Joana Marinho — short biography

Joana Marinho is the Chef Chocolatier of Delicious Diamonds, an atelier of signature bonbons in Leiria since 2018. A civil engineer by training, she turns cacao into an exact science. In 2026 her Winter Ember won the Sweet category at the 16th Cociña con Castaña de Galicia.


Joana Marinho — long biography

Joana Marinho is the Chef Chocolatier of Delicious Diamonds. A civil engineer by training, she brings the precision of structural calculation to cacao: every bonbon is a project — measured, tested, with no room for chance. She began making chocolate as a parallel passion long before the house opened in Leiria in 2018, and honed the craft in masterclasses with chefs such as Luís Amado and Andrey Dubovik. She builds custom flavours from an idea. In 2026 her Winter Ember won the Sweet category at the 16th Cociña con Castaña de Galicia, at the live final in A Coruña, and LUXlife named the house Best Artisanal Chocolatier in Portugal.
