Benelux Chocolatier Competition 2020 – Grand Jury Finalists
The judging panel was made up of pastry chefs, journalists, restaurant reviewers, bloggers, culinary educators and chefs, as well as members of our Grand Jury.
The Grand Jury Finalists are the highest scoring entries that made it through to the final Grand Jury round, from which the Grand Jury select the prize winners, through private voting. The Grand Jury follow strict rules, which you can read here (PDF).
The 2020 Benelux Finalists are:
(In alphabetical order within each category)
Ganaches, palets, ganache pralines and truffles
Unflavoured dark chocolate ganaches or truffles
Ariqua Denis Chocolatier (Belgium)
Flavoured dark chocolate ganaches or truffles
Ariqua Denis Chocolatier (Belgium)
Chocolatier M (Belgium)
Chocolatier Reen (Belgium)
Jérôme Grimonpon (Belgium)
Flavoured milk chocolate ganaches or truffles
Ariqua Denis Chocolatier (Belgium)
Chocolatier Reen (Belgium)
Flavoured white chocolate ganaches or truffles
Chocolatier M (Belgium)
Flavoured ganaches or truffles with combination coating or filling
Chocolatier M (Belgium)
Nuts
Nut based pralines with dark chocolate
Laurent Gerbaud Chocolatier (Belgium)
Nut based pralines with milk chocolate
Chocolatier M (Belgium)
Laurent Gerbaud Chocolatier (Belgium)
Nut based pralines with combination chocolate
Chocolatier M (Belgium)
Caramels
Milk chocolate enrobed caramels
Ariqua Denis Chocolatier (Belgium)
By Michèle (Belgium)
Others – fruit/sugar/butter/cream/misc
Other fillings with dark chocolate
Chocolatier Reen (Belgium)