The International Chocolate Awards is pleased to announce the Winners of the Canadian Craft Chocolatier competition, which was judged remotely in April and early May 2025. 

The Grand Jury Finalists are listed here.

Winners of this competition will pass through to the World Final organized in October-November 2025.

This craft competition awards prizes for craft chocolatier products including filled chocolates/bonbons, pralines, enrobed fruits and nuts and chocolate spreads made with bean-to-bar chocolate as well as flavoured bars made with couverture. Plain/origin and flavoured bean-to-bar products from Canadian chocolate makers were judged at the 2025 Americas Competition – USA & Canada.

Judges

The judges were drawn from local experts, food journalists, our IICCT Alumni and members of our permanent international Grand Jury.

Prizes

The categories judged included filled chocolates, enrobed fruits and nuts and chocolate spreads, as well as flavoured bars (not bean-to-bar). All judging is anonymized, including at the Grand Jury final session, where Gold, Silver and Bronze prizes are awarded by private voting.

Awards are awarded only to entries that meet the required standard for each prize.

The 2025 Canadian Craft Chocolatier Winners are:

(Prizes are shown in score order for each medal)

Barrette aromatizzate

Barrette di cioccolato fondente con inclusioni o pezzi

Barrette di cioccolato al latte con inclusioni o pezzi

Ganaches, paletes, praline e tartufi alla ganache

Ganache o tartufi al cioccolato al latte

Ganaches o tartufi di cioccolato bianco

Praline a base di noci e noci ricoperte

Dragées al latte/noci intere ricoperte di cioccolato al latte

(*)  Declared chocolate maker for private label bars.

(**) Winner has declared the product is made with their own bean-to-bar chocolate or couverture.