Academy of Chocolate 2011 Awards Full List of Award Winners

Bar Categories

Bean to Bar Best Dark Bar

Gold

  • Duffy’s Chocolate Honduras Indio rojo 72% - Golden Bean Award
  • Amedei Number 9 – Golden Bean Award
  • Michel Cluizel Los Ancones 67%
  • Askinosie San Jose del Tambo
  • Amedei Toscano black 63%

Silver

  • Askinosie Tenende Tanzania
  • Grenada 82%
  • Amano Dos rios
  • Amano Chuao
  • Amedei Cru Madacascar
  • Soma chocolate maker 3 Amigos 70%
  • Amedei Toscano black 70%
  • Pralus Chuao 75%
  • Rózsavölgyi Trincheras 70%
  • Potomac Upala 70%
  • Olivia 76%

Bronze

  • Duffy’s Chocolate Corazon d’Equador 72%
  • Michel Cluizel 85%
  • Valrhona Manjari
  • Rózsavölgyi Porcelana 71%
  • Valrhona Alpaco
  • Valrhona Guanaja
  • Zokoko Tranquilidad Bolivia 72%

Best dark bar – bean to bar sub-category

These bars have been made by companies who are very involved in the bean to bar process yet don’t own their own factory. They may own their own plantation, be extremely diligent in selecting their beans and are very involved in the process of making the chocolate carefully selecting the company that processes their beans into their chocolate.

Gold

  • Idilio No.2 Amiari Meridena
  • Akesson Brazil fazenda monte allegra 75% forestero

Silver

  • Baruzzo 70% quinche
  • Akesson Madacascar plantation amboloiky 75% criollo
  • Friis Holm Nicaliso
  • Idilio No.12 Finca Torres
  • Original beans Beni wild harvest 66%
  • Demarquette Peru pangoa 70%
  • Zokoko Alto beni Bolivia 68%
  • Bojesen Oialla
  • Original beans Cru virunga 70%

Bronze

  • Hotel Chocolat Rabot estate 65% 120 conch
  • Hotel Chocolat Rabot estate 66%
  • Moonstruck Fortunato No. 4
  • Idilio Porcelana
  • Konzept Barlovento

Best Flavoured dark bar

Gold

  • Valrhona Manjari orange – Best in Category
  • Michel Cluizel Coffee
  • Beschle Fluer de sel
  • Cocouture Orange blend 3

Silver

  • Beschle Ginger
  • Paul a Young Voatsiperifery pepper
  • Chocolate and Love The coffee affair
  • Go*Do Sicilian almonds
  • Amedei Incontro dark choc with almonds
  • Michel Cluizel Orange peel
  • Amelia Rope Dark ginger edition 1
  • William Curley Rosemary and sea salt
  • Amedei Toscano red
  • Bachhalm Dark mint
  • Organic seed and bean Sea salt

Bronze

  • Valrhona Guanaja grue (nibs)
  • Paul a Young Sea salted caramel
  • Organic seed and bean Chilli and lime
  • Amelia Rope Dark lemon edition 1
  • Hotel Chocolat Rabot Estate 66% chilli and orange

Best Milk Bean to Bar

Gold

  • Michel Cluizel Maralumi 47% - Best in Category

Silver

  • Zotter Mitzi blue Starmilk
  • Valrhona Jivara
  • Askinosie Davao dark milk
  • Amano Ocumare
  • Beschle 38%

Bronze

  • Amedei Toscano brown
  • Amedei Gocce
  • Zokoko Tokiala Papa New Guinea 30%
  • Moonstruck 39% Venezuelan
  • Go*Do Organic 34%

Best Flavoured Milk Bar

Gold

  • Amedei In Contro with hazelnuts
  • Amelia Rope Pale lemon and sea salt
  • Thorntons Tonka
  • Amelia Rope Pale rose edition 1
  • Rococo Sea salt

Silver

  • Melt Chocolates Sea salt bar
  • Akesson Bali Sukrama farms 44% and Balinese fleur du sel

Bronze

  • Theo Salted Almond milk

Filled Chocolate Category

Best Filled Chocolate - plain

Gold

  • Amano Dos Rios palet d’or
  • Lauden Single origin
  • Demarquette Xoco Nusco 72%

Silver

  • Hotel Chocolat Rabot Estate 66% dark ganache
  • Demarquette VN1

Bronze

  • Demarquette VN2

Best filled chocolate – fruit

Gold

  • William Curley Yuzu – Best in Category
  • Keith Hurdman for Thorntons Raspberry & Rose
  • Rococo Red berry
  • Melt Chocolates Pear tatin
  • Hotel Chocolat Madagascan Raspberry and hibiscus
  • Iain Burnett White lime and chilli

Silver

  • Lauden Lychee and rose
  • Lauden Sour Cherry
  • Rózsavölgyi Peach and passion fruit
  • Auberge du Chocolat Cranberry and vodka

Bronze

  • Curiously Wicked The original cinn - cinnamon, Jim Bean & apple
  • Iain Burnett Raspberry and black pepper
  • Sarl Christophe Roussel Kisses from with Raspberry
  • Rococo Lemon and violet
  • Lauden Mediterranean orange

Best filled chocolate – spice and herb

Gold

  • William Curley Tarragon and mustard – Best in category
  • Nicky Grant Fennel and ginger
  • Paul Wayne Gregory Soft butter cream vanilla
  • Paul Wayne Gregory Fresh mint

Silver

  • Iain Burnett Assam and green tea cardamom

Bronze

  • Auberge du Chocolat Lemon thyme
  • Baravellis Fresh chilli

Best filled chocolate – alcohol

Gold

  • Rococo Grenada and whisky – Best in category
  • Paul Wayne Gregory Dark rum

Silver

  • Paul a Young Chateau Civrac

Best filled chocolate – nuts

Gold

  • Pralus Cubissmo hazelnuts and almonds – Best in category
  • Keith Hurdman for Thorntons Crunch Praline
  • Jacques Bockel Almonds and seasalt
  • Pralus Bar infanale noir almonds
  • Pralus Bar infanale les hazelnuts

Silver

  • L’artigiano Gianduja with sea salt
  • Theo Gianduja
  • Bettys Piedmont praline

Bronze

  • Amano Cinnamon pecan

Best filled chocolate – caramel

Gold

  • William Curley Muscovado caramel – Best overall filled chocolate
  • Lauden Salted Caramel
  • Keith Hurdman for Thorntons Vanilla Caramel with Cornish Seasalt
  • Paul a Young Sea salted caramel

Silver

  • Theo Honey saffron caramel
  • Cocoa Red Smoked sea salt
  • Melt Chocolates Coffee caramel

Other flavours best filled chocolate

Gold

  • Cocoa Red Coconut pandan
  • Lir Hazelnut and fig

Silver

  • Clerkenwell Chocolate Rose
  • Matcha Chocolate Jasmine pearls
  • Theo Pearl jasmine
  • Clerkenwell Chocolate Square Mile Espresso
  • Paul a Young Yorkshire rhubarb and stem ginger
  • Forte Sea salt honey caramel

Bronze

  • Chococo Tea chai me
  • Niko B Organic Chocolates Honey Nougat
  • Holdsworth Marzipan and pistachio
  • Auberge du Choc Nutty salty caramel

Truffle Categories

Best Dark Truffle

Gold

  • Rococo Grenada 71% house – Best in Category
  • Iain Burnett Velvet truffle

Silver

  • Beschle Maracaibo
  • Paul a Young 82% Venezuelan
  • Clerkenwell Chocolate Manjari

Bronze

  • Taylors of Whitstable Peach preserve, geranium oil & armagnac
  • R and R Chocolate Palace Violet lavender

Best Milk Truffle

Gold

  • William Curley House milk – Best in Category

Silver

  • Rococo Jivara
  • Chocolate Café House truffle
  • Iain Burnett Velvet truffle

Bronze

  • Melt Chocolates Pickled ginger
  • Clerkenwell Chocolate House Milk
  • Auberge du Chocolat Ghana truffle
  • Clerkenwell Chocolate 40% Milk

Hot Chocolate

Best Hot Chocolate - flavoured

Gold

  • Theo Chipotle – Best in Category
  • Paul a Young Aztec
  • Jaz & Jul’s Caramel and lime

Best Hot Chocolate - unflavoured

Silver

  • Theo Dark sipping

Bronze

  • Rococo Spiced artisan
  • CoCouture
  • Rococo Organic
  • Amedei
  • L’artigiano
  • Hotel Chocolat Liquid Chocolate
  • Guido Gobino

Packaging

Bars

Gold

  • Askinosie Tenede Tanzania
  • Original Beans

Silver

  • Cacao Atlanta Love Bar
  • Rococo Basil & Persian Lime
  • Amano

Bronze

  • Pralus Pyramide tropique
  • Pralus Pyramide Bio
  • Amedei Toscano Red

Boxes

Gold

  • Rococo The Cat that got the Cream

Silver

  • Rózsavölgyi Czokolade
  • Amedei Gocce

Bronze

  • Betty’s