The International Chocolate Awards is pleased to announce the Winners of the 2015 European Plain/Origin Bar Semi-final, which was judged in London, 14 – 17 March 2015.
The International Chocolate Awards is an independent competition recognising excellence in fine chocolate making and in the products made with fine chocolate.
International judges
The judges were drawn from local experts, food journalists and pastry chefs from Denmark, Italy, France, Germany, Italy, the USA, UK, Venezuela, India and members of our permanent international Grand Jury.
- Winners
- Finalists
- Judges
- Grand Jury
- Sponsors
Prizes
The entry categories include dark and milk plain/origin bars and our new micro-batch categories and are based on yearly feedback from our entrants and in consultation with the fine chocolate industry. All judging is anonymised, included at the Grand Jury final session, where Golds, Silver and Bronze prizes are awarded by private voting.
Best in competition
For the first time, overall ‘best in competition’ single Golds were awarded for the best bar in the combined dark and combined milk chocolate categories, as voted for by the Grand Jury after all other scores have been compiled.
Additional Silver and Bronze prizes were given in the Plain/origin dark chocolate bars category due to the high number of entries and excellent quality in this category.
[line]‘Best in competition’ overall winners
Plain/origin dark chocolate bars
Gold: Friis-Holm (Denmark) – Chuno 70% – Double Turned ( * Bonnat)
Plain/origin milk chocolate bars
Gold: Bonnat Chocolatier (France) – Surabaya
(Prizes are shown in alphabetical order for each medal)
'Best in competition' overall winners
Plain/origin dark bar categories
Silver: Friis-Holm Chokolade (Denmark) - Chuno 70% - Double Turned ( * Bonnat)Plain/origin milk bar categories
Gold: Bonnat Chocolatier (France) - SurabayaPlain/origin bars
Plain/origin dark chocolate bars
Silver: Bonnat Chocolatier (France) - Vale do Juliana
Silver: Friis-Holm Chokolade (Denmark) - Barba 70% ( * Bonnat)
Silver: Friis-Holm Chokolade (Denmark) - Chuno 70% - Double Turned ( * Bonnat)
Silver: Friis-Holm Chokolade (Denmark) - Chuno 70% - Triple Turned ( * Bonnat)
Silver: Friis-Holm Chokolade (Denmark) - Johe 70% ( * Bonnat)
Silver: Friis-Holm Chokolade (Denmark) - La Dalia 70% - The Lazy Cocoa Grower ( * Bonnat)
Silver: Friis-Holm Chokolade (Denmark) - Nicaliso 70% ( * Bonnat)
Silver: Friis-Holm Chokolade (Denmark) - Rugoso 70% ( * Bonnat)
Bronze: Bonnat Chocolatier (France) - Dark Organic
Bronze: Bonnat Chocolatier (France) - Haiti
Bronze: Bonnat Chocolatier (France) - Maragnan
Bronze: Chocolaterie Morin (France) - Nicaragua Chuno noir 70%
Micro-batch - Plain/origin dark chocolate bars
Silver: Duffy's (United Kingdom) - Duffy's Honduras Indio Rojo
Silver: Guido Castagna (Italy) - Raw Venezuela
Silver: Omnom Chocolate (Iceland) - Madagascar 66 %
Silver: Pump Street Bakery Chocolate (United Kingdom) - Pump Street Bakery Grenada 70%
Bronze: Ara Chocolat (France) - Porcelana 70%
Bronze: Chocolate Tree (United Kingdom) - Peru Marañón 69%
Bronze: Duffy's (United Kingdom) - Duffy's Nicaragua Chuno
Bronze: Guido Castagna (Italy) - Raw Madagascar
Bronze: Pump Street Bakery Chocolate (United Kingdom) - Pump Street Bakery Chocolate Madagascar Criollo 74%
High % plain/origin dark chocolate bars (85% and over)
Gold: Friis-Holm Chokolade (Denmark) - La Dalia 100% - The lazy cocoa grower ( * Bonnat)
Silver: Hotel Chocolat (United Kingdom) - Honduras, Mayan Red, 100% cocoa
Bronze: Friis-Holm Chokolade (Denmark) - La Dalia 85% - The lazy cocoa grower ( * Bonnat)
Rough ground/textured plain/origin dark chocolate bars
Gold: Donna Elvira (Italy) - Cioccolata Modicana 70% Madagascar
Silver: Donna Elvira (Italy) - Cioccolata Modicana 70% Peru Piura
Plain/origin milk chocolate bars
Gold: Bonnat Chocolatier (France) - Surabaya
Silver: Bonnat Chocolatier (France) - Java
Silver: Friis-Holm Chokolade (Denmark) - Dark Milk 55% - Nicaragua ( * Bonnat)
Silver: Friis-Holm Chokolade (Denmark) - Dark Milk 65% - Nicaragua ( * Bonnat)
Silver: Idilio (Switzerland) - Idilio 15 NTO Con Leche ( * Felchlin)
Bronze: Chocolate Naive (Lithuania) - Tanzania Dark Milk
Micro-batch - Plain/origin milk chocolate bars
Gold: Duffy's (United Kingdom) - Duffy's Nicaragua Oh Chuno!
Silver: Duffy's (United Kingdom) - Duffy's Honduras Mayan Milk
Silver: Omnom Chocolate (Iceland) - Milk of Madagascar
Silver: Pump Street Bakery Chocolate (United Kingdom) - Pump Street Bakery Chocolate Madagascar Milk 58%
Bronze: Duffy's (United Kingdom) - Duffy's Venezuela Ocumare Milk
Bronze: Timo A. Meyer (Germany) - 48% Venezuela
Plain/origin white chocolate bars
Silver: Summerbird (Denmark) - Chocolate Bar 60g white 36%
Caramelized plain/origin white chocolate bars
Gold: Summerbird (Denmark) - Chocolate Bar 60g Amber 36%
National awards
Given to Grand Jury finalists when there are 10 or more entries from one country in a category
Plain/origin dark chocolate bars
Gold – Danish: Friis-Holm Chokolade (Denmark) - Chuno 70% - Double Turned ( * Bonnat)
Gold – French: Bonnat Chocolatier (France) - Vale do Juliana
Micro-batch - Plain/origin dark chocolate bars
Gold – British: Pump Street Bakery Chocolate (United Kingdom) - Pump Street Bakery Grenada 70%
Micro-batch - Plain/origin milk chocolate bars
Gold – British: Duffy's (United Kingdom) - Duffy's Nicaragua Oh Chuno!Special awards
Given for entries that qualify for the special category criteria
Plain/origin dark chocolate bars
Gold – Chocolate Maker: Bonnat Chocolatier (France) - Vale do JulianaGold – Organic: Bonnat Chocolatier (France) - Vale do Juliana
Gold – Directly Traded: Friis-Holm Chokolade (Denmark) - Chuno 70% - Double Turned ( * Bonnat)
Plain/origin milk chocolate bars
Gold – Chocolate Maker: Bonnat Chocolatier (France) - SurabayaMicro-batch - Plain/origin milk chocolate bars
Gold – Directly Traded: Duffy's (United Kingdom) - Duffy's Nicaragua Oh Chuno!Gold – Organic: Omnom Chocolate (Iceland) - Milk of Madagascar
(*) Declared chocolate maker for private label bars.
(**) Winner has declared the product is made with their own bean-to-bar chocolate or couverture.
[line]Special awards
Given for entries that qualify for the special category criteria
Plain/origin dark chocolate bars
Gold – Directly traded: Friis-Holm (Denmark) – Chuno 70% – Double Turned ( * Bonnat)
Gold – Chocolate maker: Bonnat Chocolatier (France) – Vale do Juliana
Gold – Organic: Bonnat Chocolatier (France) – Vale do Juliana
Milk/origin dark chocolate bars
Gold – Directly traded: Duffys (United Kingdom) – Duffy’s Nicaragua Oh Chuno!
Gold – Chocolate maker: Bonnat Chocolatier (France) – Surabaya
Gold – Organic: Omnom (Iceland) – Madagascar 66 %
National awards
Given to Grand Jury finalists when 10 or more entries from one country in category
Plain/origin dark chocolate bars
Gold – Denmark: Friis-Holm (Denmark) – Chuno 70% – Double Turned ( * Bonnat)
Gold – France: Bonnat Chocolatier (France) – Vale do Juliana
Gold – United Kingdom: Pump Street Bakery Chocolate (United Kingdom) – Pump Street Bakery Grenada 70%
Milk/origin dark chocolate bars
Gold – United Kingdom: Duffys (United Kingdom) – Duffy’s Nicaragua Oh Chuno!
* Declared chocolate maker for private label bars
