{"id":68887,"date":"2026-08-03T19:41:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T19:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enter.chocolateawards.com\/?p=68887"},"modified":"2026-08-05T12:53:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T12:53:45","slug":"canadian-bean-to-bar-and-craft-chocolatier-competition-2026-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enter.chocolateawards.com\/it\/competitions\/canadian\/canadian-bean-to-bar-and-craft-chocolatier-competition-2026-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Bean-to-Bar and Craft Chocolatier Competition 2026 – Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The International Chocolate Awards is pleased to announce the Winners of the 2026<\/em><\/strong> Canadian<\/strong> Bean-to-Bar and Craft Chocolatier competition<\/strong><\/em>, which was judged remotely during Spring 2026. This year was the first time that the Canadian competition was organised as a whole competition including all categories (except drinking chocolate) as part of our World Final series.<\/p>

The Grand Jury Finalists<\/strong> are listed here<\/a>.<\/p>

Winners of this competition will pass through to the World Final organized in October-November 2026.<\/p>

This craft competition awards prizes for plain\/origin and flavoured bean-to-bar chocolate bars, as well as 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.\u00a0<\/p>

Judges<\/h3>

The judges<\/a> were drawn from local experts, food journalists, our IICCT<\/a> Alumni and members of our permanent international Grand Jury.<\/p>

Prizes<\/h3>

The categories judged included plain\/origin and flavoured bean-to-bar chocolate bars, flavoured bars made with traceable couverture, filled chocolates, enrobed fruits and nuts and chocolate spreads. All judging is anonymized, including at the Grand Jury final session, where Gold, Silver and Bronze prizes are awarded by private voting.<\/p>

** Bean-to-bar chocolatier products \u2013 recognising the growing trend of filled chocolate made by chocolate makers, winning products made with an entrant\u2019s own chocolate are marked with (**).<\/div>

Awards are awarded only to entries that meet the required standard for each prize.<\/p>

The 2026 Canadian Bean-to-Bar and Craft Chocolatier Competition Winners are:<\/span><\/h3>