More winners announced in Academy of Chocolate Awards 2017

The Academy of Chocolate Awards 2017 have announced the winners of three more categories, including English chocolatier Paul A Young for his salted caramel chocolate spread.

The winners of the chocolate spreads; plain and flavoured hot chocolate; and packaging categories have been revealed just weeks after the Filled Chocolate winners were confirmed [http://www.bighospitality.co.uk/Business/Academy-of-Chocolate-Golden-Bean-2017-Filled-Chocolate-winners].

Only the Bean to Bar category winners remain to be announced, expected next week.

In line with the Academy’s aims, the awards’ criteria specify that products must contain natural ingredients with no artificial flavouring or colouring.

The 2017 awards ceremony will hand out the winners’ prizes in July, alongside the Golden Bean, Newcomer, Rising Star, Mott Green Sustainability, and the new Golden Bonbon Award, which will celebrate the highest-scoring filled chocolate for the first time.

This year’s awards saw a record number of entries [http://www.bighospitality.co.uk/Business/Academy-of-Chocolate-Awards-2017-receives-record-number-of-entries]‒ over 900, up from 500 last year ‒ with entries from across the world, including from Argentina to the Solomon Islands to the UAE to Vietnam.

Organised by the Academy of Chocolate – whose patron is Michel Roux OBE –, the competition was founded in 2005 to promote understanding of good quality chocolate and chocolate making, and develop better links with chocolate producers and cocoa-growing countries.

This year, freelance pastry chef and consultant Sarah Hartnett – who is also an ambassador for chocolate manufacturer Barry Callebaut ‒ is chair of judges.

The Academy of Chocolate committee comprises Sara Jayne Stanes OBE, Chantal Coady OBE, Marc Demarquette, Sarah Jane Evans, Clive Marytr, Marie Pierre Moine, Christopher Reeves, Will Torrent, and Simon Wright.

FULL LIST OF WINNERS

SPREADS             

Gianduja & High Cocoa Content Spreads

SILVER 

Georgia Ramon, Hazelnut Spread Gianduja

Idilio Origins, Caranero Superior, Barlovento

Slitti, Gianera

BRONZE              

Domori, La Crema Nocciola

Mamuschka, Mamuschka Cream

Slitti, Riccosa

Wilkin & Sons, Chocolate Spread (nut-free)

               

Salted Caramel with Milk Chocolate Spreads

GOLD   

Ottar Chocolate, Sweet Sea salt Fennel Caramel

SILVER 

Ottar Chocolate , Sea Salt Rosemary Caramel      

BRONZE              

Ottar Chocolate, Sea Salt Caramel

Paul A. Young, Sea Salted Caramel

 

 

HOT CHOCOLATE            

Plain Hot Chocolate

SILVER 

Åkessons's Organic, Åkesson's Choc Drops Brazil 75% Cocoa Organic

Åkessons's Organic, Åkesson's Choc Drops Madagascar 100% Cocoa Organic

Malagos Chocolate, Malagos Unsweetened Chocolate

The Chocolate Quarter, Tetteh Drinking Chocolate

BRONZE              

CoCouture, Co Couture Organic Hot Chocolate Mix 70%

CoCouture, Co Couture Organic Hot Chocolate Mix 85%

Creo chocolate, Midnight Truffle

Dick Taylor Craft Chocolate, Dick Taylor Chocolate Belize Drinking Chocolate

Idilio Origins, Idilio, Drinking Chocolate, Carenero Urrutia

Taste Artisan Chocolate, Palo Santo 75% Drinking Chocolate

Flavoured Hot Chocolate

BRONZE              

Creo chocolate, Mayan Spice Sipping Chocolate

Dick Taylor Craft Chocolate, DickTaylor Chocolate Peppermint Drinking Chocolate

 

  

PACKAGING      

Bars

GOLD   

Dick Taylor Craft Chocolate, Dick Taylor Inclusion Bar Envelope Line

Lapos Csokolade Kft, Wrapping of Nica La Dalia 72% Dark Chcolate

Letter Press Chocolate, Ucayali Peru       

SILVER 

Beaucacao,  BEAU CACAO  Serian Estate 72%

Hummingbird Chocolate, Hummingbird Chocolate Bar

Krakakoa, Limited Edition Single Origin Gift Set

Palette de Bine, Fabrique de chocolat Mont-Tremblant (single origin bar)

COMMENDED  

Conexión Chocolate, VIRGIN 70% CONEXIÓN CHOCOLATE; 70% CONEXIÓN CHOCOLATE; 64% CONEXIÓN CHOCOLATE

Garçoa, Garçoa Bar Collection

Georgia Ramon, Carolina Reaper Chili; Haiti 80 %

Jasper and Myrtle, Jasper and Myrtle Chocolate bars

               

Boxes

GOLD   

Piccola Pasticceria Snc Di Cerullo & Saimura, EQUATORE

Soma Chocolate, Soma Chocolate - Birch Branch

SILVER 

Sawade Sawade chocolate box, 100g; Sawade chocolate box, 40g, Brandenburger Tor; Königin Luise Pastete

Trinidad & Tobago Fine Cocoa Company, Steel Pan Tin

COMMENDED  

Bonbonier, Chocolate bonbon packaging series

Chocomaze, 3x3 SELECTION

Sweetic Csokoládé Manufaktúra, Sweetic dragee selection box / Drazsé válogatás