We opened our high street bakery in London Waterloo.
From Home Oven to Trendy Bakery Café: Chocolate Dino Company Opens in London Waterloo
London, 14/05/2024 – Chocolate Dino Company, celebrated for its twice Great Taste award-winning desserts, is thrilled to announce the opening of its first brick-and-mortar bakery café in the London Waterloo area. Located just a minute away from Lambeth North tube station, founders Marcin and Rafal invite customers to enjoy their premium treats in a cosy, welcoming space.
A Journey from Home to High Street
Chocolate Dino Company was born out of necessity during the first lockdown in May 2020. With their household income severely impacted by the coronavirus pandemic,
Marcin and Rafal, who have over 40 years of combined experience in the hospitality industry, turned their passion for premium chocolate into a business. Starting with a domestic oven at home, they quickly developed a range of premium handmade chocolate brownies in many delicious flavours.
Initially operating as an online retailer, Chocolate Dino Company soon expanded to local markets, starting with Brick Lane Market. Their irresistible treats rapidly gained popularity, leading them to participate in high-footfall events such as those at the Excel Arena and Olympia. They have delighted tens of thousands of customers at events like MCM Comic Con, Electronic Music Festivals, International Horse Shows, Formula E, AIG Women’s Open Golf Tournament, Food Festivals, Winter Wonderland, and Corporate Events working with brands such as Facebook/Meta, Xero, Revolut, Channel 4, Conde Nast, among others.
Exquisite Menu Offerings
Chocolate Dino Company’s new bakery café features an indulgent menu that includes:
New York-Style Giant Cookies: Freshly baked and irresistibly gooey
Fluffy Buttermilk Waffles
Patisserie Style Premium Chocolate Brownies: Award-winning and decadently rich
Premium Ice Cream Sundaes: Made with the finest ingredients and served with various toppings.
Hot Crumble Pots
Exceptional Coffee and Beverages
In partnership with Volcano Coffee Works from Brixton, the café serves locally roasted, single-origin coffee, ensuring every cup is of the highest quality. The state-of-the-art Eversys coffee machine guarantees precision and excellence in every brew. Additionally, the bakery offers decadent hot chocolate made with solid chocolate, cream, and spices.
Founders' Vision
“We are ecstatic to open our first bakery café in London Waterloo,” said Marcin. “Our vision has always been to create a space where people can indulge in our handmade treats and enjoy exceptional coffee in a friendly and inviting atmosphere.”
Rafal added, “This new location allows us to share our passion for premium chocolate and baking with a broader audience. We look forward to becoming a beloved part of the local community.”
Visit Us
Chocolate Dino Company’s bakery café is located at 36 Kennington Rd, SE1 7BL London, just a minute away from Lambeth North tube station.
For more information about the new location, menu offerings, and more, visit instagram.com/chocolatedinocompany
About Chocolate Dino Company
Chocolate Dino Company specialises in premium chocolate brownies, giant New York-style cookies, and a variety of other delectable treats. Founded by hospitality veterans Marcin and Rafal , the company is known for its commitment to quality with a focus on the Belgian chocolate as the main ingredient of their creations.
Salted Caramel Belgian Chocolate Brownie wins Great Taste 2022 award
Tasted by the experts, salted caramel brownie from Chocolate Dino Company is awarded a Great Taste 1 star in 2022
London based premium Belgian chocolate bakers Chocolate Dino Company has been named among the top food and drink producers globally this year, picking up a highly prized 1star Great Taste award for its salted caramel chocolate brownie.
More than 14,000 products were put through the competition’s rigorous blind judging process; and Chocolate Dino Company was dubbed an enjoyable, indulgent brownie that would be widely enjoyed at the world’s most coveted food and drink awards.
Described as “Attractively drizzled, dense, fudgy”, this dark Belgian chocolate brownie layered with buttery salted caramel with a hint of coffee was a big hit with the Great Taste judges.
Made with Belgian chocolate and homemade salted caramel, Chocolate Dino Company Brownie was one of the 5,556 products to receive a Great Taste award in 2022 (which is only 39.1% of the total products entered).
What is Great Taste?
Recognised as a stamp of excellence and actively sought out by food lovers and retailers alike, Great Taste, organised by the Guild of Fine Food, values taste above all else. All products in the line-up for judging are blind-tasted: every product is removed from its packaging so it cannot be identified, before entering a robust, layered judging process.
This year, the judging took place over 90 days across two judging locations (Dorset and London) with a panel of more than 500 judges. This year’s line-up saw food and drink products submitted from a staggering 110 different countries from across the world.
Rafal Smaszcz from Chocolate Dino Company comments: “We are delighted to have won a Great Taste award for our Salted Caramel Chocolate Brownie. I have dreamt of this moment and am so proud to be adding the iconic black and gold Great Taste logo to our produce.
Chocolate Dino Company was born in a middle of the first wave of pandemic as a lockdown project. Started at the home kitchen within 14 days from the idea to the ready to ship online store so to be where we are today is just wonderful.”
“Being recognised with a Great Taste 1-star means so much to independent producers such as myself, as it makes all the hard work and determination worth it! Great Taste is the most recognised accolade for taste and quality in the food and drink world, so it really is a big win! Marcin Matykiewicz concludes.
The Salted Caramel Belgian Chocolate Brownie is available from www.chocolatedinocompany.co.uk.
For more information about Chocolate Dino Company visit www.chocolatedinocompany.co.uk.
For more information, imagery, or interview opportunities, contact Rafal at rafal@chocolatedinocompany.co.uk
Check us out on socials @chocolatedinocompany (Instagram and Facebook)
History of brownie
The invention of culinary dishes can be complicated, and the brownie is no exception. Some myths state that a chef accidentally added melted chocolate to some biscuits, or was making cake but didn’t have enough flour; still others say that a housewife in Bangor, Maine, forgot to add baking powder to her chocolate cake. But most evidence points to one source: Chefs at Chicago’s Palmer House Hotel, who created the tasty treat for the World Columbian Exposition of 1893.
The origin story goes like this: Bertha Palmer, the wife of Palmer hotel owner Potter Palmer, was president of the Ladies Board for Managers for Exposition. When organizers of the event asked her to create a dessert especially for the boxed lunches at the Women’s Pavilion, Palmer went to her hotel’s pastry chefs and gave them the task of creating a dessert that was easier to eat than a piece of pie and smaller than a layer cake that could easily be served in boxed lunches. The result was a brownie made with double the chocolate normal brownies use, walnuts, and an apricot glaze that’s still made at the hotel to this day.
Ordering your brownies during COVID19 restrictions.
Currently, we only bake our brownies for online orders with postal/courier delivery. Our the most popular signature box - The Magnificent Six - should be available for dispatch immediately but please allow 48 hours for arranging courier collection.
For individually chosen flavour boxes (single and double flavour selections) we do have one dispatch day per week. (We are working hard to increase our capacity, but we do not want to compromise on quality so please understand that we have to limit the number of orders). Once we reach our weekly limits, items will be showing as sold out until next week. We will re-open stock availability on Saturday morning for the following Thursday dispatch. Please place your orders soon after our new week stock re-opens to avoid disappointment as many of our Dinos are selling out fast.
Any orders placed after 10 AM the day before dispatch date we will dispatch the following week.
Currently, we post our brownies on THURSDAY. If you are in the UK, they should reach you on Friday.
Please keep in mind that all courier companies at this time do not guarantee delivery time hence we chose Thursday for our postal day to ensure that you should receive your brownies before the weekend even if a small delay occurs.
All items are sent via Royal Mail 1st Class Signed and Tracked. You will receive a tracking number. We are unable to deal with any queries about your parcel location once it leaves us. Please contact Royal Mail or Courier Company using your tracking number to follow up in case of any issues.
In the unlikely event of the parcel going missing, we can submit a claim to Royal Mail no earlier than three days after its scheduled delivery time. Please contact us only when three days from the expected delivery time passed, and the parcel did not reach you till then.
