Ziccat l’Arte del Cioccolato dal 1958The Ziccat trademark has been well-known in Turin for the quality of its chocolate since 1958. The business was taken over in 2014 by the master chocolatiers Alexis Rosso and Lorenzo Melchiorre together with other partners and in the space of ten years or so it increased the number of employees from four to 41, opening a number of shops in the city. Here they organise tastings paired with wines and spirits and aperitifs with a selection of chocolate products and cocktails. The hub of production is the workshop in Via Bardonecchia, now completely renovated, which is open for guided visits (by appointment) and educational activities. Ziccat, in short, is a business that blends tradition and innovation, youthful in spirit with collaborators who have an average age of under 40. Its flagship products are cremini and giandujotti, which come in a variety of flavours: classic, coffee, plain, peanut and pistachio. A fundamental, ever-present ingredient is PGI Piemonte hazelnuts. The product range is rounded off by chocolate bars, spreading creams and, at Christmas, a rich selection boxes such as the ones with 25 hand-decorated pralines and miniature plain chocolate pine cones.
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