The International Chocolate Awards is pleased to announce the Grand Jury Finalist entrants of the 2025Â 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)
Repen met toegevoegde smaak
Witte chocoladerepen met een infusie of aroma
Chocolate Vision (Germany) - Houjicha (88.20)Ganaches, palets, ganache pralines en truffels
Ganaches of truffels van melkchocolade
Chokumi - Pralinen & Schokoladen (Germany) - Milky caramel & Maldon Sea Salt (87.38)Ganaches of truffels met een coating of vulling van gemengde donkere/melk/witte chocolade
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)
Noten
Pralines op basis van noten
LABRIQ by Maison Köller (Germany) - Valencia (87.83)Chokumi - Pralinen & Schokoladen (Germany) - Dunkles Haselnussnougat (83.21)
Donkere chocolade dragees, omhulde hele noten
AHERZ (Austria) - Tonka Mandeln Vegan (83.10)Pralines op basis van noten met melkchocolade
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)
Nut based pralines with white chocolate
PralinenArt by Cindy Welz (Germany) - Nougat - Trilobata Prestige (87.86)Pralines op basis van noten met melkchocolade ...
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)
