100% Hungarian success at the Eastern European Competition of the International Chocolate Awards.
The International Chocolate Awards announced the Winners of their second Eastern European Competition, which was judged mid September, 2016 in Budapest, Hungary.
Eastern European encompasses Eastern, Central and North Eastern Europe and is the first international competition to support the growing interest in fine cacao and chocolate in these regions.
Hungarian chocolate creations were literally a 100% success by winning all the 6 gold, 9 silver and 6 bronze medals at the competition.
Every single winning chocolate creation were made by Hungarian chocolate manufactures:
Flavoured bars
Dark chocolate bars with an infusion or flavouring
Silver: Curioso (Hungary) – Haiti 65% with thyme
Silver: Harrer Chocolat (Hungary) – Lemon Verbena
Dark chocolate bars with a filling
Gold: Harrer Chocolat (Hungary) – Wine Merlot
Milk chocolate bars with an infusion or flavouring
Gold: Harrer Chocolat (Hungary) – Rosemary Caramelized
Milk chocolate bars with inclusions or pieces
Silver: Curioso (Hungary) – Milk chocolate with bio mandarin oil and pink pepper
Milk chocolate bars with a filling
Gold: Harrer Chocolat (Hungary) – Tonka
Silver: Harrer Chocolat (Hungary) – Sea salt caramel
Flavoured white chocolate bars
Gold: Harrer Chocolat (Hungary) – Chocolate Mint
Silver: Curioso (Hungary) – White chocolate with bio lemon oil
Ganaches, palets, ganache pralines and truffles
Flavoured dark chocolate ganaches or truffles
Bronze: Lady Lavender Csokoládé Manufaktúra (Hungary) – Sajmeggy pálinka-green pepper bonbon
Bronze: Zangio Chocolate (Hungary) – Choco wine biscuit
White chocolate ganaches or truffles
Bronze: Bonbonier Chocolate (Hungary) – Melange
Bronze: Demeter Chocolate (Hungary) – Strawberry lemongrass truffle
Ganaches or truffles using mixed dark/milk/white for coating and fillings
Gold: Zangio Chocolate (Hungary) – Raspberry truffle
Silver: ChocoCard (Hungary) – The Penguins of Madagascar
Silver: Christi’s Choco (Hungary) – Rhubarb Truffle with Amaretto liqueur
Bronze: ChocoCard (Hungary) – Ginger and matcha
Bronze: Lady Lavender Csokoládé Manufaktúra (Hungary) – Gorgonzola bonbon
Nuts
Nut based pralines with milk chocolate
Silver: Bonbonier Chocolate (Hungary) – Mango Passion Praline
Milk chocolate dragées, enrobed whole nuts
Gold: chocoMe (Hungary) – Raffinée – Piemonte hazelnut covered in ground Ethiopian Harrar coffee and hazelnut flavoured milk chocolate
Bronze: ChocoCard (Hungary) – Nicaraguan cocoa beans dragée
White chocolate dragées, enrobed whole nuts
Silver: ChocoCard (Hungary) – Pistachio dragée
Bronze: Sweetic (Hungary) – White chocolate nuggets / Fehércsokoládé rögök
Each competition is judged by a panel of experts, food journalists, sommeliers and pastry chefs:
Zsóka Áth-Horváth (Hungary), Tour De Zsokolat
Gabriella Borbáth (Hungary), Pálinka Master
Martin Christy (United Kingdom), Seventy%, Permanent Grand Jury
Klaudia Erdész (Hungary), Administrator
Stefano Mecatti (Italy), Sommelier, Consultant
Monica Meschini (Italy), Chocolate/Tea Taster, Sommelier, Permanent Grand Jury
Ildikó Németh (Italy), Catering
Alex Rast (United Kingdom), Consultant, Reviewer, Seventy% , Permanent Grand Jury
Diana Secman (Romania), chocomanifesto.ro
Nicolae Velciov (Romania), Choco Manifesto / Partner, Choco Manifesto
CONGRATULATIONS!
Source: International Chocolate Awards