The International Chocolate Awards is pleased to announce the Winners of the second Belgian National Competition for chocolatier products, which was judged in Brussels at the Hilton Brussels Grand Place, 28 – 31 January 2016. The winners were announced at the Brussels Salon du Chocolat on 5 February 2016.
The International Chocolate Awards is an independent competition recognising excellence in fine chocolate making and in the products made with fine chocolate.
Judges
The judges were drawn from local experts, food journalists and pastry chefs from Belgium and members of our permanent international Grand Jury and guest judges from Italy and France.
- Winners
- Finalists
- Judges
- Grand Jury
- Supporters
Prizes
The categories judged included flavoured chocolate bars, filled chocolates and spreads, and are based on yearly feedback from our entrants and in consultation with the fine chocolate industry. All judging is anonymised, including at the Grand Jury final session, where Golds, Silver and Bronze prizes are awarded by private voting according to the Grand Jury rules.
Awards are awarded only to entries that meet the required standard for each prize.
(Prizes are shown in alphabetical order for each medal)
Flavoured bars
Dark chocolate bars with inclusions or pieces
Bronze: Contes de Fèves (Belgium) - Casson noir au sésame grillé
Ganaches, palets, ganache pralines and truffles
Unflavoured dark chocolate ganaches or truffles
Gold: Galler (Belgium) - Praline Madagascar
Bronze: Darcis Chocolatier (Belgium) - Barahona
Flavoured dark chocolate ganaches or truffles
Gold: Laurent Gerbaud Chocolatier (Belgium) - Ganache Mangue Coriandre Citron Vert
Silver: Chocolatier M (Belgium) - Elegance
Silver: Darcis Chocolatier (Belgium) - Ganache Citron & Yuzu
Silver: Demaret Chocolatier (Belgium) - Passion
Silver: Deremiens (Belgium) - Blue Passion
Silver: Galler (Belgium) - Praline Vanille
Bronze: Galler (Belgium) - Praline Citron Vert-Lavande
Flavoured white chocolate ganaches or truffles
Gold: The Chocolate line by Dominique Persoone (Belgium) - Yuzu
Silver: The Chocolate line by Dominique Persoone (Belgium) - Brasil
Flavoured ganaches or truffles with combination coating or filling
Gold: Chocolatier M (Belgium) - Smokey lemon
Silver: The Chocolate line by Dominique Persoone (Belgium) - Apero
Bronze: Jérôme Grimonpon Chocolatier - NOT USED (Belgium) - Figue Thym
Nuts
Nut based pralines with dark chocolate
Gold: Laurent Gerbaud Chocolatier (Belgium) - Praliné Pistache de Grèce
Silver: Deremiens (Belgium) - Praslin
Silver: Jérôme Grimonpon Chocolatier - NOT USED (Belgium) - Praliné sésame et komatsuna
Bronze: Deremiens (Belgium) - Pécan Soja
Bronze: Deremiens (Belgium) - Tahiti
Bronze: Laurent Gerbaud Chocolatier (Belgium) - Praliné Amandes
Nut based pralines with milk chocolate
Gold: Chocolatier M (Belgium) - Peanuts & co
Silver: Chocolatier M (Belgium) - Woestyne
Bronze: Didier Smeets (Belgium) - Praliné Pistache
White chocolate dragées, enrobed whole nuts
Gold: L'Arbre à Bilous (Belgium) - Chocolat blanc à l'herbe de blé avec noix de cajou grillée
Caramels
Dark chocolate enrobed caramels
Gold: Chocolatier M (Belgium) - Tokyo Dreams
Bronze: Deremiens (Belgium) - Orval
Milk chocolate enrobed caramels
Gold: Deremiens (Belgium) - Exotic Touch
Others - fruit/sugar/butter/cream/misc
White chocolate enrobed manon/butter/cream
Gold: Darcis Chocolatier (Belgium) - Manon Café
Spreads
Spreads with dark chocolate (no milk powder)
Bronze: Eugène Chocolatier (Belgium) - Praliné Eugène
(*) Declared chocolate maker for private label bars.
(**) Winner has declared the product is made with their own bean-to-bar chocolate or couverture.
