The International Chocolate Awards is pleased to announce the Winners of the second Scandinavian Regional Competition for chocolatier products, which was judged in Copenhagen, Denmark at the Hotel- og Restaurantskolen/Copenhagen Hospitality College, 22 – 25 January 2015. The winners were announced at the Copenhagen Chokoladefestivalen on 7 March 2015.
The International Chocolate Awards is an independent competition recognising excellence in fine chocolate making and in the products made with fine chocolate.
International judges
The judges were drawn from local experts, food journalists and pastry chefs from Denmark and members of our permanent international Grand Jury.
Prizes
The entry categories include 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, included at the Grand Jury final session, where Golds, Silver and Bronze prizes are awarded by private voting.
A list of the Grand Jury Finalists, entries that made it to the final Grand Jury round from which the winners are selected, is published here.
Due to exceptionally high scores and quality of entries in the “Flavoured dark chocolate ganaches or truffles” category, two golds were given for the top two entries, which were on a virtual tie, and six silvers were given due to the depth of high scoring entries.
The Winners of the Scandinavian Regional Competition 2015 are:
(Prizes are shown in alphabetical order for each medal)
Flavoured bars
Dark chocolate bars with inclusions or pieces
Gold: Omnom Chocolate (Iceland) - Dark Nibs + Rasberries
Dark chocolate bars with a filling
Bronze: Xocolatl (Denmark) - Dark bar with hazelnut/coriander praline
Milk chocolate bars with inclusions or pieces
Bronze: Omnom Chocolate (Iceland) - Milk + Cookies
Flavoured white chocolate bars
Gold: Omnom Chocolate (Iceland) - Lakkrís + Sea Salt
Ganaches, palets, ganache pralines and truffles
Unflavoured dark chocolate ganaches or truffles
Gold: Nordic Chocolatiers (Denmark) - Graded 100%
Silver: Sylvain Marron Chocolatier Pâtissier (Sweden) - Peru
Bronze: Mälarchocolaterie Swedish Chocolate Luxury (Sweden) - Dark
Flavoured dark chocolate ganaches or truffles
Gold: Nordic Chocolatiers (Denmark) - Lazy Olive Oil
Gold: Nordic Chocolatiers (Denmark) - Rhubarb
Silver: Mälarchocolaterie Swedish Chocolate Luxury (Sweden) - Apple & Calvados
Silver: Nordic Chocolatiers (Denmark) - Fig
Silver: Nordic Chocolatiers (Denmark) - Lazy Cherry Infusion
Silver: Xocolatl (Denmark) - Abricot/lavender
Silver: Xocolatl (Denmark) - Earl grey/lemon ganache
Bronze: Nordic Chocolatiers (Denmark) - Grainy Pear
Flavoured milk chocolate ganaches or truffles
Gold: Xocolatl (Denmark) - Passion/ginger ganache
Silver: Sylvain Marron Chocolatier Pâtissier (Sweden) - Passion Mango
Silver: Xocolatl (Denmark) - Tonka/sesam
Bronze: Mälarchocolaterie Swedish Chocolate Luxury (Sweden) - Cinnamon Caramel
Bronze: Mälarchocolaterie Swedish Chocolate Luxury (Sweden) - Passion
Flavoured white chocolate ganaches or truffles
Gold: Chocolatte (Sweden) - Virgin Mojito
Flavoured ganaches or truffles with combination coating or filling
Gold: Österlenchoklad (Sweden) - Äpplekaga
Silver: Anouska (Denmark) - Wild Raspberry
Silver: Sylvain Marron Chocolatier Pâtissier (Sweden) - Raspberry
Bronze: Mälarchocolaterie Swedish Chocolate Luxury (Sweden) - Lemon Tequila Salt
Bronze: Mälarchocolaterie Swedish Chocolate Luxury (Sweden) - Raspberry
Bronze: Österlenchoklad (Sweden) - Rosmarin
Nuts
Dark chocolate enrobed marzipan
Bronze: Sylvain Marron Chocolatier Pâtissier (Sweden) - Roasted almond & clementine marsipan
Caramels
Dark chocolate enrobed caramels
Bronze: Lentz Chocolatier (Denmark) - Salted Caramels BONBON
Milk chocolate enrobed caramels
Gold: Chocolatte (Sweden) - Salty caramel with a touch of liquorice and milk chocolate ganache.
Silver: Sylvain Marron Chocolatier Pâtissier (Sweden) - Combawa
(*) Declared chocolate maker for private label bars.
(**) Winner has declared the product is made with their own bean-to-bar chocolate or couverture.
