{"id":63871,"date":"2026-01-26T19:42:57","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T19:42:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enter.chocolateawards.com\/?p=63871"},"modified":"2026-06-03T14:42:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T14:42:33","slug":"indian-craft-chocolate-competition-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enter.chocolateawards.com\/es\/competitions\/indian\/indian-craft-chocolate-competition-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Craft Chocolate Competition, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Indian Craft Chocolate Competition, 2026<\/h2>\n

Location<\/strong>: Bangalore, India
\nClosing date<\/strong>: 15 April 2026
\nJudging dates<\/strong>: 10 May 2026 – 30 May 2026<\/p>\n

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The Indian Craft Chocolate Competition <\/strong><\/strong>honors a defining moment in India\u2019s chocolate journey, recognizing work that reflects the skill, integrity, and a strong sense of place for Indian makers, as Indian cacao and chocolate begin to earn global attention.<\/p>\n

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The\u00a0first national competition for India\u00a0creates a space for meaningful recognition and strengthens the Indian craft chocolate community, inspires conscious production, and will help to position Indian chocolate with confidence on the world stage.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Remote judging, 10 – 30 May, 2026<\/h4>\n
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We will hold remote judging online to include a wide range of judges from the Asia-Pacific region and members of our international Grand Jury. Fresh products including ganaches and other filled items will be judged as soon as possible after the closing date by our remote judges and by the Grand Jury.<\/p>\n

The awards ceremony will be held in Bangalore, India in December 2026<\/strong>.\u00a0 Ceremony details will be available soon.<\/p>\n

Winners of the competition will pass through to the World Final, which will be held October\/November 2026.<\/p>\n

Cacao sourcing and origin traceability<\/h4>\n

The International Chocolate Awards is committed to supporting economically, socially and environmentally sustainable cacao farming where farmers are paid a reasonable price that reflects the work that goes into growing fine cacao. We also believe that the chocolate with the best flavor profiles comes from directly sourced fine cacao.<\/p>\n

As a result, all entrants must provide details of the cacao origin used in their dark and milk chocolate entries, including chocolatiers. These details are given confidentially if preferred. White chocolate and cocoa butter are currently excluded from these requirements, except for unflavoured white chocolate products.<\/p>\n

By\u00a0\u2018origin,\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0we mean a known region, area, district, or farm recognized as a source of fine cacao. If the origin is not a single farm or cooperative, entrants must specify the cacao sources within the origin. Blends are acceptable if they use no more than three different named origins, including cooperatives, post-harvest centres, commercial farmers, research stations, or individual farms. We do not accept entries where the only specified origin is the cacao-growing country, except for smaller cacao-producing countries (under 4,000 tonnes per year).<\/p>\n

These rules apply to all chocolate used in competition entries, including filled chocolates, spreads, and drinking chocolate. Products made with commercial couverture chocolate without a stated cacao origin are\u00a0not eligible<\/strong>\u00a0to enter. Details of the origin must be obtained from the chocolate maker or supplier if the entrant is not the chocolate maker.<\/p>\n

For full details, please refer to our competition rules<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Judging scores and flavor profiles<\/h4>\n

All entries will receive comprehensive feedback from our new judging system, including the overall product score and standardised feedback statements for all products, and visual flavor profiles for origin bars and cacao ingredients. We use our advanced interactive evaluation system for judging, which is based on the IICCT<\/a> flavor profiling system. Scores are weighted to align with specialty coffee scores. Scores will be published on our website for all Grand Jury Finalists<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Eligibility<\/h3>\n

This competition is open to all companies with their main base or head office in India for all filled chocolates, covered nuts and fruits and spreads made from bean-to-bar and couverture chocolate and for flavoured bars made from couverture, where the entrant is not the chocolate maker. This competition also judges plain\/origin and flavoured bars made with the entrants own bean-to-bar chocolate.<\/p>\n

The fees for this events will be in posted in Euros.\u00a0 They are equivalent to Admission fee 7500 INR \/ Entry fee 7000 INR.<\/p>\n

The admission fee for this competition is EUR \u20ac70<\/strong> and the fee for each entry is EUR \u20ac65<\/strong>. Prices will be converted into local currency by your credit card company, if required.<\/p>\n

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Competition status<\/h3>\n

This competition is not currently open for entries or has passed. Please check back for future competitions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Info<\/h2>\n

Address for samples<\/h4><\/div>
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International Chocolate Awards
\nPrestige Melbrook apt no 203
\nD Costa Layout, Cooke Town, Bangalore 560005
\nPhone: 7829018225
\nEmail:info@chocolateawards.com<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n

Dates<\/h4><\/div>
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To ensure your samples are in the best condition for the competition, please do not send for delivery before the samples opening date. For fresh products such as ganaches, you are advised to send in the last week before the closing date.<\/p>\n

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  • Open to receive samples<\/strong>:
    \n– 15 Mar 2026<\/li>\n
  • Registration closing date<\/strong>:
    \n– 15 Apr 2026<\/li>\n
  • Last day to receive samples<\/strong>:
    \n– 15 Apr 2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

    Sample quantities<\/h4><\/div>
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    To ensure that we have enough products go through our Selection, Main and Grand Jury judging rounds, please send the following quantities of EACH product you enter:<\/p>\n

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    • Bars<\/strong>: 400g total weight<\/li>\n
    • Filled\/bonbons etc<\/strong>: 40 pieces<\/li>\n
    • Spreads<\/strong>: 300g<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n
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      Judging in Progress
      \nWinners’ announcement: in June (tbc)
      \nCelebration event at the Indian Craft Chocolate Festival in Bangalore, December 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4936,"featured_media":67003,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[225],"tags":[223,134,135],"class_list":["post-63871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indian","tag-223","tag-bean-to-bar","tag-craft-chocolatier"],"yoast_head":"\nIndian Craft Chocolate Competition, 2026 - International Chocolate Awards<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/enter.chocolateawards.com\/competitions\/indian\/indian-craft-chocolate-competition-2026\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Escrito por\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Erin Gardner\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Tiempo de lectura\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"8 minutos\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enter.chocolateawards.com\/competitions\/indian\/indian-craft-chocolate-competition-2026\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/enter.chocolateawards.com\/competitions\/indian\/indian-craft-chocolate-competition-2026\/\",\"name\":\"Indian Craft Chocolate Competition, 2026 - 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