{"id":54050,"date":"2025-01-22T22:12:48","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T22:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enter.chocolateawards.com\/?p=54050"},"modified":"2025-11-10T20:14:56","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T20:14:56","slug":"calendar-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enter.chocolateawards.com\/nl\/news\/calendar-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Calendar 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The International Chocolate Awards in 2025<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Launching the 13th Edition of the <em>International Chocolate Awards<\/em>, we are proud to announce our calendar for the <strong>2025 season<\/strong>. As dates and locations for some competitions are still being confirmed, please check our site regularly to make sure you don&#8217;t miss your regional competition. The judging will be partly in-person and partly remote, with samples sent to judges at home. Please refer to the individual competition announcements for more information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following our founding principle of transparency and focus on fine cacao, we relaunched all of our filled chocolate competitions as <em>\u201cCraft Chocolatier Competitions\u201d<\/em> in 2021-22.<em> <\/em>We want to&nbsp;celebrate and champion the chocolate makers and companies using cacao with an identifiable and traceable source. This change brings our chocolatier entries inline with our bean-to-bar competitions. You can read more about this move forward in our announcement <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chocolateawards.com\/features\/origin-traceability\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All winners of any of the regional competitions are eligible to enter our prestigious <strong>World Final<\/strong> and <strong>World Final Ceremony<\/strong> held later in 2025. We&#8217;re also proud to continue our <em>Cacao Country Support <\/em>competitions in <a href=\"https:\/\/enter.chocolateawards.com\/competitions\/colombian\/3er-concurso-nacional-de-chocolate-de-origen-colombiano-2024-winners\/\">Colombia<\/a>, <a data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"41502\" href=\"https:\/\/enter.chocolateawards.com\/competitions\/mexican\/1er-concurso-nacional-de-chocolate-mexicano-2023-winners\/\">Mexico<\/a> and Central America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2025 Calendar<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Craft Drinking Chocolate Competition<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>18-22 January<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>hybrid judging: remote and in-person judging at SIGEP, Rimini, Italy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>winners&#8217; announcement: 14 July 2025, 3:00pm Bucharest (online)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/enter.chocolateawards.com\/results\/world-craft-drinking-chocolate-competition-2025-winners\/\">WINNERS<\/a><br><br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Italian\/Mediterranean Craft Chocolatier Competition<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>open for registration: 1 February<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>open for samples: 17 &#8211; 27 February<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>registration closing: 27 February<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>judging: 1 &#8211; 4 March<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>winners&#8217; announcement in Florence, 15 March<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/enter.chocolateawards.com\/competitions\/italian-mediterranean\/italian-mediterranean-craft-chocolatier-competition-2025-winners\/\">WINNERS<\/a><br><br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Asia-Pacific Bean-to-bar and Craft Chocolatier Competition<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>registration closing: 28 February<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>open for samples (all categories): 11 February &#8211; 3 March<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>remote judging for all categories<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>winners&#8217; announcement: 19 April, Bangkok, Thailand as part of a Craft Chocolate Market<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/enter.chocolateawards.com\/competitions\/asia-pacific\/asia-pacific-bean-to-bar-and-craft-chocolatier-competition-2025-winners\/\">WINNERS<\/a><br><br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>European, Middle Eastern and African Bean-to-Bar Competition<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>samples accepted: 10 March &#8211; 8 April<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>remote judging: 10 April &#8211; 8 May<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>winners&#8217; announcement: 17 May, Bucharest, Romania<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/enter.chocolateawards.com\/competitions\/european-craft-chocolatier\/european-middle-eastern-and-african-bean-to-bar-competition-2025-winners\/\">WINNERS<\/a><br><br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Americas \/North America: USA&amp;Canada\/- Bean-to-bar and Craft Chocolatier Competition<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>open for registration: 17 March<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>open for samples (all categories): 8 &#8211; 30 April<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>remote judging for bars, hybrid judging for filled<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/enter.chocolateawards.com\/competitions\/americas\/americas-usa-canada-bean-to-bar-and-craft-chocolatier-competition-2025-winners\/\">WINNERS<\/a><br><br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Americas \/Latin America &amp; the Caribbean\/ &#8211; Bean-to-bar and Craft Chocolatier Competition<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>open for registration: 17 March<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>open for samples (all categories): 8 &#8211; 30 April<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>remote judging for bars, hybrid judging for filled<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/enter.chocolateawards.com\/competitions\/americas\/americas-latin-america-caribbean-bean-to-bar-and-craft-chocolatier-competition-2025-winners\/\">WINNERS<\/a><br><br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>European Open &#8211;&nbsp;Craft Chocolatier Competition<\/strong>s\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Eastern European, French, Benelux, Scandinavian competitions organized remotely at the same time<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>samples accepted: 11 March &#8211; 8 April<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>remote judging: 10 April &#8211; 8 May<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>winners&#8217; announcement: 17 May, Bucharest, Romania<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/enter.chocolateawards.com\/competitions\/european-craft-chocolatier\/european-open-craft-chocolatier-competition-2025-winners\/\">WINNERS<\/a><br><br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>DACH&nbsp;Craft Chocolatier Competition<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>registration closing: 28 April<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>open for samples: 7 &#8211; 30 April<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>hybrid judging &#8211; in-person in Hannover and remote<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/enter.chocolateawards.com\/competitions\/dach\/d-a-ch-craft-chocolatier-competition-2025-winners\/\">WINNERS<\/a><br><br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Canadian Craft Chocolatier Competition<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>open for samples: 31 March &#8211; 15 April<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>remote judging<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/enter.chocolateawards.com\/competitions\/canadian\/canadian-craft-chocolatier-competition-2025-winners\/\">WINNERS<\/a><br><br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>British Craft Chocolate Competition<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>registration closing: 19 March<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>samples accepted: 11 &#8211; 21 March<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>remote judging<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/enter.chocolateawards.com\/competitions\/british\/british-craft-chocolate-competition-2025-winners\/\">WINNERS<\/a><br><br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Per\u00fa &#8211;<\/strong> <strong>10\u00b0 Concurso Nacional de Chocolate Peruano<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>registration closing: 17 May<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>samples accepted: 1 &#8211; 19 May<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>remote judging<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/enter.chocolateawards.com\/competitions\/peruvian\/10-concurso-nacional-de-chocolate-peruano-2025-winners\/\">WINNERS<\/a><br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>WORLD FINAL<\/strong> <strong>2025<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>registration open: early September<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>remote judging October-November 2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>winners&#8217; announcement: 8 November 2025, online<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/enter.chocolateawards.com\/competitions\/world-final-competitions\/world-final-2025-winners\/\">WINNERS<\/a><br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Colombia &#8211; Cacao Country Support Competition<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>registration open: 13 October 2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>samples accepted: 15 &#8211; 27 October<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>registration closing: 25 October<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>remote judging<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>winners&#8217; announcement: Chocoshow in Bogot\u00e1, 29 November 2025<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><br><em>Latest update: 10 November 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Which competition should you enter?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Because we are running our plain\/origin and flavoured bean-to-bar chocolate competitions separately from our Craft Chocolatier Competitions, if you are a company that creates products relevant for both, you might not be sure which competitions you should enter your specific products to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><em>Regional Craft Chocolatier Competitions<\/em><\/strong> accept and judge chocolate products made from couverture or the entrant&#8217;s own bean-to-bar chocolate, both having a clearly traceable source for the cacao used.<br><strong>Product types accepted:<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;filled chocolates, truffles, ganaches, pralines, caramels, fondants, enrobed fruits and nuts and spreads made from chocolate couverture or from the entrant&#8217;s own bean-to-bar chocolate, as well as flavoured chocolate bars made from chocolate couverture (but not bean-to-bar).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em><strong>Regional Bean-to-Bar Competitions<\/strong><\/em> accept and judge plain\/origin chocolate bars and flavoured chocolate bars made from the entrant&#8217;s own bean-to-bar chocolate, all products having a clearly traceable source for the cacao used.<br><strong>Product types accepted:<\/strong> (all bean-to-bar!) plain chocolate bars, single origin plain chocolate bars, flavoured chocolate bars, flavoured single origin chocolate bars.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>As an example, a company creating bars and filled chocolates from their own bean-to-bar chocolate should therefore enter their plain\/origin and flavoured bars to the relevant Regional Bean-to-Bar Competition (eg. Americas, European-Middle Eastern-African, Asia-Pacific) and their bonbons, drag\u00e9es, spreads to the relevant Regional Craft Chocolatier Competition (eg. Americas, Canada, Eastern Europe, DACH, Asia-Pacific etc.).<br>Whereas, a company creating bars and filled chocolates from couverture, should enter all of their products to the relevant Regional Craft Chocolatier Competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We hope that this explanation makes it clearer where to enter your chocolate products. But if you are still unsure, feel free to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chocolateawards.com\/contact\/\">contact us<\/a> for further guidance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We look forward to seeing many of our regular and also new entrants in their respective competitions and we wish all our entrants good luck!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Regularly updated competition calendar for 2025<\/p>\n<p>latest update: 10 November 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4061,"featured_media":54051,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,6],"tags":[156,134,139,70,185,135],"class_list":["post-54050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-competitions","category-news","tag-156","tag-bean-to-bar","tag-cacao-country-support-competition","tag-calendar","tag-calendar-2024","tag-craft-chocolatier"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.1 - 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