Who they are:
Brother and sister team Alex and Fanny Chan run Oh!Boo, blending European patisserie training with gastronomic technology – a combination set to activate your palate. After her degree in microbiology and food science, Fanny went to Belgium and France to live the chocolate dream and train as a master chocolatier. She eventually got homesick and came back to Australia, where she decided she wanted to make chocolate for a living. Alex has a master’s degree in food technology from the University of New South Wales. He is a firm believer that creating amazing chocolate is a science.
Opened in 2015, Oh!Boo is Alex and Fanny’s ‘coming of age’ in the chocolate world. They started out as early as 2007, when from their savings and with a bit of family support they opened their first shop in Darlinghurst, Boon Chocolates.
What they do:
Contrary to mass-produced chocolates, Alex and Fanny don’t create mono-flavour, low-quality and sugary snacks that use artificial flavouring to give you the illusion of good taste. Each and every Oh!Boo delicacy is hand-made in the Barangaroo store by Fanny, who spends at least 48 hours on each flavour. Fanny and Alex prefer the ‘fingerprinting’ technique, which entails a deep understanding of each of the chocolates’ flavour profile and focuses on layering – combining different products to make one truly unique chocolate. Layering means letting the flavour develop in your palate from one bite to the next, tasting new, surprising flavours until the very end.
Oh!Boo specialties include pralines (Belgian/Franco-style chocolates where the soft centre filling is made from fresh cream, chocolates and fresh or natural ingredients); caramel brittle (freshly made caramel brittle that sells out in a flash, made with the best Danish butter); and Almond Rocher (made with Australian almonds, slow-roasted for 30 minutes, mixed with Rice Krispies then coated with Oh!Boo chocolate).
Where to get them:
Buy them online at ohboo.com.au/shop or drop by the Oh!Boo boutique store in Barangaroo: Shop 1, 33 Barangaroo Avenue.
