Couple become real-life Willy Wonkas after quitting busy city jobs to buy a chocolate factory

A COUPLE quit their busy city jobs to become real-life Willy Wonkas — by buying a chocolate factory.

Mark Owen, 50, and wife Karen, 46, produce 100,000 bars a year and employ 22 workers.

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The couple, who have three children, had dreamed of making chocolate, with Karen having worked as a chocolatier as a teenager.

They left their London jobs in 2013 to run Wickedly Welsh Chocolate — a factory, café and visitor centre in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire.

Mark said: "We realised that life is short and Karen had been going on for ages about making chocolate.

"Making chocolate is the best thing we have ever done.

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"We love what we do and now make over 100,000 bars of chocolate a year.

"Coming up with new recipes is so exciting.

"We just want to partner with as many independent retailers as possible. "

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