Newark chocolatier who set up kitchen weeks before covid lockdown looks forward to sales event at Nottinghamshire County Show

A chocolatier who set up his kitchen just weeks before lockdown is looking forward to his biggest-ever sales event ­— and will mark it by launching more delicious flavours.

Ryan Owens, who trades as Ryan Owens Chocolate, is now working hard to produce the new varieties after signing up for a trade stand at the Nottinghamshire County Show, which is taking place at Newark Showground on May 14.

The show is expected to attract thousands of people from across the county and the surrounding area and is on a different scale to the village events that Ryan has sold his chocolates, which are all handmade, at before.