Based on Aristotelis’ life-long expertise, the guests will attend a thorough hands-on workshop in producing traditional hand-made chocolates, starting from the initial preparation stages, and finishing off with the actual basic decoration and coating. They will also eat and drink various chocolates and drinks, in order to appreciate their flavours and aromas
WHAT you will LEARN:
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How to produce hand-made chocolates
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How to cut them, decorate them, and cover them with different flavours
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The different types of chocolate drinks
Aristotelis – Athens, the art of hand-made chocolate production
Itinerary: how we'll spend the day and what we'll do together
The guests will have a chance to attend a thorough hands-on workshop on producing traditional hand-made chocolates, starting from the early stages, putting together the ingredients, creating the actual chocolate chips, cutting them by hand into similar-sized pieces, covering them with various coatings and flavours, and hand-creating the final basic decorative touch which gives them a flair of uniqueness
The guests will have a chance to discuss in details all possible questions and issues they want to raise regarding the chololate-crafting process, as well as try out the chocolates that they themselves will have created. They will also taste various chocolate drinks and learn about their rich flavours and aromas
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Place of ORIGIN: Athens
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LIVES in: central Athens
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SPEAKS: English
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LOVES: travelling, chocolate-making, reading, good cuisine, innovative thinking
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Has TRAVELLED to: all over Europe, Japan, Indonesia, many places in Greece
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Personal TRAITS: he is devoted to practicing his chocolate-making skills and expertise, as well as perfecting his artistic skills in chocolate decoration
Booking details
Aristotelis Panayiotaros is your Host
Aristotelis is the owner of a traditional chocolaterie in central Athens, and specialises in producing and selling hand-made chocolates, of various shapes, flavours and coatings. He has been a keen practitioner of this cooking craft for many years, through which he has accomplished a deep level of knowledge on authentic chocolate-making techniques
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Place: Kolonaki, Athens
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Meeting Point: Panepistimio Metro station, at the ticket office
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Timetable: 11.00-13.00
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Price: 79 euros per person (chocolate drinks are included)
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Availability: 1 January – 31 July, 1 September – 30 November
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Group size: 10 persons max
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What’s SPECIAL about this experience: being part of a traditional and thorough chocolate-making workshop is a trully amazing experience, whereby everything is produced by hand using the finest ingredients. Anyone who has attended the workshop, was very enthusiastic about its quality and uniqueness
Kolonaki, Athens - Where the Experience will take place
What wikipedia says
Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, with its recorded history spanning around 3,400 years, and the earliest human presence around the 11th–7th centuries BC. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state that emerged in conjunction with the seagoing development of the port of Piraeus. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy, home of Plato's Academy and Aristotle's Lyceum, it is widely referred to as the cradle of Western civilization and the birthplace of democracy, largely because of its cultural and political impact on the European continent and in particular the Romans. In modern times, Athens is a large cosmopolitan metropolis and central to economic, financial, industrial, maritime, political and cultural life in Greece. In 2015, Athens was ranked the world's 29th richest city by purchasing power and the 67th most expensive in a UBS study.
Athens is recognised as a global city because of its geo-strategic location and its importance in shipping, finance, commerce, media, entertainment, arts, international trade, culture, education and tourism. It is one of the biggest economic centres in southeastern Europe, with a large financial sector, and its port Piraeus is the largest passenger port in Europe, and the second largest in the world. The municipality (City) of Athens had a population of 664,046 (in 2011, 796,442 in 2004) within its administrative limits, and a land area of 39 km2 (15 sq mi). The urban area of Athens (Greater Athens and Greater Piraeus) extends beyond its administrative municipal city limits, with a population of 3,090,508 (in 2011) over an area of 412 km2 (159 sq mi). According to Eurostat in 2004, the Athens Larger Urban Zone (LUZ) was the 7th most populous LUZ in the European Union (the 5th most populous capital city of the EU), with a population of 4,013,368. Athens is also the southernmost capital on the European mainland.
The heritage of the classical era is still evident in the city, represented by ancient monuments and works of art, the most famous of all being the Parthenon, considered a key landmark of early Western civilization. The city also retains Roman and Byzantine monuments, as well as a smaller number of Ottoman monuments.
Athens is home to two UNESCO World Heritage Sites, the Acropolis of Athens and the medieval Daphni Monastery. Landmarks of the modern era, dating back to the establishment of Athens as the capital of the independent Greek state in 1834, include the Hellenic Parliament (19th century) and the Athens Trilogy, consisting of the National Library of Greece, the Athens University and the Academy of Athens. Athens was the host city of the first modern-day Olympic Games in 1896, and 108 years later it welcomed home the 2004 Summer Olympics. Athens is home to the National Archeological Museum, featuring the world's largest collection of ancient Greek antiquities, as well as the new Acropolis Museum.