WHAT ARE CHOCOLATE FOUNTAINS?

The Chocolate fountain is a mechanical device designed to keep chocolate at a constant warm temperature; an auger (corkscrew) inside a pole will then take the melted chocolate to the top of the fountain, leaving gravity to do the rest. The chocolate will cascade onto tiers, enabling us lucky people to dip our goodies into the thick, mouth-watering, luxurious Belgian chocolate as it falls. Then back into the basin and the whole process is repeated again. Extra melted chocolate can be added at any time.

WHERE DO CHOCOLATE FOUNTAINS ORIGINATE FROM?

Chocolate fountains were first manutactured by a Canadian company, Design and Realisation, founded in 1984 by a French aerospace engineer, Michel Esnaut, who moved to Canada in order to develop professional grade chocolate and pastry tools, aimed at the North American market. The first chocolate fountain came into production in 1991 but its popularity was relatively mild until other companies like Sephra stepped into the marketplace and advertised the product by broadening the client demographic.

WHAT TYPES OF CHOCOLATE FOUNTAINS ARE THERE?

There are 2 types of chocolate fountains: the "home" chocolate fountain for personal use and the commercial chocolate fountain.

The home chocolate fountains range in size up to 48cm tall. They are generally mostly made of plastic and some may have stainless steel components (although you will occasionally find all stainless steel fountains, more highly priced of course). These home fountains will hold up to a maximum of 2.7kg of chocolate.

The commercial chocolate fountain is almost a stainless work of art! The smallest commercial fountain is around 0.5m high, the tallest chocolate fountain (Uk model) is about 1.45m high and can hold up to 35kg of chocolate. More than enough for the chocoholics among us! The commercial chocolate fountains are now commonly used at parties, corporate events, weddings and civil partnerships, even christenings.

Summary (Basically the answer that you want. I just thought I would give you a little more info)

Chocolate fountains were first manutactured by a Canadian company, founded in 1984 by a French aerospace engineer, Michel Esnaut

The first chocolate fountain came into production in 1991, but was not very popular at first.
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"Chocolate fountains were first manutactured by a Canadian company, Design and Realisation, founded in 1984 by a French aerospace engineer, Michel Esnaut, who moved to Canada in order to develop professional grade chocolate and pastry tools, aimed at the North American market. The first chocolate fountain came into production in 1991 but its popularity was relatively mild until other companies like Sephra stepped into the marketplace and advertised the product by broadening the client demographic."
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America is where the chocolate fountain phenomenon originated.
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Chocolate fountains were first invented and made popular in 1991 by a Canadian company called "Design & Realisation".
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chocolate fountains originate is in cacao tree
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Essentially, a chocolate fountain is composed of two parts. The base is the motor and a heater. The heater is designed to transpose heat through the base to keep the chocolate in liquid form. The motor drives the screw in the upper part of the fountain. This is an Archimedes screw, weren't they clever! This is thought to have originated around 600 BC, I bet they never thought of a chocolate fountain then. The screw lies in a tight cylinder in a vertical fashion with several holes at the bottom of the screw. The screw lifts the chocolate to the top of the cylinder from where it flows over several plates and down the fountain to be recycled again. This is the basic premise of a chocolate fountain, because the chocolate is thick, there is no need for a pump as the screw is a better means for lifting the chocolate up.

Chocolate fountains were first manutactured by a Canadian company, Design and Realisation, founded in 1984 by a French aerospace engineer, Michel Esnaut, who moved to Canada in order to develop professional grade chocolate and pastry tools, aimed at the North American market. The first chocolate fountain came into production in 1991 but its popularity was relatively mild until other companies like Sephra stepped into the marketplace and advertised the product by broadening the client demographic.
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