Everything is ready for the chocofestival 2023, Chieti, the capital of chocolate for three days.

Everything is ready for the chocofestival 2023, Chieti, the capital of chocolate for three days

Chieti, 22 November. Chieti, the capital of chocolate for three days. Return the Chocofestival, which will liven up the historic center from Friday 24th to Sunday 26th November, including stands, exhibitions, specialties from all over Italy, shows, activities for the little ones and exceptional guests. The initiative, now in its fourteenth edition, is promoted by Confartigianato Chieti L'Aquila with the contribution of the Abruzzo Region and with the patronage of the Municipality of Chieti. This morning the conference with the deputy mayor Paolo de Cesare, the councilor for Commerce Manuel Pantalone and the Environment Chiara Zappalorto, the general director and the territorial president of Confartigianato Chieti-L'Aquila, Daniele Giangiulli and Giuseppe Rossi.

The appointment with the events is, as always, in Corso Marrucino, where on Friday 24 November, at 11 am, there will be a ribbon cutting. Present at the ceremony will be, among others, ithe mayor Diego Ferrara, the president of Confartigianato Chieti L'Aquila, Camillo Saraullo, and the general director of the association, Daniele Giangiulli. For three days, Corso Marrucino is transformed into a huge open-air pastry shop with chocolate-themed displays. The 2023 event will, as usual, be of national appeal, full of surprises and reserved for the best companies in the sector. There will be around twenty stands, with exhibitors from many Italian regions.

As part of the Chocofestival, there are many collateral activities: the event stands out “Simona Molinari in concert”, which will take place on Saturday, at 21 pm, at the Teatro Marrucino (tickets on sale on CiaoTickets). There will be in Piazza GB Vico “Cioko School”, the first traveling cultural factory in Europe, which will see visitors as protagonists on a journey to discover chocolate, with all the phases of its processing. Among the initiatives planned, also the tasting and pairing of wine and chocolate, promoted in collaboration with the Italian Sommelier Association (Ais) Abruzzo. There will be no shortage of activities for the little ones, with workshops “Hands in the dough”, in the enchanting setting of the atrium of Palazzo de' Mayo.

“A special event now in its 14th edition, a program full of events that will fill our historic center through exhibitors and events and will give the city an opportunity to animate the tourist and commercial sector – thus the deputy mayor Paolo De Cesare and the councilor for Commerce Manuel Pantalone – . We want to thank Confartigianato which was the driving force behind the initiative, strengthening it and maintaining it in the city, combining a solid cultural offering with the fair. It will be an important moment for Chieti and we are certain that the 2023 edition will be a stage of growth and quality both to be savored and experienced. The Festival supports the need to host high quality events in the historic city centre, it does so at an important moment, the one preceding the program of Christmas initiatives that will liven up the city for the entire festive period".

“We hope to see Corso Marrucino and, more generally, the city packed again for the Chocofestival – states the general director of Confartigianato Daniele Giangiulli – This is a tried and tested format. The fourteenth edition will be characterized by very high profile exhibitors and we are sure that, as has already happened in past years, the initiative will also attract visitors from outside the region. The undisputed protagonist will be chocolate, with everything that revolves around it. As always, we have thought of collateral activities of various kinds, from music to tastings and creative workshops. In short, events for all tastes and all ages. It is also with initiatives of this kind that our association tries to contribute to the development of the local economy".

“The 14th edition is an important number that seals the maturity of the consolidation of the event which grows year by year, promoting the city territory, together with the artistic heritage – thus Giuseppe Rossi, territorial president of the association – . The Festival brings contemporaneity, color and liveliness, also personified in the choice of the artist, Simona Molinari, who with her music will be an event not to be missed. The chocolate-wine pairing is also original and high-quality, to be tried and experienced by participating."

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