Chantal Jane Coady

O.B.E. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

(born 1959), is a British

chocolatier A chocolatier is a person or company who makes confectionery from chocolate. Chocolatiers are distinct from chocolate makers, who create chocolate from cacao beans and other ingredients. Education and training Traditionally, chocolatiers, e ...

, author and business woman, was born on 17 April 1959 in Tehran, Iran and has lived and worked in

London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...

since the mid-1970s. Founder of Rococo Chocolates in 1983, Coady was made OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List of June 2014 "for services to chocolate making". She studied at

Mary Datchelor School Mary Datchelor School was an endowed grammar school for girls on Camberwell Grove in Camberwell, Greater London, England. It was established in 1877 and closed in 1981. It was known for its innovations in encouraging teacher training, and for i ...

at the age of 16. Following her departure from Rococo Chocolates Chantal has founded another venture trading as The Chocolate Detective focussed on sourcing slavery-free chocolate. Chantal has been appointed co-chair of he Academy of Chocolate

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Living people 1959 births Chocolatiers People educated at Mary Datchelor School {{England-bio-stub