The International Chocolate Awards is pleased to announce the Winners of the 2020 Scandinavian Chocolatier Competition, which was judged by our panel of Scandinavian judges and Grand Jury, working with remote judging.
The Scandinavian competition celebrates the craft of chocolatiers and chocolate companies who create filled chocolates, truffles, ganaches, caramels, fondants, enrobed fruits and nuts, and spreads made from chocolate couverture or from their own bean-to-bar chocolate and includes flavoured chocolate bars made from chocolate couverture.
Judges
The judges were drawn from local experts, food journalists and pastry chefs, members of our permanent international Grand Jury and guest judges.
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 given only to entries that meet the required standard for each prize. Winners of the competition go forward to to the World Final.
Please note: This is a temporary posting of the winners. A full post including a list of judges and Grand Jurors will be published shortly, including scores compiled using our new judging system.
(Prizes are shown in alphabetical order for each medal)Flavoured bars
White chocolate bars with inclusions or pieces
Gold: LABYs (Sweden) - Raspberry Liquorice (Hallonlakrits)
Silver: LABYs (Sweden) - Rhubarb (Rabarber)
Silver: LABYs (Sweden) - Strawberry Dream (Jordgubbsdröm)
Ganaches, palets, ganache pralines and truffles
Unflavoured dark chocolate ganaches or truffles
Gold: Nordic Chocolatiers (Denmark) - Mayan Red Waterganache
Flavoured dark chocolate ganaches or truffles
Bronze: Craig Alibone (Norway) - Rosemary and Tonka Bonbon
Bronze: Nordic Chocolatiers (Denmark) - Apple Infusion
Bronze: PetriS Chocolate (Finland) - Raspberry Truffle
Flavoured milk chocolate ganaches or truffles
Gold: Jentene på Tunet – Chocolatier (Norway) - Lakrislykke
Flavoured white chocolate ganaches or truffles
Gold: Jentene på Tunet – Chocolatier (Norway) - Multefløyel
+ Special: Local ingredients
Bronze: PetriS Chocolate (Finland) - Passion Pralin
Bronze: Suklaa Täplä (Finland) - Arctic Blue Gin White Chocolate
Flavoured ganaches or truffles with combination coating or filling
Gold: Chocolatte (Sweden) - Blueberry Ginger
Silver: Chocolatte (Sweden) - Salty Licorice Caramel
Silver: Fjåk Chocolate (Norway) - Norwegian Gingerbread Bonbon (**)
Silver: Jentene på Tunet – Chocolatier (Norway) - Go Bananas
Silver: Jentene på Tunet – Chocolatier (Norway) - Grepa Frukt
Silver: Jentene på Tunet – Chocolatier (Norway) - Sitronsmil
Bronze: Fjåk Chocolate (Norway) - Blueberry & Lemon Cream (**)
Bronze: La Fève by Pavel Pavlov (Bulgaria) - Rom, Orange and Smoked Milk Chocolate
Bronze: La Fève by Pavel Pavlov (Bulgaria) - Salty Caramel
Bronze: La Fève by Pavel Pavlov (Bulgaria) - Strawberry and Champagne
Bronze: Malmstens Mat & Choklad (Sweden) - Apple Cinnamon
Bronze: Trondheim Sjokolade (Norway) - Browned Butter Caramel & Cinnamon
Nuts
Dark chocolate enrobed marzipan
Gold: Friis-Holm Chokolade (Denmark) - Portwine Plums and Marcipan (**)
Nut based pralines with combination chocolate
Silver: Sverre Sætre Konditori (Norway) - Vaffelhjerte
+ Special: Reinterpretation
Milk chocolate dragées, enrobed whole nuts
Gold: Summerbird (Denmark) - Noisette Dragée
White chocolate dragées, enrobed whole nuts
Gold: Fjåk Chocolate (Norway) - Almond Dragées with Gingerbread White (**)
Caramels
Dark chocolate enrobed caramels
Gold: Nordic Chocolatiers (Denmark) - Non Dairy Cashew Caramel
+ Special: Innovation
Milk chocolate enrobed caramels
Silver: Trondheim Sjokolade (Norway) - Salt Liquorice Caramel
Others - fruit/sugar/butter/cream/misc
Dark chocolate enrobed manon/butter/cream
Gold: Friis-Holm Chokolade (Denmark) - Rose Geranium (**)
+ Special: Reinterpretation
Bronze: Friis-Holm Chokolade (Denmark) - Sloe Gin (**)
(*) Declared chocolate maker for private label bars. (**) Winner has declared the product is made with their own bean-to-bar chocolate or couverture.
