Originally created to celebrate the World Cocoa and Chocolate Day on 1st October, the first «Rallye du Chocolat^©» was born in Geneva in October 2015.

Rallye du Chocolat is a fun and gourmet walk in town to encounter artisan chocolate makers. The participants with « choco-passport » go to the shops taking part in the Rallye and taste a chocolate creation, find out the words of the mystery sentence to enter the sweepstake and finally vote for their favourite chocolate maker.

Fifteen chocolate makers allocated in 3 different routes (A, B, C) are taking part in this year’s gourmet challenge.

NEW: the 2018 Geneva Rallye du Chocolat expands its activities in the Plainpalais Town Hall and offers workshops throughout the day: introduction to chocolate tasting and chocolate with tea tasting. Reservation is available from Wednesday 26 September 10:00 until Friday 5 October 12:00. The number of seats is limited to offer you the best experience quality possible. Maximum number of people per session is 16. Eight seats can be booked online via the ticketing platform, and the remaining 8 will be available on site. Please contact us, should you wish to book for a group of more than 8 people.

Organisation and details

Date: Saturday 6 October 2018

Venue: downtown Geneva and at the Plainpalais Town Hall (rue de Carouge 52, 1205 Geneva)

Time: from 10:00 to 17:00

Routes: 3 (A, B, C)

Activities: introduction to chocolate tasting and chocolate with tea tasting

The choco-passport = the golden ticket to take part in the Rallye

When booking the passport online or purchasing on site, the participant chooses the route(s) s/he wishes to take. There is 1 ballot paper per route. The player will taste the new chocolate creation in each shop of the route(s) and will discover a word of the mystery sentence(s). There is one mystery sentence per route.

This passport includes:

• A leaflet with information and a map of Geneva indicating the location of the Rallye chocolate makers on each predefined route.

• A ballot paper* to vote for the best chocolate maker and take part in the sweepstake.

*1 ballot paper per route.

To take part in the sweepstake, the player will find a ballot paper in the choco-passport, on which s/he should:

• Write down the mystery sentence of the route
• Answer to a quiz
• Show his/her visit in each shop thanks to the custom punched hole on the paper
• Vote for his/her favourite chocolate maker
• Slip this completed paper in the ballot boxes available in each shop.

Important: the ballot paper must be duly completed to be valid for the sweepstake.

How to get the passports?

Reservation is named and mandatory.

Online

Reservation of passports is possible online prior to the event on www.salondeschocolatiers.com or on the Facebook page of the event. To get the passport, the participant must go to one of the collection points and show the QR code or barcode linked to his/her reservation, either printed on paper or on his/her smartphone (preferable). The passport containing the ballot paper(s) corresponding to the chosen route(s) will then be handed over.

On the spot

A limited number of passports will be available on Saturday 6 October at the ticket desk of the Plainpalais Town Hall. However, it will not be possible to purchase any daily ticket for public transport.