Based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK. We stock shops across the UK – click here to view where you can buy our products.
30 years ago, Richard was set a challenge by a girl he was keen on….and if anyone knows Richard – you know he loves a challenge! “Bet you can’t make chocolates!” well…. that was it! He set about researching, learning and did it! He was working as a painter decorator with his late Father back then.
But the chocolate bug got him – and from then on, he self-taught and visited the famous London chocolatiers – had some casual training from Paul A Young and began selling his chocolates to friends and work colleagues at Christmas time.
Then a few cafes and restaurants got interested back in the West Midlands and friends of friends requested wedding favours and it grew via word of mouth but was always just a hobby really – there was always and still is ‘the day job’ to pay the bills.
Richard stopped making chocolate for a while to help look after his poorly late Father Joe and after his passing – Richard moved to Shrewsbury from Bloxwich to start a job as a Chemistry Technician. This was some 15 years ago, and Richard once again began making his ‘12 Days of Christmas’ boxes and selling them to work colleagues – just for a bit of extra Christmas spending money really.
This is where Richard first met Laura – first work colleagues then friends but they lost touch for 8 years after Laura left that job – only to quite by chance bump into each other at a pub one very cold and snowy January night!
Friendship rekindled – with her business head always on – Laura remembered Richards chocolates and asked if he still made them – he was still only making the Christmas ones, so they set about starting a business to try and get a bit of a local following going and as Lefevre Chocolate was born so was a fabulous romance – now married – with 3 year old daughter Freya born in the first lockdown in May 2020.
As we get asked how to pronounce Lefevre a lot…..either of these ways are fine by us! https://www.howtopronounce.com/lefevre/
Over Christmas 2018 we released 12 stories over on our Facebook page – click the flavour titles below to read all about who we are and how we develop our flavours.
Lefevre Chocolate 