ChocoMoments has been organizing artisanal chocolate festivals in the most beautiful squares in Italy for years, with the participation of master chocolatiers. Iglesias, a municipality in the province of Southern Sardinia, is now a stable stop in the so-called Traveling Chocolate Factory.
The event is characterized by machinery, information banners, videos that allow the public to see live the processing of chocolate starting from cocoa beans (cold pressed), pralines created with local products and tastings of typical products, workshops for children, show cooking, educational lessons for the city’s institutes, lessons for adults and more.
The cocoa used is a selected blend of highly prized criollo, trinitario and forastero from Central America.
The event is organized by ChocoMoments, an ACAI member (Association of Italian Artisan Chocolatiers), in collaboration with the Pro loco and with the patronage of the Municipality of Iglesias.
ChocoMoments Iglesias 2024 (4th edition)
The fourth edition of the great Iglesias artisan chocolate festival takes place on 1, 2 and 3 March 2024 in Piazza Quintino Stella with stands open on Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 10:00 to 23:00.
Chocolate factory:
- Workshops for children.
- Lessons for adults.
- Cooking Show.
Show Market:
- Stands open Friday and Saturday 10am-11pm and Sunday 10am-8pm.
Guinness Tablet:
- Saturday 6pm – Making 15 meters of chocolate.
The detailed program
COOKING SHOW Live Creations
- Friday 6.00pm – How is a Sacher made?
- Saturday 6pm – Creation of the record-breaking 15 meter chocolate bar.
- Sunday 6.00pm – Making the Iglesias praline with a typical ingredient of the area.
CHOCOLATE LESSONS
- Saturday and Sunday from 10 to 12 – Chocolate making course for beginners (30 euros per person with mandatory reservation via email).
CHOCO BABY
- Every day from 3.30pm to 5.30pm (no booking required) – Workshop dedicated to children to learn how to make chocolates (7 euros per child, workshop duration 15-20 minutes).
SHOW COOKING
- Friday 10:00 am and 6:00 pm – Show Cooking by the Ipsia Galileo Ferraris School.
- Saturday 11.30am – Show Cooking by Artù Restaurant.
- Saturday 6.00 pm – Guinness Tablet in collaboration with the Rotary Club Iglesias.
- Sunday 11:00 am – Show Cooking by Villa di Chiesa with Chef Barbara Ecca.
- Sunday 3.00 pm – ASD Antas Calcio association awards ceremony.
How to get to Iglesias from Italy
A functional solution to get to Iglesias, located in south-western Sardinia, starting from Italy, is that of ferries to Cagliari, which leave their moorings from Civitavecchia, Naples or Palermo and are operated by the shipping company Grimaldi Lines.
Once disembarked, if you travel with a vehicle, it takes about 50 minutes (you have to travel 60 kilometers via Strada Statale 130 Iglesiente); if you are on foot you can take a regional train, which takes about an hour, or the ARST bus 803.
