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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Caroline Davies and agency

Glasgow Willy Wonka ‘Chocolate Experience’ to be recreated – in LA

Still image as seen in Channel 5 documentary showing a woman in a green wig playing an Oompa Loompa and looking sad; she is at a work surface with some chemistry equipment, test tubes and bottles
The Glasgow event achieved such internet infamy it even inspired an hour-long TV documentary. Photograph: Mentorn TV

The infamous Willy’s Chocolate Experience staged in Glasgow, which prompted angry parents to call police, inspired dozens of memes on the internet and even got a mention in the House of Commons, is to be recreated in Los Angeles.

Billed as a “celebration of chocolate in all its delightful forms” when it opened at a warehouse in Glasgow in February, it instead made headlines after furious families demanded their money back and the event was abruptly cancelled midway through.

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