The International Chocolate Awards is pleased to announce the Grand Jury Finalist entrants of the 2023 Canadian Craft Chocolatier Competition, which was judged remotely in September-October 2023, with final Grand Jury decisions early October 2023.
The judging panel included our regular judges, along with many of our IICCT alumni and other specialists from the local area and members of our international Grand Jury panel.
The Grand Jury Finalists are the entries that made it through to the final Grand Jury round, following an initial technical Selection round and a main round of judging. The Finalists are the nominations from which the Grand Jury select the prize winners, through private voting.
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 2023 Canadian Craft Chocolatier Competition Grand Jury Finalists are:
(In alphabetical order within each category)
Flavoured bars
Dark chocolate bars with inclusions or pieces
Etat de Choc (Canada) - Barre Pistache (89.27)Etat de Choc (Canada) - Érable, Miso & Riz (86.40)
Etat de Choc (Canada) - Barre Noisette (83.67)
White chocolate bars with inclusions or pieces
BETA5 Chocolates (Canada) - Gingerbread Stroopwafel (86.48)BETA5 Chocolates (Canada) - Technicolour Crunch (86.45)
Hailed Coffee (Canada) - Cardamaella Almond (85.43)
Hailed Coffee (Canada) - Cardamaella Coffee (85.01)
Hailed Coffee (Canada) - Cardamaella (84.89)
Combination chocolate bars with inclusions or pieces
BETA5 Chocolates (Canada) - Kimchi Fried Rice (87.83)Ganaches, palets, ganache pralines and truffles
Flavoured dark chocolate ganaches or truffles
McGuire Chocolate Company (Canada) - Single Origin Dark: Bejofo (84.52)McGuire Chocolate Company (Canada) - Bourbon Truffle (83.12)
JACOBEAN Craft Chocolate (Canada) - Signal Hill Whisky Ganache (80.71)
JACOBEAN Craft Chocolate (Canada) - Rasbperry Bliss (80.22)
Flavoured milk chocolate ganaches or truffles
Mellis Chocolate (Canada) - Cacao Fruit (85.12)McGuire Chocolate Company (Canada) - Milk Chocolate Salted Caramel Truffle (81.13)
Flavoured white chocolate ganaches or truffles
Mellis Chocolate (Canada) - Buckthorn Vanilla (93.00)Guild Chocolates (Canada) - Haskap, Strawberry, Goat Cheese (85.98)
Flavoured ganaches or truffles with combination coating or filling
McGuire Chocolate Company (Canada) - Cafe Latte (88.21)White Pine Chocolates (Canada) - Saffron Ginger Pear (86.41)
BETA5 Chocolates (Canada) - Gingerbread Caramel (85.06)
Guild Chocolates (Canada) - Trail's End (84.38)
BETA5 Chocolates (Canada) - Mint Thin (83.54)
Nuts
Nut based pralines with milk chocolate
Mellis Chocolate (Canada) - Ume White Sesame (89.85)Nut based pralines with white chocolate
Guild Chocolates (Canada) - Wunderdome (82.88)Nut based pralines with combination chocolate
Mellis Chocolate (Canada) - Maple Pine Nut (91.43)Caramels
Dark chocolate enrobed caramels
Hummingbird Chocolate Maker (Canada) - Orange honey spice caramel (87.78)Combination chocolate enrobed caramels
Guild Chocolates (Canada) - Revolution: Earl Grey (88.30)Guild Chocolates (Canada) - Revolution: Coffee (86.43)
Guild Chocolates (Canada) - Revolution: Passion Praline (85.88)
Others - fruit/sugar/butter/cream/misc
Combination enrobed fruit pastes, jellies/gelée
Mellis Chocolate (Canada) - Pineapple Tatin (90.22)Milk chocolate torrone/manon/butter/cream
DWN Craft Chocolatier (Canada) - Neapolitan Malt Balls (80.54)Spreads
Spreads with dark chocolate (no milk powder)
Allo Simonne (Canada) - Tartinade Chocolat noir & Sarrasin (89.43)Etat de Choc (Canada) - Tartinade Superstar Noisette (87.06)
Onoa (Canada) - Noazète dark chocolate (87.06)
Allo Simonne (Canada) - Tartinade Noisette & Chocolat Jaguar (86.59)
Allo Simonne (Canada) - Tartinade Chocolat noir & Café (84.08)
Allo Simonne (Canada) - Tartinade Chocolat & Éclats de cacao (83.55)
Allo Simonne (Canada) - Tartinade Noisette & Chocolat au Lait (82.53)
Spreads with milk chocolate
Onoa (Canada) - Noazète milk chocolate (84.04)White spreads
Spreads with white chocolate
Onoa (Canada) - Noazète white chocolate (86.19)|||
