The International Chocolate Awards is pleased to announce the Winners of the 2016 European open Competition, which was judged in Budapest, 13-16 September.
This special competition is for European chocolate companies who have not been included in other European competitions in 2016, giving winners a chance to progress to the World Final in October. The competition was judged in Budapest alongside the Eastern European competition.
International Judges
The judging panel included judges from Europe, and members of our international Grand Jury panel.
- Winners
- Finalists
- Judges
- Grand Jury
Prizes
All judging is anonymised, included 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
Silver: Michel Cluizel (France) - Noir 63% Grué de cacao
Bronze: Michel Cluizel (France) - Noir 63% Écorces d'Orange
Milk chocolate bars with inclusions or pieces
Gold: Michel Cluizel (France) - Grand Lait 45% Noisettes
Ganaches, palets, ganache pralines and truffles
Unflavoured dark chocolate ganaches or truffles
Gold: Ara Chocolat (France) - Porcelana ganache
Silver: Bello et Angeli Les Chocolatiers (France) - Ba Lai
Silver: Raoul Boulanger (France) - Mexique
Bronze: Raoul Boulanger (France) - Pérou
Flavoured dark chocolate ganaches or truffles
Bronze: Ara Chocolat (France) - Tonka bean and Belize ganache
Nuts
Nut based pralines with milk chocolate
Gold: Michel Cluizel (France) - Bergerac
Silver: Michel Cluizel (France) - Capri
Caramels
Dark chocolate enrobed caramels
Bronze: Michel Cluizel (France) - Intrépide
(*) Declared chocolate maker for private label bars.
(**) Winner has declared the product is made with their own bean-to-bar chocolate or couverture.
