It’s one of Glasgow’s greatest food and drink success stories in recent years, beloved by TV’s Rick Stein and given pride of place on dessert menus across Scotland . But Bare Bones Chocolate might never have come to be were it not for a particularly rough day at work for Lara Dixon which prompted a move back home in search of a sweeter way of life. “I was working as a food photographer in London and always found it so inspiring to visit small businesses where people had such hands-on jobs.
“Later I started to transition into fashion photography which was a bit of a disaster. “There was a really difficult client and I remember sitting on the journey home one day thinking to myself ‘I really don’t want to do this anymore’. Bare Bones chocolate shop (Image: Gordon Terris/Herald) “I pulled a bar of chocolate out of my bag and started eating it, then suddenly started to picture what it would be like to make chocolate all day, every day.
“I googled it then and there and learned that a lot of it comes down to science and numbers which was perfect for my husband Cameron who has a background in engineering. “We quit our jobs and moved back to Glasgow.” Inspired and fully committed to this new calling, the first Bare Bones bars were created in 2018 using an old coffee-roaster in a garage that belonged to Dixon’s parents.
A new home on Osborne Street in the Saltmarket area followed, as the pair realised their dream was fast becoming a reality thanks to buildi.
