Bright Chocolate is an Australian Craft Chocolate company in Bright, Victoria making small batches of chocolate from bean to bar. Simeon Crawley, Director and Head Chocolate Maker was raised in North East Victoria and along with wife Shannon and their children have called Bright home for the past 10 years.
Simeon discovered the Craft Chocolate movement that has emerged in North America during the last decade. Australia had not yet experienced this chocolate revolution. Similar to coffee or wine, cacao possesses an inherent terrior, or characteristics based on the variety of the cacao bean and the conditions of where it is grown. These characteristics are barely recognisable in mass produced chocolate, so it is very exciting to taste the single origin chocolate range at Bright Chocolate to discover what cacao can actually taste like. With a strong food and wine culture in Bright and North East Victoria, a background in hospitality and tourism, and an appreciation for all things produced locally, ethically and traditionally, Bright Chocolate is born.