Eastern European Competition 2018 – Grand Jury Finalists

The International Chocolate Awards is pleased to announce the Grand Jury Finalists of the Eastern European competition which was held on 21 – 22 September in Budapest.

The judging panel was made up of pastry chefs, journalists, restaurant reviewers, bloggers, culinary educators and chefs, as well as members of our Grand Jury.

The Grand Jury Finalists are the entries that made it through to the final Grand Jury round, following technical Selection and Main judging rounds. The Finalists are the nominations from which the Grand Jury select the prize winners, through private voting. The Grand Jury follow strict rules, which you can read here (PDF).

While listing as a Grand Jury Finalist is an achievement in itself, it does not necessarily indicate that the entry will receive a prize.

The 2018 Eastern European Finalists are:

(In alphabetical order within each category)

Flavoured bars

Dark chocolate bars with inclusions or pieces

Maya Chocolate (Hungary)

Milk chocolate bars with inclusions or pieces

Gingalló Csokoládé (Hungary)

White chocolate bars with an infusion or flavouring

Gingalló Csokoládé (Hungary)

White chocolate bars with inclusions or pieces

Passion Hand made chocolate (Czech Republic)
Réel Chocolate (Serbia and Montenegro)

Ganaches, palets, ganache pralines and truffles

Flavoured dark chocolate ganaches or truffles

Chocokoo (Estonia)
Harrer Chocolat (Hungary)

Flavoured milk chocolate ganaches or truffles

chocoMe (Hungary)
Christi's Choco (Hungary)
Harrer Chocolat (Hungary)

Flavoured ganaches or truffles with combination coating or filling

Bonbonier Chocolate (Hungary)
CsoKiss Manufaktura (Hungary)

Nuts

Dark chocolate dragées, enrobed whole nuts

Chocomaze (Slovakia)

White chocolate dragées, enrobed whole nuts

chocoMe (Hungary)

Caramels

Dark chocolate enrobed caramels

Bonbonier Chocolate (Hungary)
Chocokoo (Estonia)
Chocolala (Estonia)
chocoMe (Hungary)

Milk chocolate enrobed caramels

Lyra (Slovakia)

Others - fruit/sugar/butter/cream/misc

Dark chocolate enrobed fruit pastes, jellies/gelée

Chocolala (Estonia)

Dark chocolate enrobed whole fruit

chocoMe (Hungary)
Harrer Chocolat (Hungary)
Réel Chocolate (Serbia and Montenegro)