Godiva Chocolates, founded in Brussels in 1926, is known for its upmarket milk chocolate. Since 1988, Thierry Muret, a trained chemist as well as chocolatier, has been its development chef. The latest Godiva boutique opens today in Harrods in London.

Couch potato

A random spurt of smoke from a dry ice machine precedes Simon Amstell's appearance on the stage of the Reading Hexagon tonight. It's a mistake, of course. The wily charms of the 32 year old are not requiring of a pumped pomp, nor of any other obvious theatrics.

Streets ahead of the competition

Why stick to dairy, says Raymond Blanc, when other varieties from rice to coconut make puddings and sauces so delicious?

When Kraft announced it wanted to buy Cadbury, the great-granddaughter of the confectioner's founder said the idea of selling off one of Britain's oldest and most cherished companies to an "American plastic cheese company" was a "horror story".

Descendant of founder of British chocolate maker is to launch her own company to rival US giant

Terry Kirby selects the best bottles to buy

An 18th-century townhouse has been turned into a warm and elegant residence by its Algerian owner, says William Cook

Picketers try to bite into candy firm's sales to fight 'discrimination and ignorance' at institution

The Plain English Campaign has criticised Cadbury for warning that a chocolate called Nut Secret contains nuts.

Caution: may contain nuts.

When both her parents died in a helicopter accident in 2003, Apollonia inherited her family's world-renowned bakery, Poilâne. She was just 19. Nine year's later, the company has a turnover measured in tens of millions of pounds and has most recently opened the cuisine de bar by Poilâne in London's Chelsea.

As Easter draws closer, here are some of the globe's best Easter traditions, compiled by us and Vyke mobile users around the world. From water-fights in Poland to beautiful hand-painted eggs in Germany to Australia's Easter bilby, Easter is certainly an exciting festival across nations.