Andrew James Chocolate Fountain with 8 Skewers | 3 Tiers Fondue Set with Extra Deep Drip Tray | Electric Fondue Set Great for Parties and Entertaining | 1 L Capacity Chocolate Fountains

I had a great chocolate fountain and after 20 years of use, it finally gave up. I scoured the market place for a new one and was horrified to find so many poor quality and small plastic machines or extremely expensice catering ones with nothing inbetween. Then, I finally found Andrew James extra large fountain which is almost identical to my previous fabulous machine.... catering quality, same dual controls to chose heat or not to heat on one, cascade or stop on the other control. It was an acceptable price for my needs occassional party use and it is everything I wanted. It included 8 descent quality fondue forks. It was on for 6 hours during our party and catered for 35 people with ease. Small or big gatherings this chocolate fountain is perfect. Afterall you can just top it up with more pre-melted chocolate, if it gets eaten! The perfect piste de resistance and star dessert of the party! 😋🥳

I was a little sceptical about this, I've seen good and bad reviews about chocolate fountains in general. It takes about 700g of chocolate and then some cooking oil to help it flow but it works really well, it was run for a kids party for just over 2 hours, they absolutely loved it (and the grown ups!). It's a little bit of a pain to clean because it's not dishwasher proof and the main base doesn't come off, but we're getting quicker at cleaning it. It's not noisy but it does make a whirring noise, but when there are a few people and a party going on you don't really notice it. . All in all, nice quality would recommend.

Stopped heating properly after a few uses, brilliant while it lasted (was thoroughly cleaned by hand after every use)

Used this twice now with the Sephra chocolate found here. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sephra-Belgian-Fountain-Chocolate-907g/dp/B004E1SLES/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1396257591&sr=8-1&keywords=sephra+milk+chocolate You do need 2lb of chocolate to get a good flow of chocolate. I have used it with 1lb and you don't get the same waterfall effect, but you still get flow and are able to use the fountain. Very simple and easy to use machine and relatively easy to clean. The bowl at the base of the fountain can't be removed from the base for cleaning but it's light enough to hold it over the sink. The augur (the plastic drill bit that brings the chocolate up) removes as does the steel fountain for easy cleaning. Follow the instructions that come with the fountain and you'll be fine. All in all a really good purchase that is lots of fun and very indulgent.

We bought this as a Christmas present and of course our son wanted it set up after Christmas lunch. We used a microwaveable pouch of chocolate beans which were easy to pour in and we used the same pouch to pour away the waste chocolate into afterwards. The fountain ran beautifully, chocolate was smooth and flowed well and it was easy to take apart and clean afterwards.