The International Chocolate Awards is pleased to announce the Winners of the 2024 British Craft Chocolate Competition, which was judged remotely in the UK during May-June 2024. The Prize ceremony was held on Sunday, 14th July starting at 5:00pm on Zoom.
This was our very first competition entirely devoted to British craft chocolate makers working from bean-to-bar and to chocolatiers using origin traceable chocolate. The competition celebrates the new wave of British chocolate artisans who respect the flavour, origin and sourcing of the cacao in their chocolate. The competition included all categories of products from plain and flavoured bars to filled chocolates and ganaches, plus craft cocoa powder and cocoa butter.
Winners will go directly to the International Chocolate Awards 2024 World Final.
Judges
The judging panel for this competition included our regular European judges, along with many of our IICCT alumni, other specialists from the local area and members of our international Grand Jury panel.
All judging was anonymised, included at the Grand Jury final session, where Golds, Silver and Bronze prizes were awarded by private voting according to the Grand Jury rules.
All Gold, Silver and Bronze winners in this competition are eligible to enter the World Final later in 2024.
Prizes
The winners of the 2024 British Craft Chocolate Competition are:
(Prizes are shown in score order for each medal)
'Best in competition' overall winners
Plain/origin dark bar categories
Gold: Duffy's (United Kingdom) - Duffy's Nicaragua Juno 70% (90.4)Flavoured bar categories
Gold: Dormouse Chocolates (United Kingdom) - Bread & Butter Milk Chocolate (91.2)Barres llises/originals
Micro-batch - Barres llises/originals negres
Gold: Duffy's (United Kingdom) - Duffy's Nicaragua Juno 70% (90.4)
+ Gold: Chocolate Maker
+ Gold: Direct Traded
Silver: Dormouse Chocolates (United Kingdom) - Peru Quori Warmi 75% Dark (90.0)
Silver: Luisa's Vegan Chocolates (United Kingdom) - Colombian 66% (88.6)
Silver: Luisa's Vegan Chocolates (United Kingdom) - Peruvian 72% (88.3)
Bronze: Bare Bones Chocolate (United Kingdom) - Philippines 70% (87.7)
Bronze: Duffy's (United Kingdom) - Duffy's Guatemala Sweet River 80% (87.4)
Bronze: Duffy's (United Kingdom) - Duffy's Nicaragua Amarillo 72% (86.9)
Barres llises/originals/negres alt % (> 85%)
Gold: Chocolate Tree (United Kingdom) - Belize Black 100% (88.5)
+ Gold: 100%
+ Gold: Chocolate Maker
+ Gold: Organic
Micro-batch - Barres llises/originals amb llet
Silver: Duffy's (United Kingdom) - Duffy's Nicaragua Oh Juno! 45% milk (87.6)
Bronze: Chocolate Tree (United Kingdom) - Peru Marañón 60% Milk (86.0)
Bronze: Pump Street Chocolate (United Kingdom) - Madagascar 58% Milk Chocolate Bar (85.6)
Bronze: Dormouse Chocolates (United Kingdom) - Afromuvaras Women's Association 60% Milk (85.6)
Barres llises/originals alternative
Gold: Solkiki Chocolatemaker (United Kingdom) - Certified Chuao Milk - 49 - Venezuela (89.5)
+ Gold: Direct Traded
+ Gold: Chocolate Maker
+ Special: Vegan
Barres llises/originals blanques
Silver: Table Chocolate (United Kingdom) - Dominican Republic White 43% (87.0)
Barres de sabors
Barres de xocolata negra amb una infusió o aroma
Gold: Solkiki Chocolatemaker (United Kingdom) - Certified Chuao 69 - Plum - Venezuela (89.1) (**)
+ Special: Innovation
+ Special: Ground-in
Silver: Exe Chocolate (United Kingdom) - Spiced & Signature Rum Cocktail 71% (88.3) (**)
+ Special: Cacao flavoring/aging
Barres de xocolata negra amb inclusions o trossos
Silver: Chocolate Tree (United Kingdom) - Whisky Nibs (87.2)
+ Special: Local ingredients
Silver: Pump Street Chocolate (United Kingdom) - Croissant 62% Dark Chocolate Bar (87.2) (**)
+ Special: Reinterpretation
Bronze: Pump Street Chocolate (United Kingdom) - Sourdough & Sea Salt 66% Dark Chocolate (85.6) (**)
Barres de xocolata amb llet amb una infusió o aroma
Gold: Charlotte Flower Chocolates (United Kingdom) - Sitka spruce 50% milk chocolate (89.1)
+ Special: Local ingredients
+ Special: Gastronomic
Barres de xocolata amb llet amb inclusions o trossos
Gold: Dormouse Chocolates (United Kingdom) - Bread & Butter Milk Chocolate (91.2) (**)
+ Special: Local ingredients
+ Special: Eclectic
Barres de xocolata blanca amb una infusió o aroma
Bronze: Solkiki Chocolatemaker (United Kingdom) - Chuncho White - 0+42 - Peruvian Gold (85.8)
Cremes per untar
Cremes per untar de xocolata negra (sense llet en pols)
Bronze: Chocolate Tree (United Kingdom) - Hazelnut Spread (85.9)
(*) Declared chocolate maker for private label bars.
(**) Winner has declared the product is made with their own bean-to-bar chocolate or couverture.
