Chocolate Fountain Hire - The Easy Way to Build Your Wedding Memorable

Chocolate fountains are quickly becoming the must have item for parties and events. If you're having a wedding, birthday party or corporate event is a great way to feed a lot of people and inject fun into the night. It is a great way for your guests to mingle around the fountain and is a great icebreaker. With the wide choices of dipping foods available, along with Belgian chocolate flowing makes sense to have a chocolate fountain at your special event. My personal favorite dipping foods are strawberries, marshmallows, profiteroles Belgian sugar mini donuts, Devon fudge and shortbread.

Most companies view their chocolate fountains in an illuminated display, which looks amazing when lit, this exhibition not only of food in a professional, but really gives your guests the WOW factor and a true center point of the room. You can also have its source displayed with seasonal fruits, like blackberries, and sprinkle with edible glitter on the strawberries to give them a special touch. Having display quality bowls in hearts or stars also adds a special touch to make your chocolate fountain stand out from others.

When booking a chocolate fountain company, it is always good to talk with family friends to see if they can recommend a company for you. Failing that, it's always good to check out the blog on business and read reviews from previous guests. If possible, call the company and speak directly with them to see how they are professionals and know how your product. If the company has a good looking site and is proud of what he sees, which is always a good indication of how serious the company is their business. Do not be fooled by booking cheaper than you can find, as I always say, if it seems too good to be true chances are it is.

Always check with the company chosen chocolate fountain that the price you are paying includes a chocolatier, this is very important because there are companies out there that do not offer this service. You want to ensure not only that person look presentable for your event, but during the period of their stay with you they will keep the supply clean and tidy and replenish the dipping foods when necessary. The average time a reservation chocolatier will be with you between 2 - 3 hours. They usually arrive an hour before setting the source of chocolate up.

When looking for a chocolate fountain hire company for your event, please keep in mind to check your chosen company uses chocolate. From personal experience, there are a number of companies out there that use a sub-type of chocolate and add gallons of oil to the chocolate fountain to make it work. Good companies will import chocolate direct from Belgium and then add the cocoa butter to make it run through the fountain. This is a much more expensive to do this, but the results speak for themselves. Adding oil to the chocolate does have an oily texture and an unpleasant taste after your guests will notice. If you had a chocolate fountain with an oil and cocoa butter, side by side you will be amazed at the difference in taste. I always believe that reserve the best for your special event is important and your guests will not be disappointed with the quality and the chocolate fountain will be the talk of the evening.

Edward Janes is an expert in the wedding industry and all aspects of wedding planning. His company BIWPP, help and train individuals who want to start a career as a wedding planner.