The International Chocolate Awards is pleased to announce the Winners of our sixth Eastern European Competition, which was judged over March and April, 2020. The competition encompasses Eastern, Central and North Eastern Europe and is the first international competition to support the growing interest in fine cacao and fine chocolate making in these regions. Winners will pass through to the World Final later in 2020.
Judges
The judging panel was made up of member of our Grand Jury and international judges, local chefs, journalists, bloggers and chocolate specialists.
- Winners
- Finalists
- Grand Jury
- Judges
Prizes
The categories judged included flavoured bars, filled chocolates and spreads and are based on yearly feedback from our entrants and in consultation with the fine chocolate industry. Plain/origin and plain milk or white bars will be judged at the 2020 European Bean-to-bar Competition. 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)
Ganaches, palets, ganache pralines and truffles
Flavoured dark chocolate ganaches or truffles
Bronze: JK Patisserie (Russia) - Truffle Tocache-Pisco
Bronze: ZAX (Slovakia) - Raspberry Praline
Flavoured milk chocolate ganaches or truffles
Gold: Choklid (Czech Republic) - Passion Fruit Bonbon
Bronze: Amazing Cacao (Russia) - Pecozu (**)
Bronze: Amazing Cacao (Russia) - Spicy Coffee (**)
Bronze: Elena Ovsyannikova (Russia) - The Brunost
Flavoured white chocolate ganaches or truffles
Gold: Elena Ovsyannikova (Russia) - Caramel Apple
Silver: Elena Ovsyannikova (Russia) - Passion Fruit with Lavender
Bronze: Chocokoo (Estonia) - Bergamot Bonbon
Flavoured ganaches or truffles with combination coating or filling
Gold: DantoniChocolate (Hungary) - Rum Cherry Rumos Meggyes Trüffel
Silver: Choklid (Czech Republic) - MalaCara Arabica Espresso Bonbon
Silver: Elena Ovsyannikova (Russia) - Cheese Truffle with Gorgonzola
+ Special: Gastronomic
Bronze: DantoniChocolate (Hungary) - Lavazza-Kahlùa Kávélikőrös Trüffel
Bronze: DantoniChocolate (Hungary) - Salty Caramel Sós Karamell Bonbon
Bronze: Mákvirág Kézműves Bonbon (Hungary) - Rozmaring (rosemary&lemon)
Nuts
Combination chocolate dragées, enrobed whole nuts
Gold: chocoMe (Hungary) - chocoMe Raffinée 301/C
+ Special: Ingredients
Milk chocolate dragées, enrobed whole nuts
Bronze: Slowlandia (Slovakia) - Salted Caramel Almonds
Nut based pralines with white chocolate
Silver: Chocoleya (Bulgaria) - Handmade White Chocolate Pralines
Bronze: Elena Ovsyannikova (Russia) - Сaramel Pink Pepper
White chocolate dragées, enrobed whole nuts
Gold: chocoMe (Hungary) - chocoMe Raffinée 301/A
+ Special: Ingredients
Silver: chocoMe (Hungary) - chocoMe Raffinée 301/B
Silver: Slowlandia (Slovakia) - Hazelnuts With Raspberry Dust
Bronze: Nobilis (Hungary) - Coconut, White Chocolate Coated Almonds
Caramels
Dark chocolate enrobed caramels
Bronze: ZAX (Slovakia) - Salted Caramel Praline
Others - fruit/sugar/butter/cream/misc
Dark chocolate enrobed fruit pastes, jellies/gelée
Gold: Chocokoo (Estonia) - Baked Apple Calvados Bonbon
Silver: chocoMe (Hungary) - chocoMe Petit 21 mango
+ Special: Ingredients
Silver: Original Prager Taler (Czech Republic) - Original Prager Taler
+ Special: Ingredients
Dark chocolate enrobed whole fruit
Bronze: Amazing Cacao (Russia) - Manzu (**)
Spreads
Spreads with dark chocolate (no milk powder)
Gold: Slowlandia (Slovakia) - Slowtella
Bronze: Chocoleya (Bulgaria) - Organic Dark Cocoa Spread 50% Hazelnuts
White spreads
Spreads with white chocolate
Bronze: Lyra (Slovakia) - Nutty Salted Caramel Spread (**)
(*) Declared chocolate maker for private label bars.
(**) Winner has declared the product is made with their own bean-to-bar chocolate or couverture.
