The International Chocolate Awards is pleased to announce the Winners of the 2024 European, Middle Eastern and African Bean-to-Bar Competition, which was judged in-person in Bucharest, Romania and also remotely during May 2024. The Prize ceremony was held on Friday, 31st May starting at 6:30pm local time in Bucharest, Romania as part of the Slow Coffee Festival where several entrants as well as the IICCT Romanian team gathered in a dedicated Craft Chocolate Zone to promote traceable origin craft chocolate to the coffee enthusiasts festival attendees all weekend.
This Bean-to-Bar competition focuses on fine, craft and micro-batch chocolate makers who work directly from cacao beans to produce plain/origin and flavoured chocolate bars from Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Winners will go through to the World Final later in 2024.
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 European, Middle Eastern and African Bean-to-Bar Competition are:
(Prizes are shown in score order for each medal)
'Best in competition' overall winners
Plain/origin dark bar categories
Gold: Maychoco (Spain) - Tableta 70% Cuzco, Perú (90.6)Plain/origin milk bar categories
Gold: chocoTales of Warsaw (Poland) - 59% Regalo Milk Chocolate (89.6)Flavoured bar categories
Gold: Depetris Riccardo / Depetris...i Ciculaté (Italy) - cioccolato del Monviso - Viola Mirtillo (91.3)Plain/origin bars
Plain/origin dark chocolate bars
Gold: Meybol Cacao (Germany) - Inti 70% (90.1) ( * Meybol Group SAC)
+ Gold: Direct Traded
Silver: Friis-Holm Chokolade (Denmark) - Chuno 70% Double Turned (89.4)
+ Gold: Chocolate Maker
Silver: Vigdis Rosenkilde (Norway) - 70% Quellouno (89.2) ( * Theobroma Inversiones S.A.C (Cacaosuyo))
Silver: Friis-Holm Chokolade (Denmark) - Barba 70% (89.1)
Silver: Friis-Holm Chokolade (Denmark) - Nicaliso 70% (89.1)
Silver: Friis-Holm Chokolade (Denmark) - Rugoso 70% (89.1)
Silver: Vigdis Rosenkilde (Norway) - 70% Echarate (88.7) ( * Theobroma Inversiones S.A.C (Cacaosuyo))
Silver: Friis-Holm Chokolade (Denmark) - Chuno 70% Tripple Turned (88.5)
Silver: Vigdis Rosenkilde (Norway) - 70% Santa Ana (88.4) ( * Theobroma Inversiones S.A.C (Cacaosuyo))
Silver: Meybol Cacao (Germany) - VRAEM 72% (88.2) ( * Meybol Group SAC)
Silver: Friis-Holm Chokolade (Denmark) - La Dalia 70% (88.2)
Bronze: Friis-Holm Chokolade (Denmark) - Rugoso 70% Bad Fermentation (87.8)
Bronze: Friis-Holm Chokolade (Denmark) - O'Payo 68% (87.5)
Bronze: Guido Castagna (Italy) - Centogrammi Perù (86.9)
Bronze: Friis-Holm Chokolade (Denmark) - Madagascar 64% Slow Dried (86.8)
Bronze: Meybol Cacao (Germany) - Piura 72% (86.7) ( * Meybol Group SAC)
Micro-batch - Plain/origin dark chocolate bars
Gold: Maychoco (Spain) - Tableta 70% Cuzco, Perú (90.6)
+ Gold: Spanish
+ Gold: Chocolate Maker
Silver: Livstory Craft Chocolate (Romania) - Ciocolată Neagră Uganda Semuliki 70% (90.1)
Silver: Fjåk Chocolate (Norway) - 70% dark West Papua (89.1)
+ Special: Vegan
Silver: Kina Chocolates (Spain) - Chuncho 70% (89.1)
Silver: Lady Merveilles (France) - Chocolat noir - INDE - 75% de cacao (89.1)
+ Gold: French
+ Gold: Organic
Silver: Depetris Riccardo / Depetris...i Ciculaté (Italy) - Cioccolato Del Monviso-peru Chunco Cusco (89.0)
+ Gold: Italian
Silver: Coup de chocolat (Belgium) - Charlie 72%, Tumaco Colombia (89.0)
+ Gold: Belgian
Silver: SAM Schoggi (Switzerland) - Dunkli Schoggi 70% Madagaskar (88.9)
+ Gold: Swiss
Silver: Aroko Chocolate (Italy) - Chuao 70% - Aragua, Venezuela (88.9)
+ Gold: Direct Traded
Silver: Aroko Chocolate (Italy) - Sur del Lago 71% - Zulia, Venezuela (88.8)
Silver: Martin Mayer Schokoladen (Austria) - Maya Mountain - Belize 70% (88.8)
Silver: Fjåk Chocolate (Norway) - 75% dark Tanzania (88.5)
Silver: Aroko Chocolate (Italy) - La Sabaneta 75% - Choroní, Venezuela (88.5)
Silver: Essenzo Cacao (Spain) - Chanthaburi 72% (88.1)
Silver: Kaitxo (Spain) - Peru Cusco 70% (88.1)
Silver: Sopocka Manufaktura Czekolady (Poland) - Nicaragua O'Payo 70% (88.1)
Silver: La Brigaderie de Paris SARL (France) - Terroir Plantation Potumuju 70% (88.1)
Bronze: Shoukâ Chamonix (France) - Philippines 73% Cacao (87.8)
Bronze: Choklad i väst (Sweden) - Nicaragua 70% (87.8)
Bronze: Elsa Cacao & Chocolat (Belgium) - Guatemala Ademayach Chivite 70% (87.8)
Bronze: Origine Chocolaterie (France) - Tablette 70% Noir Mexique (87.7)
Bronze: Meybol Cacao (Germany) - Chuncho Collection N°3 (87.6) ( * Meybol Group SAC)
Bronze: Fjåk Chocolate (Norway) - 70% dark Tanzania Women's lot (87.6)
Bronze: Kina Chocolates (Spain) - Piura 72% (87.5)
Bronze: Depetris Riccardo / Depetris...i Ciculaté (Italy) - cioccolato del Monviso - Venezuela 70% (87.5)
Bronze: Meybol Cacao (Germany) - Chuncho Collection N°7 (87.5) ( * Meybol Group SAC)
Bronze: Standout Chocolate (Sweden) - Single Origin Haiti Cap-Haïtien 70% (87.5)
Bronze: Madalo (Belgium) - Chocolat Noir du Vietnam 75 % (87.5)
Bronze: Taman Artisan Chocolates (Croatia) - Philippines Davao Mana 74% (87.4)
Bronze: Coup de chocolat (Belgium) - Gusta 70%, Sierra Nevada Colombia (87.4)
Bronze: Aroko Chocolate (Italy) - Porcelana 72% Sierra de Perija,Venezuela (87.3)
Bronze: Chocolatoa (Belgium) - 70% Peru Qori Inti (87.3)
Bronze: Taman Artisan Chocolates (Croatia) - Indonesia West Papua Ransiki 72% (87.3)
Bronze: Feitoria do Cacao (Portugal) - Peru Marañón 72% (87.3)
Bronze: Lidka Chocolate (Czech Republic) - Cantuna 70% (87.2)
Bronze: Shoukâ Chamonix (France) - Equateur 70% Cacao (87.1)
Bronze: la chocolaterie (France) - Madagascar 75% (87.1)
Bronze: Taman Artisan Chocolates (Croatia) - Tanzania Kilombero Kokoa Kamili 72% (87.1)
Bronze: Beaningful (Lithuania) - Uganda Semuliki Forest 70 % (87.0)
Bronze: Kaitxo (Spain) - Uganda 70% (87.0)
Bronze: Chocolatier Reen (Belgium) - Peru Cuzco 76% (86.9) ( * Chocolatoa (Mario Vandeneede))
Bronze: Pierre Plas Chocolatier (Belgium) - Brésil (Scavina) 70% (86.9)
Bronze: Pierre Plas Chocolatier (Belgium) - Bali 71% (86.9)
Bronze: Ara Chocolat (France) - Chuao 120 74% (86.8)
Bronze: LABRIQ by Maison Köller (Germany) - Madagaskar, Bejofo (86.8)
Bronze: DESEO Chocolate (Poland) - Nicaragua Kubaly 70% (86.7)
Bronze: Depetris Riccardo / Depetris...i Ciculaté (Italy) - cioccolato del Monviso Vietnam 71% (86.7)
Bronze: Elsa Cacao & Chocolat (Belgium) - Philippines Auro Mana 74% (86.7)
Bronze: Pott au Chocolat (Germany) - Udzungwa 75% (86.7)
Bronze: Trufas Martinez (Spain) - Mana Philippines 78% (86.6)
Bronze: Chocolatoa (Belgium) - 70% Bundibugyo Uganda (86.6)
Bronze: Beskid Chocolate (Poland) - Indonezja Bali Jembrana 70% (86.6)
High % plain/origin dark chocolate bars (85% and over)
Gold: Livstory Craft Chocolate (Romania) - Ciocolata Neagra Nicaragua O’Tuma 100% (89.2)
+ Gold: Chocolate Maker
Silver: Meybol Cacao (Germany) - Solo Kakao 90% (88.4) ( * Meybol Group SAC)
+ Gold: Direct Traded
Bronze: Meybol Cacao (Germany) - Solo Kakao 100% (87.9) ( * Meybol Group SAC)
Bronze: Acaoyer (France) - Chocolat Noir - Colombie - Antioquia 85% (87.5)
Bronze: Friis-Holm Chokolade (Denmark) - La Dalia 85% (87.1)
Bronze: Fjåk Chocolate (Norway) - 85% dark Thailand (86.6)
Bronze: Utopick Cacao (Spain) - Nugu 85% (86.6)
Plain/origin milk chocolate bars
Gold: Friis-Holm Chokolade (Denmark) - O'Payo Milk 50% (89.4)
+ Gold: Chocolate Maker
+ Gold: Organic
+ Gold: Direct Traded
Silver: Friis-Holm Chokolade (Denmark) - Dark Milk 55% (89.1)
Silver: Chocolaterie Morin (France) - Pérou Piura Lait 48% - A. Morin (89.0)
Silver: Chocolaterie Morin (France) - Equateur Esmeralda Lait 48% - A. Morin (88.9)
Silver: Choba Choba (Switzerland) - Fine Milk 41% 91g (87.0) ( * Felchlin AG, Switzerland)
Bronze: Tobago Estate Chocolates (Sweden) - Tobago Estate Farmers Bar (86.2) ( * FRIIS HOLM)
Micro-batch - Plain/origin milk chocolate bars
Gold: chocoTales of Warsaw (Poland) - 59% Regalo Milk Chocolate (89.6)
+ Gold: Chocolate Maker
Gold: Feitoria do Cacao (Portugal) - Tanzânia 60% + Leite de Ovelha (89.5)
+ Gold: Chocolate Maker
+ Special: Non-cow milk
Silver: Chocolaterie Fèves (France) - Chocolat au Lait Tanzanie 55% (88.8)
Silver: Beskid Chocolate (Poland) - Peru Ukajali River 50% (88.3)
Silver: Depetris Riccardo / Depetris...i Ciculaté (Italy) - cioccolato del Monviso - latte d'ASU (87.7)
Silver: Shoukâ Chamonix (France) - Venezuela 50% Cacao Lait (87.6)
Silver: Lilla Chokladfabriken Borgå (Finland) - Brazil 60% (87.4)
Silver: DESEO Chocolate (Poland) - Togo 42% (87.4)
Silver: Maychoco (Spain) - Chocolate con leche 55%, Dark Milk (87.3)
Silver: 20°NORD 20°SUD (France) - Paquibato - Philippines (87.2)
Bronze: Essenzo Cacao (Spain) - Dark Milk Davao 60% (86.3)
Plain/origin chocolate bars with alternative ingredients
Gold: La Brigaderie de Paris SARL (France) - Cupulate (89.6)
+ Gold: Chocolate Maker
+ Special: Alternate theobromas
Gold: Kaicao (Spain) - 75% cacao Tanzania (89.1)
+ Gold: Chocolate Maker
+ Special: Alternate sugars
Silver: Shoukâ Chamonix (France) - Philippines 70% Cacao Sucre de Coco (88.9)
Silver: KESTAR Chocolate (Romania) - 70% Nicaragua O'Payo (88.4)
Silver: Depetris Riccardo / Depetris...i Ciculaté (Italy) - cioccolato del Monviso - mucillago 85% (87.2)
Silver: Chocolate Vision (Germany) - Kinako chocolate vegan (87.2)
Bronze: KESTAR Chocolate (Romania) - 70% Venezuela Sur de Lago Tucani (86.5)
Bronze: Depetris Riccardo / Depetris...i Ciculaté (Italy) - cioccolato del monviso - alternative 70% (85.8)
Plain/origin white chocolate bars
Gold: Chocolaterie Morin (France) - Pérou Chanchamayo Blanc 40% - A. Morin (89.7)
+ Gold: Chocolate Maker
+ Gold: Organic
+ Special: Self-made cocoa butter
Silver: LABRIQ by Maison Köller (Germany) - Signature No.21 (87.7)
Bronze: LABRIQ by Maison Köller (Germany) - Signature No.22 (86.6)
Bronze: Beskid Chocolate (Poland) - Blonde 40% Indonezja Bali Jembrana (86.1)
Flavoured bars
Dark chocolate bars with an infusion or flavouring
Gold: chocoTales of Warsaw (Poland) - Rye malt & coriander infused Chocolate (90.5)
+ Special: Ingredients
Silver: Karuna Chocolate (Italy) - Orient tobacco leaves flavored 70% (90.0) (**)
+ Special: Eclectic
Silver: Chocolatoa (Belgium) - 70% Chocolate with Makrut Lime Leaf (89.9) (**)
+ Special: Ingredients
Silver: Lidka Chocolate (Czech Republic) - Cherry Spirit Chocolate (89.4) (**)
Silver: Chocolaterie Morin (France) - Basilic 63% - A. Morin (88.5) (**)
Silver: Trufas Martinez (Spain) - Boyacá Café Colombia 70% (88.2) (**)
Silver: Harrer Chocolat (Hungary) - Passion Fruit Dark Chocolate (88.1) (**)
Silver: Ivee Promenade (Poland) - Blackcurrant. Dark Chocolate Uganda 70% (87.4) (**)
Silver: Lady Merveilles (France) - Chocolat noir à la coriandre Inde 75% (87.1) (**)
+ Special: Ingredients
Silver: Friis-Holm Chokolade (Denmark) - Nicaliso Green Cinnamon (87.0) (**)
Bronze: Standout Chocolate (Sweden) - Seasonal Collection Lovely Strawberry (86.8) (**)
Bronze: Ivee Promenade (Poland) - Black chokeberry. Dark Madagascar 70% (86.7)
Bronze: OXÓCO. (Spain) - Terra (86.7) (**)
Bronze: Standout Chocolate (Sweden) - Nordic Nature Sugar Kelp & Sea Salt (86.6) (**)
Bronze: Ivee Promenade (Poland) - Blackcurrant Wine. Dark Uganda 70% (86.3) (**)
Bronze: Friis-Holm Chokolade (Denmark) - Medagla 70% Soy (86.2) (**)
Bronze: OXÓCO. (Spain) - Atlántico (86.1) (**)
Bronze: Beaningful (Lithuania) - Beehive aged Dominican Republic (86.1) (**)
Bronze: Benjamissimo (Bulgaria) - Benjamissimo Fine Chocolate - Whiskey (86.0) (**)
Dark chocolate bars with inclusions or pieces
Gold: Vigdis Rosenkilde (Norway) - 70% Piura med kakaonibs (91.2)
+ Special: Classic
Silver: Ara Chocolat (France) - Tingo Maria avec Olives Tanches de Nyons (89.3)
+ Special: Gastronomic
Silver: Lady Merveilles (France) - Chocolat noir citron gingembre 75%Belize (88.3) (**)
Silver: Barre Clandestine (France) - Dark chocolate and rum nibs (87.5) (**)
+ Special: Ingredients
Silver: Coup de chocolat (Belgium) - Marcel 63%, Tumaco Colombia (87.2) (**)
Silver: Ara Chocolat (France) - Huallaga avec Prunes d'Agen séchées (87.1) (**)
Silver: Utopick Cacao (Spain) - Tamarindo "Biche" (87.0) (**)
Bronze: SAM Schoggi (Switzerland) - Dunkli Schoggi Kakaonibs & Timutpfeffer (86.8) (**)
Bronze: DESEO Chocolate (Poland) - Nicaragua Kubaly 70% with Nibs (86.6)
Bronze: Choba Choba (Switzerland) - Dark Sea Salt 71% 91g (86.3) (**)
Bronze: Friis-Holm Chokolade (Denmark) - La Dalia 60% Nibs (85.9) (**)
Bronze: Kaicao (Spain) - 75% cacao with dukkah (85.8) (**)
Bronze: Lady Merveilles (France) - Chocolat noir à l'orange Belize 75% (85.8) (**)
Bronze: Chocolatoa (Belgium) - 65% D.R.Congo Mayuano with nibs (85.7) (**)
Dark chocolate bars with a filling
Gold: Guido Castagna (Italy) - Mes Gianduja Fondente (89.3) (**)
+ Special: Local ingredients
+ Special: Naked
Silver: Guido Castagna (Italy) - Cento+Fondente Ripieno Giuinott (87.5) (**)
Bronze: Terre de Fèves (France) - Praliné Fève de Tonka (86.0) (**)
Bronze: Depetris Riccardo / Depetris...i Ciculaté (Italy) - ciccolato del monviso - Gianduja (85.7)
Bronze: Aroko Chocolate (Italy) - Sur del Lago 71% and Hazelnut Cream (85.6) (**)
Milk chocolate bars with an infusion or flavouring
Gold: Livstory Craft Chocolate (Romania) - Ciocolată Neagră cu Lapte și Cafea (90.2) (**)
+ Special: Innovation
+ Special: Ingredients
Silver: Fjåk Chocolate (Norway) - Wild Norwegian mushrooms (90.0) (**)
+ Special: Local ingredients
+ Special: Gastronomic
Silver: AHERZ (Austria) - Earl Grey Vollmilch Schokolade 45% (88.1) (**)
Silver: chocoTales of Warsaw (Poland) - Sichuan pepper infused Milk Chocolate (87.4) (**)
Silver: Fjåk Chocolate (Norway) - Cinnamon roll (87.3) (**)
Bronze: LABYs (Sweden) - Milk chocolate with black currant (86.7) (**)
Bronze: Depetris Riccardo / Depetris...i Ciculaté (Italy) - cioccolato del monviso - Mundaj (86.6)
Bronze: LīLā (Czech Republic) - LíLá, 54% S kávou (86.4) (**)
Bronze: Friis-Holm Chokolade (Denmark) - O'payo Milk 50% Sansho (86.3) (**)
Bronze: Lidka Chocolate (Czech Republic) - Kavomlecny special (85.8) (**)
Bronze: Lurve (Saudi Arabia) - LURVE Saudi Chocolate (85.7) (**)
Milk chocolate bars with inclusions or pieces
Gold: Fjåk Chocolate (Norway) - Norwegian brown cheese (91.1) (**)
+ Special: Local ingredients
+ Special: Recipe
Silver: Friis-Holm Chokolade (Denmark) - O'Payo Milk 50% Liquorice (89.2) (**)
Silver: Shoukâ Chamonix (France) - Philippines 54% Cacao Grue de Cacao (88.5) (**)
Silver: Beskid Chocolate (Poland) - Mala Czarna Belize Peini 55% with coffee (87.3) (**)
Bronze: Healthy Choice (Ukraine) - Milk chocolate with hazelnuts (86.9) (**)
Bronze: Feitoria do Cacao (Portugal) - 57% PASTEL DE NATA + canela (86.9) (**)
Bronze: Chocokoo (Estonia) - El Salvador Dark Milk 60% Gingerbread (86.9) (**)
Bronze: Feitoria do Cacao (Portugal) - Colômbia 58% + Café (86.1) (**)
Bronze: DESEO Chocolate (Poland) - Darkmilk 52% with caramel and salt (85.7)
Milk chocolate bars with a filling
Gold: Guido Castagna (Italy) - Cento+Latte Ripieno Pistacchio (89.1) (**)
Silver: Lady Merveilles (France) - Chocolat au lait praliné (87.3) (**)
Silver: LABRIQ by Maison Köller (Germany) - Brisbane (86.9) (**)
White chocolate bars with an infusion or flavouring
Gold: Depetris Riccardo / Depetris...i Ciculaté (Italy) - cioccolato del Monviso - Viola Mirtillo (91.3)
+ Special: Local ingredients
+ Special: Eclectic
Silver: Kaitxo (Spain) - Zuri Gorri (88.2) (**)
Silver: Fjåk Chocolate (Norway) - Carrot cake (87.7) (**)
Silver: Mesjokke (Netherlands) - Mesjokke Natural Blonde (86.7) (**)
White chocolate bars with inclusions or pieces
Silver: Kaicao (Spain) - 37% white camel milk and cacao fruit (87.1) (**)
+ Special: Non-cow milk
Bronze: LABRIQ by Maison Köller (Germany) - Fraise Blanc (86.7) (**)
Bronze: LABRIQ by Maison Köller (Germany) - Cassis Blanc (86.3) (**)
Bronze: Healthy Choice (Ukraine) - Coconut chocolate (86.2) (**)
White chocolate bars with a filling
Bronze: Lyra (Slovakia) - Creamy Nougat (86.2)
Ingredients from cacao
Cocoa Powder
Silver: Chocolaterie Morin (France) - Vietnam Thanh Long poudre - A. Morin (87.8)
Silver: Chocolaterie Morin (France) - Pérou Chanchamayo poudre - A. Morin (87.2)
Cocoa Butter
Gold: Chocolaterie Morin (France) - Pérou Chanchamayo beurre - A. Morin (88.7)
+ Gold: Organic
(*) Declared chocolate maker for private label bars.
(**) Winner has declared the product is made with their own bean-to-bar chocolate or couverture.
