The International Chocolate Awards is pleased to announce the Grand Jury Finalist entrants of the 2025 DACH Craft Chocolatier Competition, which was judged remotely May 2025, with final Grand Jury decisions in May 2025. This competition judged the craft chocolatier entries from Germany, Austria and Switzerland with the help of our local partner and Grand Jury member Michaela Schupp from Chocolats-de-luxe.de in Hannover, Germany.
The judging panel included our regular judges, along with many of our IICCT alumni and other specialists from the local area and members of our international Grand Jury panel.
The Grand Jury Finalists are the entries that made it through to the final Grand Jury round, following an initial technical Selection round and a main round of judging. The Finalists are the nominations from which the Grand Jury select the prize winners, through private voting.
While listing as a Grand Jury Finalist is an achievement in itself, it does not necessarily indicate that the entry will receive a prize.
The 2025 DACH Craft Chocolatier Competition Grand Jury Finalists are:
(In alphabetical order within each category)
Tablettes Aromatisées
Tablettes de chocolat blanc aromatisées avec infusion ou arôme
Chocolate Vision (Germany) - Houjicha (88.20)Ganaches, palets, pralines avec ganache, truffes
Ganaches ou truffes au chocolat au lait
Chokumi - Pralinen & Schokoladen (Germany) - Milky caramel & Maldon Sea Salt (87.38)Ganaches ou truffes utilisant du chocolat noir/au lait/blanc pour l'enrobage et la garniture
LABRIQ by Maison Köller (Germany) - Tonka (89.55)PralinenArt by Cindy Welz (Germany) - Raspberry Chocolate (83.40)
Anna Reckmann Pâtisserie - Chocolaterie (Germany) - Praline Kaffee-Kardamom (82.95)
Pralilinen (Germany) - Maracuja-Hasselnuss (82.59)
Fruits secs
Praliné au chocolat noir
LABRIQ by Maison Köller (Germany) - Valencia (87.83)Chokumi - Pralinen & Schokoladen (Germany) - Dunkles Haselnussnougat (83.21)
Dragées/ fruits secs entiers enrobés au chocolat noir
AHERZ (Austria) - Tonka Mandeln Vegan (83.10)Praliné au chocolat lait
LABRIQ by Maison Köller (Germany) - Piémontais Lait (88.45)LABRIQ by Maison Köller (Germany) - Brisbane (85.55)
LABRIQ by Maison Köller (Germany) - Dragee Brisbane (84.48)
Praliné au chocolat blanc
PralinenArt by Cindy Welz (Germany) - Nougat - Trilobata Prestige (87.86)Praliné au chocolat lait ...
Anna Reckmann Pâtisserie - Chocolaterie (Germany) - Praline Parmesan-Haselnuss (87.45)Anna Reckmann Pâtisserie - Chocolaterie (Germany) - Praline Pekanknusper (85.67)
LABRIQ by Maison Köller (Germany) - Coconut (82.59)
