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.

The good- This was a nice looking unit, silver and black. Size was perfect, just tall enough to sit nicely on a table top. It has three tiers, deep enough for children to dip into and positioned in a way for chocolate to flow from top to the bottom tray, held lots of chocolate. We used wooden skewers as it was for lots of younger children and they were perfect and gave that extra length to keep them at a safe distance and disposable it also meant they were disposable. We used just over 1kg of chocolate and added a splash of oil to enable a more fluid movement. There were no problems with flow or taste. The settings are easy to control and you have a choice of melting chocolate before and then adding it to the fountain or just putting the chocolate straight on the bottom plate and the plate warming it and melting. This element I loved. No so great- the noise. It has a mechanical noise which was acceptable but this one also has a loud vibration element to it. The rotator is placed on top of the mechanical element and is not really secured, rather it uses the weight of the chocolate to keep it in place. When I put 1kg of chocolate in the top, the loud vibration stopped, but when the chocolate was being used and the chocolate became less, the vibration returned. The vibration was quite scary to a lot of the children and they wouldn’t go near the table until it was switched off. Once switched off everybody continued to dip into the chocolate no problem. The lead was long enough for our breakfast bar which the plug is right next to but I would have needed an extension if it was another room or plug, uk plug which was great. It made the teenagers that were there laugh but the little children believed it would blow up and left the table. I would buy this again if it was for older children as the noise didn’t seem to bother them, they were more focused on the chocolate. Clean up was actually quite therapeutic, hot soapy water leave to soak and then do it again. I had no problems there. For us it was definitely a show stopper and talking point, just not for the reasons I had hoped for. The seller approved a return which I am grateful for as I would not use this again until my children were much older. I did have to pay £2.73 for a return which was slightly annoying being Amazon Prime, but it is what it is. I recommend for older children or adults especially if you have plans to use lots of chocolate to keep the weight and rotator secure. Probably overshared but I hope this helps.

This chocolate fountain is fabulous. It was very easy to assemble and worked perfectly. Having read reviews for other makes of chocolate fountains I was worried that it would get clogged up, stop flowing and generally be a disappointment - it was not. We used normal milk chocolate and followed the instructions for thinning it with vegetable oil, it worked perfectly. The kids loved it. I have now bought special chocolate for fountains since mixing milk chocolate with oil did not enhance the flavour of the chocolate! This is a large enough chocolate fountain for parties.

Unpacked item (which looked as if it had already been opened and re-sealed) to find it damaged. Silver cover has come away and base was smashed up. Cannot be used.