walkers Cholate factory will now produce the winning boys’ chocolate bar in the factory and deliver it to school so every boy in Y3 can munch and enjoy it. Indeed, production talks between the winning boys and Mr Murtagh are already underway!
A huge well done to all our incredibly creative boys, who have the makings of future entrepreneurs!
