{"id":63920,"date":"2026-01-27T21:46:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T21:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enter.chocolateawards.com\/?p=63920"},"modified":"2026-01-27T22:18:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T22:18:22","slug":"d-a-ch-and-eastern-european-craft-chocolatier-competition-2026-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enter.chocolateawards.com\/ca\/competitions\/dach\/d-a-ch-and-eastern-european-craft-chocolatier-competition-2026-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"D.A.CH. and Eastern European Craft Chocolatier Competition 2026 &#8211; Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"63920\" class=\"elementor elementor-63920\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3c2c6d19 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3c2c6d19\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-101d16eb\" data-id=\"101d16eb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-448da45a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"448da45a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The International Chocolate Awards is pleased to announce the Winners of the <em><strong>2026 DACH and Eastern European Craft<\/strong><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em>Chocolatier competitions<\/strong><\/em>, which were judged in person in Vienna from 22-23 January.<\/p><p>The DACH and Eastern European competitions judged craft chocolatier entries from Germany, Austria and Switzerland, and countries of Eastern Europe with the help of our local partner and judge <em>Lilla Toth-Tatai<\/em> from <em>Taste.Better.Chocolate<\/em> in Vienna, Austria. The in-person judging and the winners&#8217; announcement took place at the <a href=\"http:\/\/schokoladefest.at\"><strong>Schokoladefestival<\/strong><\/a> in Vienna.<\/p><p>The <strong>Grand Jury Finalists<\/strong> are listed <a href=\"https:\/\/enter.chocolateawards.com\/competitions\/dach\/d-a-ch-and-eastern-european-craft-chocolatier-competition-2026-grand-jury-finalists\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p><p>Winners of these rounds will pass through to the World Final organized in October-November 2026.<\/p><p>This craft competition awards prizes for <strong>craft chocolatier products<\/strong> including filled chocolates\/bonbons, pralines, enrobed fruits and nuts and chocolate spreads made with bean-to-bar chocolate as well as flavoured bars made with couverture.<\/p><p>Plain\/origin and flavoured bean-to-bar products from European chocolate makers are judged at the 2026 European, Middle Eastern and African Bean-to-Bar Competition in April-May 2026.<\/p><h3>Judges<\/h3><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/enter.chocolateawards.com\/judges\/?comp_id=373467\">judges<\/a> were drawn from local experts, food journalists, our <a href=\"http:\/\/chocolatetastinginstitute.org\">IICCT<\/a> Alumni and members of our permanent international Grand Jury.<\/p><h3>Prizes<\/h3><p>The categories judged included filled chocolates, enrobed fruits and nuts and chocolate spreads, as well as flavoured bars (not bean-to-bar). All judging is anonymized, including at the Grand Jury final session, where Gold, Silver and Bronze prizes are awarded by private voting.<\/p><div>** Bean-to-bar chocolatier products \u2013 recognising the growing trend of filled chocolate made by chocolate makers, winning products made with an entrant\u2019s own chocolate are marked with (**).<\/div><p>Awards are awarded only to entries that meet the required standard for each prize.<\/p><h2><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The 2026 DACH Craft Chocolatier Winners are:<\/span><\/h2><p><p><em>(Prizes are shown in score order for each medal)<\/em><\/p><div><\/div><hr class=\"dotted\" \/><h1>Barres de sabors<\/h1><div><\/div><h2>Barres de xocolata blanca amb una infusi\u00f3 o aroma<\/h2><div class=\"cat-prizes\"><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 3pt;\"><strong>Bronze<\/strong>: <em><span class=\"results-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chocolate.vision\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"results-link\">Chocolate Vision<\/a><\/span><\/em>&nbsp; (Germany) &#8211; <strong>Houjicha<\/strong> <span style=\"margin-left: 3pt; color: #601212;\">(<strong><span title=\"Final judging score from the IICCT profiling system\">86.5<\/span><\/strong>)<\/span><\/p><\/div><h2>Barres de xocolata amb combination amb inclusions o trossos<\/h2><div class=\"cat-prizes\"><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 3pt;\"><strong>Bronze<\/strong>: <em><span class=\"results-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trueffel-guese.de\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"results-link\">Tr\u00fcffel G\u00fcse Hannover<\/a><\/span><\/em>&nbsp; (Germany) &#8211; <strong>Best Taste Ever<\/strong> <span style=\"margin-left: 3pt; color: #601212;\">(<strong><span title=\"Final judging score from the IICCT profiling system\">86.3<\/span><\/strong>)<\/span><\/p><\/div><hr class=\"dotted\" \/><h1>Bombons a base de fruits secs, nous recobertes<\/h1><div><\/div><h2>Dragees de xocolata amb llet, nous senceres recobertes<\/h2><div class=\"cat-prizes\"><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 3pt;\"><strong>Bronze<\/strong>: <em><span class=\"results-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aherz.at\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"results-link\">AHERZ<\/a><\/span><\/em>&nbsp; (Austria) &#8211; <strong>Umami Hazelnut Dragee<\/strong> <span style=\"margin-left: 3pt; color: #601212;\">(<strong><span title=\"Final judging score from the IICCT profiling system\">85.6<\/span><\/strong>)<\/span> <span title=\"Winner has declared the product is made with their own bean-to-bar chocolate or couverture.\">(**)<\/span><\/p><\/div><hr \/><p><em>(*) &nbsp;Declared chocolate maker for private label bars.<\/em><\/p><p><em>(**) Winner has declared the product is made with their own bean-to-bar chocolate or couverture.<\/em><\/p><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c78a732 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c78a732\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<hr \/><h2><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The 2026 Eastern European Craft Chocolatier Winners are:<\/span><\/h2><p><p><em>(Prizes are shown in score order for each medal)<\/em><\/p><div><\/div><hr class=\"dotted\" \/><h1>Ganaches, palets, bombons i trufes ganache<\/h1><div><\/div><h2>Ganaches xocolata negra sense aromatitzar o trufes<\/h2><div class=\"cat-prizes\"><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 3pt;\"><strong>Silver<\/strong>: <em>Maria Magdalena Bizgan<\/em>&nbsp; (Romania) &#8211; <strong>Ecuador Dark Chocolate Water Ganache<\/strong> <span style=\"margin-left: 3pt; color: #601212;\">(<strong><span title=\"Final judging score from the IICCT profiling system\">87.7<\/span><\/strong>)<\/span><\/p><\/div><hr class=\"dotted\" \/><h1>Bombons a base de fruits secs, nous recobertes<\/h1><div><\/div><h2>Dragees de xocolata negra, nous senceres recobertes<\/h2><div class=\"cat-prizes\"><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 3pt;\"><strong>Bronze<\/strong>: <em><span class=\"results-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chocome.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"results-link\">chocoMe<\/a><\/span><\/em>&nbsp; (Hungary) &#8211; <strong>Piemonte hazelnut, salted dark gianduja<\/strong> <span style=\"margin-left: 3pt; color: #601212;\">(<strong><span title=\"Final judging score from the IICCT profiling system\">86.7<\/span><\/strong>)<\/span> <span title=\"Winner has declared the product is made with their own bean-to-bar chocolate or couverture.\">(**)<\/span><\/p><\/div><h2>Pralin\u00e9 a base de nous \/ gianduja amb xocolata amb llet<\/h2><div class=\"cat-prizes\"><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 3pt;\"><strong>Bronze<\/strong>: <em>Maria Magdalena Bizgan<\/em>&nbsp; (Romania) &#8211; <strong>Walnut Whipped Praline<\/strong> <span style=\"margin-left: 3pt; color: #601212;\">(<strong><span title=\"Final judging score from 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