4to. Concurso Nacional de Chocolate de Origen Colombiano, 2025

Ubicación: Bogotá, Colombia
Fechas de evaluación:: octubre 29, 2025 – noviembre 20, 2025

The International Chocolate Awards is pleased to announce its Cacao Country Support Competition in Colombia, the 4to. Concurso Nacional de Chocolate Colombiano de Origen. With the partnership of the International Chocolate Awards, the contest is organized with the support of the National Federation of Cacao Growers FEDECACAO, the Red Colombiana de Cacaoteros por la Paz, and DICEP S.A.S..

The International Chocolate Awards is the premier international competition focusing on fine chocolate, bean-to-bar craft chocolate makers and artisan chocolatiers and is organized by The International Institute of Chocolate and Cacao Tasting. Through the years since our foundation in 2011, we’ve sampled 10,000s of products and now run thirteen regional, national and world competitions every season.

As the World’s only fully independent international fine chocolate competition, we aim to support craft chocolate makers and chocolatiers, small companies and artisans working with fine chocolate. By helping these markets to grow and develop, we also aim to support the farmers that grow fine cacao. With the goal of promoting the emerging fine origin chocolate sector in cacao growing countries, the International Chocolate Awards has created a program of competitions and educational initiatives, designated as our Cacao Country Support Program. The program has its roots in 2015, with the creation of the Peruvian National Competition, which was joined by the Central American Regional competition in 2017, hosted in Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala. These events focus on fine origin cacao from specific countries and regions. Cacao Country Support Competitions follow the same rules and protocols used for all our competition, which are overseen by the IICCT and our expert Grand Jury panel.

Judging

This 4to Concurso Nacional de Chocolate Colombiano de Origen will use the online evaluation system developed by the IICCT and used in all International Chocolate Awards competitions. The samples will be judged remotely. The panel of Colombian and international judges will be sent judging packs created from the samples received and processed at the FEDECACAO offices in Bogotá, using our established remote judging protocol.

This competition, the first of its kind in Colombia, is open to all organizations, companies, chocolate makers and chocolatiers based in Colombia. The following products will be accepted: bars of origin chocolate (dark, milk and white); chocolate bars flavored with natural flavors (dark, milk and white) by means of infusions or powders, with inclusions and fillings, pralines and chocolates made with Colombian origin chocolate.

The competition will be carried out in three stages 1. Reception and preparation of products in Bogotá, Colombia, 2. General evaluation of products by a group of judges (invited qualified judges), national and international 3. Final Evaluation by the international Grand Jury.

The prize ceremony of the competition will take place at the Chocoshow in Bogotá on Saturday, 29 November 2025.

Elegibilidad

Todo chocolate inscrito en este concurso debe estar elaborado a partir de cacao y de una fuente declarada y rastreable. Los detalles de la fuente del cacao deben proporcionarse al ingresar cada producto y se mantendrán confidenciales. Para productos hechos con cobertura, los detalles deben obtenerse del fabricante de chocolate. Restaurantes, hoteles y chefs pueden ingresar siempre que sus productos sigan las reglas del Internacional Chocolate Awards y estén disponibles para consumidores.

Este es un concurso de chocolate para todas las categorías EXCEPTO el chocolate en taza (existe un concurso del International Chocolate Awards para esta categoría), cremas
untables (spreads) y productos con una vida útil de menos de dos meses.

El precio de admisión para esta competición es USD $35 y la cuota para cada inscripción es USD $30. Los precios serán convertidos a moneda local por su compañía de tarjeta de crédito, si es necesario.