The International Chocolate Awards is pleased to announce the Grand Jury Finalist entrants of the 2025Â DACH Craft Chocolatier Competition, which was judged remotely May 2025, with final Grand Jury decisions in May 2025. This competition judged the craft chocolatier entries from Germany, Austria and Switzerland with the help of our local partner and Grand Jury member Michaela Schupp from Chocolats-de-luxe.de in Hannover, Germany.
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 2025 DACH Craft Chocolatier Competition Grand Jury Finalists are:
(In alphabetical order within each category)
Flavoured bars
White chocolate bars with an infusion or flavouring
Chocolate Vision (Germany) - Houjicha (88.20)Ganaches, palets, ganache pralines and truffles
Flavoured milk chocolate ganaches or truffles
Chokumi - Pralinen & Schokoladen (Germany) - Milky caramel & Maldon Sea Salt (87.38)Flavoured ganaches or truffles with combination coating or filling
LABRIQ by Maison Köller (Germany) - Tonka (89.55)PralinenArt by Cindy Welz (Germany) - Raspberry Chocolate (83.40)
Anna Reckmann Pâtisserie - Chocolaterie (Germany) - Praline Kaffee-Kardamom (82.95)
Pralilinen (Germany) - Maracuja-Hasselnuss (82.59)
Nuts
Nut based pralines with dark chocolate
LABRIQ by Maison Köller (Germany) - Valencia (87.83)Chokumi - Pralinen & Schokoladen (Germany) - Dunkles Haselnussnougat (83.21)
Dark chocolate dragées, enrobed whole nuts
AHERZ (Austria) - Tonka Mandeln Vegan (83.10)Nut based pralines with milk chocolate
LABRIQ by Maison Köller (Germany) - Piémontais Lait (88.45)LABRIQ by Maison Köller (Germany) - Brisbane (85.55)
LABRIQ by Maison Köller (Germany) - Dragee Brisbane (84.48)
Nut based pralines with white chocolate
PralinenArt by Cindy Welz (Germany) - Nougat - Trilobata Prestige (87.86)Nut based pralines with combination chocolate
Anna Reckmann Pâtisserie - Chocolaterie (Germany) - Praline Parmesan-Haselnuss (87.45)Anna Reckmann Pâtisserie - Chocolaterie (Germany) - Praline Pekanknusper (85.67)
LABRIQ by Maison Köller (Germany) - Coconut (82.59)
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