Winter 19/20

www.racingchocs.com

CHOCOLATERACING

HELMETS

Head Chocolatier

MATTHEW POATWe are best known for our classic range of filled chocolates, which are shaped like racing helmets and decorated to resemble some of the most iconic helmets used throughout motorsport history.

Selection boxes of our classic chocolate racing helmet range make great gifts for any motorsport fan but we can also customise the chocolates so that they resemble specific driver helmets, or carry company branding. This makes them ideal for motorsport hospitality and corporate gifting.

This brochure introduces you to the history of our company, our classic chocolate racing helmet range and the various customisation options available. It also gives examples of some of the custom chocolate racing helmets we have previously produced.

Racing Chocs Ltd is PASSIONATE about motorsport. So much so that our whole business model is focused on creating motorsport themed treats out of chocolate.

INTRODUCTIONA LITTLE ABOUT US

In early 2018, Racing Chocs founder Matthew Poat saw a photo of some chocolates that were so shiny and colourful, they instantly reminded him of Jacques Villeneuves racing helmet. From that point on, the idea of creating chocolates that were shaped and decorated to look like racing helmets consumed him.

After creating a basic mould from some scale model racing helmets using silicone, it was clear that a fully bespoke racing helmet design was required. So, with CAD design assistance from Stand 21 and utilizing 3D printing technology, a good quality racing helmet was able to be printed and supplied to mould manufacturer Westfield Thermoform, to allow the creation of a 20 cavity 40-shore silicone mould.

HISTORYHOW WE GOT STARTED

Thanks to his background working in the motorsport industry and comfort at marketing, Matthew was able to hit the ground running with his new venture and launch Racing Chocs with a bang. The first online order was received in August and by November, Matthew commissioned Westfield Thermoform to create an additional 19 moulds to keep up with demand. In 2019, Paul Webb joined the company as an investor enabling Racing Chocs to acquire two Selmi chocolate tempering machines, which further increased the company’s ability to keep up with the ever increasing demand for chocolate racing helmets.

Once this high quality, professional mould was received, work began on learning all about chocolate, including how it is tempered, decorated, filled, stored, packaged, as well as how to create a food production workshop and setup a new food production business. Matthew put himself through an intensive five day course at the UK Chocolate Academy in Banbury, Oxfordshire, and completed his Level 2 Food Hygiene certification.

PROCESSHOW WE DO IT

Each Racing Choc is created and decorated by hand, using a variety of tools and techniques in order to reproduce some of the most iconic racing helmet designs in motorsport.

By combining cocoa butter (the fat component of chocolate) with fat based food colouring, we are able to produce almost any shade of colour desired through experimentation. Via the use of edible metallic lustre dust, we are able to add extra shine and depth to the chocolate racing helmets.

The first step is to block off any areas that need to remain clear of coloured cocoa butter by applying stickers. We use an electronic cutting machine to design and cut stickers to our own needs and specification.

Once all stickers are in place, we apply coloured cocoa butter either by paintbrush, sponge, drill or spraygun depending on the design requirements. If the design is complicated, we may need to utilise many different colours and techniques, which can be both messy and time consuming. After decoration is complete, any remaining stickers are removed and the mould is ready for the chocolate to be poured in.

Tempered chocolate is piped into each cavity and the mould is vibrated to release air bubbles. It is then inverted to remove

excess chocolate, leaving behind a thin coating which forms the chocolate shell. The coloured cocoa butter decoration

adheres to this chocolate shell as it sets.

Once set, fillings are piped in and then the mould is topped off with a layer of tempered chocolate to create the flat base

of the chocolates. We apply an acetate sheet with “Racing Chocs” repeated on it in white cocoa butter, so that once the

base layer has set and the acetate is removed, every chocolate racing helmet carries our branding.

Our small chocolate production workshop has been issued a Food Hygiene Rating of 5, the highest rating attainable. We have procedures in place to ensure that every chocolate racing helmet produced is of the highest standards and that, in the event of any problems, we have full traceability of ingredients back to our suppliers.

Although our production facility is peanut-free, we do use tree nuts in some of our products. Due to their constant presence within our chocolate workshop, all chocolates produced may contain nut traces.

Every chocolate racing helmet is supplied with an accompanying ingredients and allergen list. This information is also available on our website at www.racingchocs.com

Head Chocolatier Matthew Poat holds a Level 2 Food Handling Certificate and has been trained to work safely with chocolate by the UK Chocolate Academy in Banbury.

FOOD SAFETYTHE HIGHEST STANDARDS

As well as our filled chocolate racing helmets, we have produced a number of other motorsport based chocolate creations, including solid chocolate single-seater style racing cars, hollow chocolate GT cars and Easter egg style chocolate racing helmets.

We are always looking for new challenges so if you have an event coming up where you want some interesting chocolate based treats for your gift bags or edible centrepieces for your tables, get in touch.

OTHER PRODUCTSCHOCOLATE RACING CARS

CLASSIC RANGEINSPIRED BY LEGENDSWe currently offer a range of standard chocolate racing helmets, whose designs have been inspired by some of our racing heroes.

Donington 93 - Dark Chocolate with Soft Caramel

Wunderkind - Dark Chocolate with Cherry Ganache

Still I Rise - White Chocolate with Champagne Ganache

Il Leone - White Chocolate with Strawberry Ganache

Iceman - Dark Chocolate with Peppermint Fondant

DC - Milk Chocolate with Hazelnut Filling

Cheeky Nando - Dark Chocolate with Orange Ganache

Champions Breakfast - Dark Chocolate with Rum Ganache

Flying Finn - Milk Chocolate with Almond Filling

JB - Milk Chocolate with Espresso Ganache

Checo - Ruby Chocolate with Lemon/Lime Ganache

The Finger - Milk Chocolate with Mocha Ganache

Felipe Baby - Dark Chocolate with Passionfruit Ganache

The Hulk - Dark Chocolate with Lemon Jelly

The Doctor - Milk Chocolate with Tiramisu Style Filling

We supplied boxes of our Donington 93 chocolates for a VIP Dinner held in London, and have continued to supply chocolates to them for other events.

DONINGTON 93 CHOCOLATE RACING HELMET

BLACKBOOK MOTORSPORT VIP DINNER

August 2018

BlackBook Motorsport and their numerous industry events, are one of the best methods of gaining insight into new trends and technologies across all

forms of motorsport.

CUSTOMISATIONSOMETHING UNIQUERacing Chocs prides itself on being able to offer customers the ability to fully customise their chocolate racing helmets in specific ways including:

• Chocolate Shell Type

• Filling Type

• External Design

• Packaging Design

• Packaging Type

• Included Literature

There is a minimum order quantity of 100 chocolates for custom chocolates, plus a one-time custom design fee. Additional costs for exotic ingredients and custom packaging may also be applicable.

It can take up to 3 weeks to go from conception to a fully realised chocolate racing helmet. Once the design phase is complete, the delivery time will depend on both the complexity of the design and the quantity required.

W Series commissioned us to create some fully branded 6pc chocolate selection boxes, both to honour some of the most successful female

racers in history and to launch the 2019 W Series season.

W SERIES BRANDEDCHOCOLATE RACING HELMETS

W SERIESFebruary 2019

This work constituted some of the most intensive decoration we have undertaken to date, with over 40 individual design processes per chocolate.

ARAI RX-7V INSPIREDCHOCOLATE RACING HELMETS

MOTODIRECTOctober 2019

MotoDirect is the U.K. agent of Arai helmets, one of the most popular and prestigious racing helmet manufacturers in the world. They commissioned Racing Chocs to create 1000 chocolate racing helmets inspired by the Arai RX-7V for gifting to distributors.

We used metallic pink cocoa butter and strawberry flavoured choco-late, which is also pink, to create the chocolate shells. The Mexican flag was added as a central stripe and on one side, while the BWT logo was added to the other. The filling was champagne ganache.

RACING POINT F1 INSPIREDCHOCOLATE RACING HELMETS

BAM PROMOTIONSOCTOBER 2019

For their hospitality activities for the Racing Point F1 team at the Mexican Grand Prix, BAM Promotions chose to commission Racing Chocs to create some chocolate racing helmets inspired by the F1 cars livery, main sponsor and Mexican driver Sergio Perez.

As a way to thank their brand ambassadors at Christmas, Walero commissioned Racing Chocs to create a box of 6 custom chocolate racing helmets, with decoration inspired by the colours of their base layers and featuring the company logo.

WALERO BRANDEDCHOCOLATE RACING HELMETS

WALERONovember 2018

Walero manufacture FIA and SFI approved temperature regulating, flame retardant and antimicrobial temperature underwear for race and rally drivers.

We first apply blanking stickers to the mould for both the visor and logo areas. We then spray green cocoa butter before removing the logo area sticker and spraying with white cocoa butter. Once this is dry, we remove the visor area sticker and cast the chocolate shell, fill it and then cap it. Once the chocolate has been de-moulded, we then spray the red details-with red coca butter through a stencil onto the top of the chocolate.

CASTROL BRANDED CHOCOLATE RACING HELMET

CSM SPORT & ENTERTAINMENTFebruary 2019

We first created Castrol branded chocolates in 2018 but it took a while for us to figure out how to nail the design.

These were some of the most involved designs we have ever produced, especially the Oliver Rowland design which featured a hand painted union jack on the back of each chocolate.

SEBASTIEN BUEMI & OLIVER ROWLAND INSPIREDCHOCOLATE RACING HELMETS

OCTANE JUNKIESDecember 2018

For the first round of the 2019 Formula E season in Marakesh, Octane Junkies commisioned the creation of some chocolates based on the Nissan teams two drivers, Sebastien Buemi and Oliver Rowland.

To achieve the metallic effect, we dusted in some edible silver lustre dust before backing this with a gun metal grey coloured cocoa butter. This design also required the use of both blocking stickers and post de-moulding decorating with an airbrush and stencils.

MARIO ANDRETTI INSPIREDCHOCOLATE RACING HELMETS

BIZ KARTSMARCH 2019

For their new indoor, multi-level karting track in Texas, Andretti In-door Karting & Games chose Biz Karts as their electric kart supplier. For the event launch, Biz Karts ordered some Mario Andretti inspired Racing Chocs

These Racing Chocs do not carry any branding but needed to have a metallic gold and silver finish and envoke feelings of luxury. As such, we chose to make one milk chocolate with Irish cream ganache and the other dark chocolate with passionfruit ganache.

ALYSSA SMITH JEWELLERYCHOCOLATE RACING HELMETS

ALLYSA SMITH JEWELLERYDecember 2019

Motorsport themed jewellery creator Alyssa Smith gifted some custom designed Racing Chocs to select customers as part of their Christmas gifting.

This custom designed chocolate racing helmet has a milk chocolate shell and soft caramel filling. The yellow, orange and red centre stripes were painted by hand, while the TRD logo was airbrushed using a stencil onto each side. The chocolates were presented in white 2pc boxes carrying TRD branding.

TRD BRANDED CHOCOLATE RACING HELMET

TOYOTA RACING DEVELOPMENTDECEMBER 2019

Toyota Racing Development chose to make Racing Chocs part of their 40th anniversary celebrations.

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