The International Chocolate Awards is pleased to announce the Winners of the second Belgian National Competition for chocolatier products, which was judged in Brussels at the Hilton Brussels Grand Place, 28 – 31 January 2016. The winners were announced at the Brussels Salon du Chocolat on 5 February 2016.
The International Chocolate Awards is an independent competition recognising excellence in fine chocolate making and in the products made with fine chocolate.
Judges
The judges were drawn from local experts, food journalists and pastry chefs from Belgium and members of our permanent international Grand Jury and guest judges from Italy and France.
- Winners
- Finalists
- Judges
- Grand Jury
- Supporters
Prizes
The categories judged included flavoured chocolate bars, filled chocolates and spreads, and are based on yearly feedback from our entrants and in consultation with the fine chocolate industry. All judging is anonymised, including at the Grand Jury final session, where Golds, Silver and Bronze prizes are awarded by private voting according to the Grand Jury rules.
Awards are awarded only to entries that meet the required standard for each prize.
(Prizes are shown in alphabetical order for each medal)
Repen met toegevoegde smaak
Donkere chocoladerepen met insluitsels of stukjes
Bronze: Contes de Fèves (Belgium) - Casson noir au sésame grillé
Ganaches, palets, ganache pralines en truffels
Donkere chocolade ganaches of truffels zonder toegevoegde smaak
Gold: Galler (Belgium) - Praline Madagascar
Bronze: Darcis Chocolatier (Belgium) - Barahona
Ganaches of truffels van donkere chocolade met toegevoegde smaak
Gold: Laurent Gerbaud Chocolatier (Belgium) - Ganache Mangue Coriandre Citron Vert
Silver: Chocolatier M (Belgium) - Elegance
Silver: Darcis Chocolatier (Belgium) - Ganache Citron & Yuzu
Silver: Demaret Chocolatier (Belgium) - Passion
Silver: Deremiens Chocolate Group (Belgium) - Blue Passion
Silver: Galler (Belgium) - Praline Vanille
Bronze: Galler (Belgium) - Praline Citron Vert-Lavande
Ganaches of truffels van witte chocolade
Gold: The Chocolate line by Dominique Persoone (Belgium) - Yuzu
Silver: The Chocolate line by Dominique Persoone (Belgium) - Brasil
Ganaches of truffels met een coating of vulling van gemengde donkere/melk/witte chocolade
Gold: Chocolatier M (Belgium) - Smokey lemon
Silver: The Chocolate line by Dominique Persoone (Belgium) - Apero
Bronze: Jérôme Grimonpon Chocolatier - NOT USED (Belgium) - Figue Thym
Noten
Pralines op basis van noten
Gold: Laurent Gerbaud Chocolatier (Belgium) - Praliné Pistache de Grèce
Silver: Deremiens Chocolate Group (Belgium) - Praslin
Silver: Jérôme Grimonpon Chocolatier - NOT USED (Belgium) - Praliné sésame et komatsuna
Bronze: Deremiens Chocolate Group (Belgium) - Pécan Soja
Bronze: Deremiens Chocolate Group (Belgium) - Tahiti
Bronze: Laurent Gerbaud Chocolatier (Belgium) - Praliné Amandes
Pralines op basis van noten met melkchocolade
Gold: Chocolatier M (Belgium) - Peanuts & co
Silver: Chocolatier M (Belgium) - Woestyne
Bronze: Didier Smeets (Belgium) - Praliné Pistache
Witte chocolade dragees, omhulde hele noten
Gold: L'Arbre à Bilous (Belgium) - Chocolat blanc à l'herbe de blé avec noix de cajou grillée
Karamels
Karamel omhuld met donkere chocolade
Gold: Chocolatier M (Belgium) - Tokyo Dreams
Bronze: Deremiens Chocolate Group (Belgium) - Orval
Karamel omhuld met melkchocolade
Gold: Deremiens Chocolate Group (Belgium) - Exotic Touch
Overige - fruit/suiker/boter/crème
Met witte chocolade omhulde manon/boter/crème
Gold: Darcis Chocolatier (Belgium) - Manon Café
Smeerpasta
Donkere chocoladepasta (geen melkpoeder)
Bronze: Eugène Chocolatier (Belgium) - Praliné Eugène
(*) Declared chocolate maker for private label bars.
(**) Winner has declared the product is made with their own bean-to-bar chocolate or couverture.
