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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Joanna Moorhead

And the winner is… the Scottish chocolatier creating sweet treats for the Oscars

Fiona McArthur holding a box of her chocolates.
Fiona McArthur: ‘It’s blowing my mind that my chocolates are going to be eaten by people like Bradley Cooper and Margot Robbie.’ Photograph: Fiona McArthur/Fetcha Chocolates

It’s a long way from the windswept waterfront of Campbeltown to Hollywood: but for next month’s Oscar nominees a taste of this remote corner of Scotland awaits, after the owner of the town’s chocolate shop was chosen to produce the sweet treats for the famed $125,000 award ceremony goodie bags.

Fiona McArthur, who started creating her chocolates in her mother’s kitchen four-and-a-half years ago, says she’s still pinching herself at the coup. “It’s blowing my mind that my chocolates are going to be eaten by people like Bradley Cooper and Margot Robbie,” she says.

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