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On Sunday, September 3, The International Chocolate Awards announced the winners of the 2021-22 Americas Bean-to-Bar and Craft Chocolatier Competition at a virtual ceremony over Zoom and live on Facebook.
The ceremony was a lively and joyful celebration of the very best of craft chocolate across the Americas. Among the award-winners were well-established fine chocolate companies like Cacaosuyo (Peru), Pacari (Ecuador), Dandelion (USA), Qantu (Canada) as well as many first-time entrants like Chocolate Sierra Sagrada (Colombia), all creating stunning, world-class chocolate.
The highest-scoring products in origin dark and milk chocolate bars were announced as overall winners of this year’s competition, the ‘best movie’ of the chocolate world. Both this season’s overall winners come from Colombia, an important and historical fine cacao growing country, proving that the best chocolate can be made close to the cacao source, as well as in more traditional chocolate consuming countries.
“64 % Sierra Nevada” was best unflavoured dark chocolate bar, made by Chocolate Sierra Sagrada, a small micro-batch chocolate maker in the mountainous Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta region of Colombia, which scored a fabulous 91.0 out of 100 on our chocolate scale. “53% Tumaco Leche” won as best unflavoured milk bar, made by pioneering Colombian and Japanese chocolate maker Cacao Hunters, with a score of 89.6/100.
The highest-scoring products in origin dark and milk chocolate bars were announced as overall winners of this year’s competition.
“64 % Sierra Nevada” was best unflavoured dark chocolate bar, made by Chocolate Sierra Sagrada, a small micro-batch chocolate maker in the mountainous Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta region of Colombia, which scored a fabulous 91.0 out of 100 on our chocolate scale. “53% Tumaco Leche” won as best unflavoured milk bar, made by pioneering Colombian and Japanese chocolate maker Cacao Hunters, with a score of 89.6/100.
The Grand Jury, led by Martin Christy and Maricel Presilla, co-founders of the International Chocolate Awards along with Italian partner Monica Meschini, commented on the record number of chocolate samples reaching the required score for a medal this season. The winners included newcomers, established companies with years of experience, as well as family businesses and cooperatives growing cacao and now making their own chocolate. Winners were selected from over 140 entrants from all over North, Central and South America.
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The highest-scoring products in origin dark and milk chocolate bars were announced as overall winners of this year’s competition, the ‘best movie’ of the chocolate world. Both this season’s overall winners come from Colombia, an important and historical fine cacao growing country, proving that the best chocolate can be made close to the cacao source, as well as in more traditional chocolate consuming countries.
The ceremony was a lively and joyful celebration of the very best of craft chocolate across the Americas. Among the award-winners were well-established fine chocolate companies like Cacaosuyo (Peru), Pacari (Ecuador), Dandelion (USA), Qantu (Canada) as well as many first-time entrants like Chocolate Sierra Sagrada (Colombia), all creating stunning, world-class chocolate.
The highest-scoring products in origin dark and milk chocolate bars were announced as overall winners of this year’s competition.
On Sunday, September 3, The International Chocolate Awards announced the winners of the 2021-22 Americas Bean-to-Bar and Craft Chocolatier Competition at a virtual ceremony over Zoom and live on Facebook.
The ceremony was a lively and joyful celebration of the very best of craft chocolate across the Americas. Among the award-winners were well-established fine chocolate companies like Cacaosuyo (Peru), Pacari (Ecuador), Dandelion (USA), Qantu (Canada) as well as many first-time entrants like Chocolate Sierra Sagrada (Colombia), all creating stunning, world-class chocolate.
The highest-scoring products in origin dark and milk chocolate bars were announced as overall winners of this year’s competition, the ‘best movie’ of the chocolate world. Both this season’s overall winners come from Colombia, an important and historical fine cacao growing country, proving that the best chocolate can be made close to the cacao source, as well as in more traditional chocolate consuming countries.
The ceremony was a lively and joyful celebration of the very best of craft chocolate across the Americas. Among the award-winners were well-established fine chocolate companies like Cacaosuyo (Peru), Pacari (Ecuador), Dandelion (USA), Qantu (Canada) as well as many first-time entrants like Chocolate Sierra Sagrada (Colombia), all creating stunning, world-class chocolate.
The highest-scoring products in origin dark and milk chocolate bars were announced as overall winners of this year’s competition, the ‘best movie’ of the chocolate world. Both this season’s overall winners come from Colombia, an important and historical fine cacao growing country, proving that the best chocolate can be made close to the cacao source, as well as in more traditional chocolate consuming countries.
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