The International Chocolate Awards is pleased to announce the Winners of the 2024 Asia-Pacific Bean-to-Bar and Craft Chocolatier Competition, which was judged in-person in Hong Kong and also remotely during May and June 2024. The Prize ceremony was held on Monday, 1st July starting at 3pm local time in Hong Kong as part of the Craft Chocolate Fair organized by our local partner Jeffrey Lee from Cult de Choco as well as the IICCT Alumni Hong Kong, where several entrants and IICCT alumni gathered to promote traceable origin craft chocolate to chocolate enthusiasts all weekend.
This competition focuses on fine, craft and micro-batch chocolate makers who work directly from cacao beans to produce plain/origin and flavoured chocolate bars and craft chocolatiers making filled chocolates, dragées and spreads from the Asia-Pacific region.
Winners will go through to the World Final later in 2024.
Judges
The judging panel for this competition included our regular Asia-Pacific 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 Asia-Pacific Bean-to-Bar and Craft Chocolatier Competition are:
(Prizes are shown in score order for each medal)
'Best in competition' overall winners
Plain/origin dark bar categories
Gold: PARADAi Chocolate (Thailand) - Nakhon Si Dark 70% Red Pod Cacao (91.6)Plain/origin milk bar categories
Gold: green bean to bar Chocolate (Japan) - Palo Blanco -Peru- 50% -milk- (89.8)Flavoured bar categories
Gold: Fu Wan Chocolate (Taiwan) - Taiwan Tie-Guan-Yin Tea 62% (90.6)Filled chocolates
Gold: Tomohiro Onuki (Japan) - Uji matcha and Rémy Martin (89.3)Plain/origin bars
Plain/origin dark chocolate bars
Silver: AllYouWant (China) - 70% Ecuador Costa Esmeralda (88.3)
Bronze: Malagos Chocolate (Philippines) - 72% Dark Chocolate (86.5)
Micro-batch - Plain/origin dark chocolate bars
Gold: PARADAi Chocolate (Thailand) - Nakhon Si Dark 70% Red Pod Cacao (91.6)
+ Gold: Thailand
+ Gold: Chocolate Maker
+ Gold: Direct Traded
+ Gold: Growing Country
Silver: SANYAY (China) - Tanzania 70% (90.5)
+ Gold: China
Silver: Fu Wan Chocolate (Taiwan) - Fu Wan Ferment Project #14 70% (90.0)
+ Gold: Taiwan
+ Gold: Fermentation additions
Silver: Fu Wan Chocolate (Taiwan) - Fu Wan Ferment Project #13 70% (89.2)
Silver: green bean to bar Chocolate (Japan) - Fortunato No.4 (89.1)
+ Gold: Japan
Silver: Afterglow Chocolate (Japan) - Colombia Arhuacos 70 (89.1)
Silver: Fu Wan Chocolate (Taiwan) - Taiwan #1 Ping-Tung Dark 70% (88.9)
Silver: PARADAi Chocolate (Thailand) - Sisaket Dark 70% (88.8)
Silver: San Marzano (Thailand) - Bo Thong (88.7)
Silver: Minimal - Bean to Bar Chocolate - (Japan) - 'Arhuaco (88.7)
Silver: San Marzano (Thailand) - Bang Keaw (88.6)
Silver: PARADAi Chocolate (Thailand) - Chantaburi Dark 70% (88.5)
Silver: Fu Wan Chocolate (Taiwan) - Taiwan #8 Ping-Tung Premium Roast 70% (88.4)
Silver: Minimal - Bean to Bar Chocolate - (Japan) - Fruity/madagascar (88.4)
Silver: deeper² (China) - Uganda 75% dark chocolate (88.3)
Silver: 不巧butchoc (China) - Kokoa Kamili 70% Dark Chocolate (88.2)
Silver: Little Hey Cacao (China) - 70%Dominican Dark Chocolate (88.1)
Silver: Chocolaterie Camel (Japan) - India 70% Dark Chocolate (88.0)
Silver: Binon Cacao (Vietnam) - Binon Farm To Bar Dark Chocolate 65% (88.0)
Silver: PARADAi Chocolate (Thailand) - Khao Yai Dark 70% (88.0)
Silver: Sweets Escalier (Japan) - Venezuela Choroni 70% (88.0)
Bronze: Fu Wan Chocolate (Taiwan) - Fu Wan Ferment Project #17 70% (87.9)
Bronze: PARADAi Chocolate (Thailand) - Phatthalung Dark 70% (87.6)
Bronze: slowww melt bean to bar chocolate maker (China) - China Hainan 70% slowww melt fermenation (87.6)
Bronze: Fair Chocolate (Thailand) - Wang nam yen (87.4)
Bronze: 2U chocolate (Japan) - Crunchy Sweet (87.4)
Bronze: Minimal - Bean to Bar Chocolate - (Japan) - Fruity/Works 2 (87.3)
Bronze: PARADAi Chocolate (Thailand) - Phuket Dark 70% (87.3)
Bronze: PATYA - Craft Chocolate (Thailand) - 70% Dark Chocolate Chonburi (87.3)
Bronze: ORIGIN (Taiwan) - 70% Peru Chuncho Dark Chocolate (87.2)
Bronze: Minimal - Bean to Bar Chocolate - (Japan) - Savory/Works 1 (87.2)
Bronze: AllYouWant (China) - 75% Dominica Republic (87.2)
Bronze: deeper² (China) - Peru Chuncho 72% (87.2)
Bronze: 2U chocolate (Japan) - Ron Thong (87.1)
Bronze: Fu Wan Chocolate (Taiwan) - Taiwan #3 Ping-Tung Black Sugar 70% (87.1)
Bronze: Fu Wan Chocolate (Taiwan) - Fu Wan Ferment Project #15 70% (87.1)
Bronze: Rila Kakao (Thailand) - Khonkaen Dark 70% (87.1)
Bronze: roasting masters (South Korea) - Maleku (87.1)
Bronze: il (China) - 70% Costa Esmeraldas (87.0)
Bronze: AllYouWant (China) - 70% Chuncho Peru Dark Chocolate (87.0)
Bronze: Simtret (China) - 70% dark Thailand (87.0)
Bronze: Yosano Roaster Chocolate (Japan) - Chocolate Tanzania 73％ (86.9)
Bronze: Minimal - Bean to Bar Chocolate - (Japan) - Fruity/Works 3 (86.9)
Bronze: ICHIJI (Japan) - Tanzania 70% (86.9)
Bronze: Minimal - Bean to Bar Chocolate - (Japan) - Seasonal/Arhuaco (86.9)
Bronze: 不巧butchoc (China) - Semuliki Forest 70% Dark Chocolate (86.8)
Bronze: Premarché Cacaolate Lab (Japan) - 65％ Dominican Republic - Silky Plain (86.7)
Bronze: SLOK Chocolate (Hong Kong) - Peru Piura 71% (86.6)
Bronze: Sweets Escalier (Japan) - Venezuela Guasare 70% (86.6)
Bronze: Fu Wan Chocolate (Taiwan) - Fu Wan Ferment Project #12 70% (86.6)
Bronze: green bean to bar Chocolate (Japan) - Esmeraldas 70% (86.6)
Bronze: Yosano Roaster Chocolate (Japan) - Chocolate Belize 73％ (86.6)
Bronze: Chocoholic Thailand (Thailand) - Phatthalung 75% Dark Chocolate (86.5)
Bronze: SLOK Chocolate (Hong Kong) - Trinidad 72% (86.5)
High % plain/origin dark chocolate bars (85% and over)
Gold: 曾志元巧克力 Zengzhiyuan Chocolate (Taiwan) - 100% Dark Chocolate (90.1)
+ Gold: 100%
+ Gold: Chocolate Maker
+ Gold: Growing Country
+ Gold: Direct Traded
Silver: AllYouWant (China) - 100% Ecuador Costa Esmeralda (90.0)
Silver: Nibbo bean to bar chocolate (China) - Trinidad 85% (89.3)
Silver: il (China) - 100% Costa esmeraldas (89.1)
Silver: ChocolaBit Lab. (Japan) - Madagascar 100 (89.0)
Silver: 不巧butchoc (China) - Costa Esmeraldas 100% Dark Chocolate (88.4)
Bronze: Sa-rarn Chocolate (Thailand) - Sa-rarn Dark 100% Surat Thani (87.6)
Bronze: Nibbo bean to bar chocolate (China) - Costa Esmeraldas 85% (87.3)
Bronze: Simtret (China) - 90% dark Costa Esmeraldas (87.2)
Bronze: ORIGIN (Taiwan) - 100% Peru Chuncho Dark Chocolate (87.1)
Bronze: Moondeer (Taiwan) - Pingtung, Taiwan 90% dark chocolate (87.0)
Bronze: slowww melt bean to bar chocolate maker (China) - Ecuador Esmeraldas 85% Dark Chocolate (86.9)
Bronze: Fu Wan Chocolate (Taiwan) - Taiwan #1 Ping-Tung Dark 100% (86.9)
Bronze: Fu Wan Chocolate (Taiwan) - River 100% (86.5)
Micro-batch - Plain/origin milk chocolate bars
Gold: green bean to bar Chocolate (Japan) - Palo Blanco -Peru- 50% -milk- (89.8)
+ Gold: Chocolate Maker
Silver: PARADAi Chocolate (Thailand) - Nakhon Si Thammarat Dark Milk 58% (88.5)
Silver: 不巧butchoc (China) - Kokoa Kamili 65% Milk Chocolate (87.8)
Silver: Pleasant INT (China) - Pleasant INT Hainan 58% milk chocolate (87.4)
Silver: Fu Wan Chocolate (Taiwan) - Taiwan #10 Ping-Tung Dark Milk 53% (87.0)
Bronze: Rico Kagurazaka (Japan) - Taiwan 56% Japanese Milk Tablet (87.0)
Bronze: Saturdays (Japan) - Hokkaido Milk Uganda 60 Special Vanilla (86.9)
Bronze: Filfil Cacao Factory (Japan) - 45% Milk Chocolate, Anamalai,India (86.8)
Bronze: Chocolaterie Camel (Japan) - Colombia Arhuacos 65% Dark Milk (86.4)
Bronze: Simtret (China) - 60% Milk Tanzania (86.3)
Bronze: Sweets Escalier (Japan) - Ecuador Arriba milk 60% (86.1)
Bronze: Chocolaterie Camel (Japan) - Samoa 65% Dark Milk Chocolate (86.1)
Bronze: Rila Kakao (Thailand) - Chiang Mai Dark Milk 60% (86.1)
Plain/origin chocolate bars with alternative ingredients
Gold: Charoendee Chocolate (Thailand) - The Rainbow Mist (89.2)
+ Gold: Chocolate Maker
+ Gold: Growing Country
+ Gold: Direct Traded
Bronze: Amber's Chocolate Thailand (Thailand) - Amber's 70% Thangkwian dark chocolate (86.9)
Bronze: Hey Fun Chocolate (Taiwan) - 70% Coconut Sugar Dark Chocolate (85.7)
Plain/origin white chocolate bars
Bronze: Chocolaterie Camel (Japan) - Ecuador 46% White Chocolate (86.8)
Flavoured bars
Dark chocolate bars with an infusion or flavouring
Gold: Fu Wan Chocolate (Taiwan) - Taiwan Tie-Guan-Yin Tea 62% (90.6) (**)
+ Special: Local ingredients
+ Special: Ingredients
Silver: PARADAi Chocolate (Thailand) - Phuket Dark 70% White flowers (90.5) (**)
+ Special: Reinterpretation
Silver: Fu Wan Chocolate (Taiwan) - Taiwan Red Oolong Tea 62% (89.6) (**)
Silver: Nibbo bean to bar chocolate (China) - Nibbo Strawberry & Citron 60% (89.6) (**)
Silver: Nibbo bean to bar chocolate (China) - Pomelo & Yuzu, Hops, Gin 60% (89.5) (**)
Silver: Sweets Escalier (Japan) - Venezuela Chuao 67% Miso&Yuzu (88.9) (**)
Silver: Rico Kagurazaka (Japan) - Okinawan Citrus -Shikuwasa- and Sea Salt (88.4) (**)
Silver: Fu Wan Chocolate (Taiwan) - Osmanthus Red Oolong Tea 62% (88.3) (**)
Silver: Fu Wan Chocolate (Taiwan) - Orange Blossom Red Jade Tea 62% (87.9) (**)
Silver: Nibbo bean to bar chocolate (China) - Nibbo Queen Garnet 65% (87.4) (**)
Silver: slowww melt bean to bar chocolate maker (China) - China Hainan with Golden Brow Tea 65.5% (87.3) (**)
Silver: Fu Wan Chocolate (Taiwan) - Taiwan Aged Oolong Tea 62% (87.0) (**)
Bronze: slowww melt bean to bar chocolate maker (China) - Miso & Grapefruit 60% (86.9) (**)
Bronze: KESSHŌ珂珂琥 (China) - Uganda raspberry dark chocolate (86.9) (**)
Bronze: Musée du Chocolat Théobroma (Japan) - Madagascar Cacao Project With Pepper (86.7) (**)
Bronze: KESSHŌ珂珂琥 (China) - Uganda zhengshanxiaozhong dark chocolate (86.4) (**)
Bronze: Rebirth Chocolate (Taiwan) - Dhyana (86.3)
Bronze: PARADAi Chocolate (Thailand) - Phuket Dark 70% Pink Rose (86.3) (**)
Bronze: DiRaja Chocolate (Taiwan) - DiRaja Curry flavor 75% dark chocolate (86.1) (**)
Bronze: Fu Wan Chocolate (Taiwan) - Pomelo Flower Scented 70% (85.9) (**)
Bronze: KESSHŌ珂珂琥 (China) - Uganda salted plum dark chocolate (85.9) (**)
Bronze: Fu Wan Chocolate (Taiwan) - Rose Lychee Oriental Beauty Tea 62% (85.4) (**)
Dark chocolate bars with inclusions or pieces
Silver: green bean to bar Chocolate (Japan) - Tokyo -Full Moon Salt- (87.7)
Bronze: Sweets Escalier (Japan) - Venezuela Choroni 70% seaweed salt (86.6) (**)
Bronze: Nibbo bean to bar chocolate (China) - Costa Rica Geisha coffee & nibs 70% (86.2) (**)
Bronze: CHO Farm (Thailand) - Thai-Malayu Massaman Curry Chocolate (86.1) (**)
Bronze: Sweets Escalier (Japan) - Peru Junin 70% sea salt (85.5) (**)
Dark chocolate bars with a filling
Silver: Marou - Faiseurs de Chocolat (Vietnam) - Dark chocolate 65% & Caramel Lotus Seed (87.5) (**)
Milk chocolate bars with an infusion or flavouring
Gold: KESSHŌ珂珂琥 (China) - Tanzania Yuzu Miso Milk Chocolate (89.2) (**)
+ Special: Gastronomic
Silver: green bean to bar Chocolate (Japan) - Yuzu (87.6)
Bronze: Musée du Chocolat Théobroma (Japan) - Madagascar milk with Tieguanyin Tea (86.1) (**)
Bronze: Nibbo bean to bar chocolate (China) - Jasmine Keemun black tea & Coffee 60% (86.0) (**)
Milk chocolate bars with inclusions or pieces
Silver: Auro Chocolate (Philippines) - 42% Milk Chocolate with Yuzu (87.2) (**)
Bronze: Paul And Mike (India) - Pistachios & Idukki Cardamom Chocolate (85.6) (**)
White chocolate bars with an infusion or flavouring
Gold: COFE (Taiwan) - Honyun Black Tea & Strawberry (90.0)
Silver: slowww melt bean to bar chocolate maker (China) - Hainan Tropical Fruit with a Twist 43.8% (88.5)
+ Special: Ingredients
+ Special: Eclectic
White chocolate bars with inclusions or pieces
Gold: Q sweet 巧克力菁點 (Taiwan) - Monet’s Garden (89.4)
Silver: Saturdays (Japan) - Hokkaido White Kinako & Quinoa (88.9) (**)
Silver: Love Brown Cacao (Taiwan) - Taiwan Tieguanyin 37% White Chocolate (88.8) (**)
Silver: Saturdays (Japan) - Hokkaido White Pumpkin & Nibs,Raisins (88.4) (**)
Silver: Q sweet 巧克力菁點 (Taiwan) - Asia Girl Power (87.2)
Silver: Q sweet 巧克力菁點 (Taiwan) - Tonka style x Drizzle Allen (87.0)
Combination chocolate bars with an infusion or flavouring
Silver: Fu Wan Chocolate (Taiwan) - Summer of Austronesia - Splandor (87.9) (**)
Ganaches, palets, ganache pralines and truffles
Flavoured dark chocolate ganaches or truffles
Silver: Premarché Cacaolate Lab (Japan) - Cacaolate Bonbon Mango & Earl Grey (87.9) (**)
Silver: Saison de Setsuko (Japan) - Iyokan & Yuzu (87.5)
Silver: Tomohiro Onuki (Japan) - High Mountain Oolong with Mango (87.0) (**)
Bronze: Tatsunori Sato (Japan) - Japanese Sake Kaze no Mori (85.6)
Flavoured milk chocolate ganaches or truffles
Bronze: Musée du Chocolat Théobroma (Japan) - Ume (85.6)
Bronze: Tatsunori Sato (Japan) - Earl Grey Orange (85.6)
Flavoured ganaches or truffles with combination coating or filling
Gold: Tomohiro Onuki (Japan) - Uji matcha and Rémy Martin (89.3) (**)
Silver: le fleuve (Japan) - Strawberry Enrekang (87.2) (**)
Silver: Evergreen Hotel (Taiwan) - Osmanthus-Sijichun tea chocolate (87.1)
Bronze: Tomohiro Onuki (Japan) - Shikwasa and Okinawan Vanilla (86.5) (**)
Bronze: 釜 FU ART Chocolate (Taiwan) - Mala Yuzu (86.1)
Nuts
Nut based pralines with dark chocolate
Bronze: Sweets Escalier (Japan) - Praline Noisette (86.1)
Nut based pralines with milk chocolate
Bronze: Saison de Setsuko (Japan) - Hazelnut,Sesame & Hojicha Praline (86.7)
Bronze: Evergreen Hotel (Taiwan) - Almond-coconut praline (85.7)
Bronze: Musée du Chocolat Théobroma (Japan) - Gianduiotto Nagano (85.6)
+ Special: Classic
+ Special: Gianduiotto
Others - fruit/sugar/butter/cream/misc
White chocolate enrobed fruit pastes, jellies/gelée
Bronze: Q sweet 巧克力菁點 (Taiwan) - Exclusive -Tonka x Drizzle Allen (86.2)
+ Special: Reinterpretation
Milk chocolate enrobed whole fruit
Silver: Paul And Mike (India) - Milk Chocolate Coated Salted Capers (87.8) (**)
+ Special: Gastronomic
White chocolate enrobed whole fruit
Bronze: Q sweet 巧克力菁點 (Taiwan) - Comfort Fruit-Green Mango& Spices (86.5)
+ Special: Ingredients
Ingredients from cacao
Cocoa Powder
Silver: Binon Cacao (Vietnam) - Binon Cacao Powder (87.0)
Cocoa Butter
Bronze: Binon Cacao (Vietnam) - Binon Cacao Butter (85.1)
(*) Declared chocolate maker for private label bars.
(**) Winner has declared the product is made with their own bean-to-bar chocolate or couverture.
