The International Chocolate Awards in 2019

As the International Chocolate Awards enters its eighth year, we’re pleased to announce another great calendar of bean-to-bar competitions and regional and national chocolatier competitions, leading up to our prestigious World Final in October and World Final Ceremony in November. We’re also proud to continue our Growing Country Support competitions in Peru and Central America.

Dates and locations for some competitions are still being confirmed, so please check our site regularly to make sure you don’t miss your regional competition.

2019 Calendar

• Italian/Mediterranean Chocolatier Competition
    – March 8–12, Florence, Italy
• Ceremony for Italian/Mediterranean Chocolatier Competitions
    – March 30, Educatorio del Fuligno, Florence, Italy.
• Eastern European Chocolatier Competition
    – March 8–12, Florence, Italy. Judging is combined with the Italian/Mediterranean competition.
• Ceremony for Eastern European Chocolatier Competitions
    – March 30, Educatorio del Fuligno, Florence, Italy.
• French Chocolatier Competition
  – April 5–8, Paris, France
• Benelux Chocolatier Competition
   – April 5–8, Paris, France, judged with French competition.
• Ceremony for French Chocolatier Competition
  – June 17, 15.00h., Salon de la Pâtisserie, PARC Exposition, Porte de Versailles, Paris.
• European, Middle Eastern and African Bean-to-bar Competition
  –  May 10–June 16 Copenhagen, Denmark
• D-A-CH – German/Austrian/Swiss Chocolatier Competition
    – May 16–18, Hannover, Germany
• Americas – Bean-to-bar and Chocolatier Competition – 2019
  – May 27–June 3, Carriage House Annex, New York, USA
• Ceremony and party for Americas Winners Announcement
  – June 24, New Jersey
• Scandinavian Chocolatier Competition
  – June 12–16, Copenhagen, Denmark, judged with European competition.
• Perú Competition (Support Competition)
   – July 8–10, Lima, Peru
• Asia-Pacific Bean-to-bar and Chocolatier Competition – 2019
  – August 31– September 5, Taiwan
• Ceremony for Asia-Pacific Bean-to-bar and Chocolatier Competition Winners Announcement – 2019
    – September 7, Pingtung, Taiwan.
• British Chocolatier Competition
   – September 9–10, York, UK
• Canadian Chocolatier Competition
    – September 14–15,  Toronto, Canada
• First International Chocolate Tasters Forum
    – October 5–6, Florence, Italy. For more information: https://www.chocolatetastinginstitute.org/first-international-chocolate-tasters-forum
• World Final
    – October 7–12, Florence, Italy
• Central America Competition (Support Competition)
    – November 11–15, San Salvador, El Salvador
• Ceremony for World Final Winners Announcements
    – November 18, Palacio de los Capitanes, Antigua, Guatemala

All winners of this year’s regional chocolatier and national competitions will be eligible to take part in the World Final, in October.

Entering the Awards

For more details and to enter the International Chocolate Awards, please visit our site at www.internationalchocolateawards.com/enter/

Judging

For details of judging, please log back into our website or contact us at info@internationalchocolateawards.com

Best wishes for 2019.