Eastern European 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 Eastern European Finalists are:
(In alphabetical order within each category)
Ganaches, palets, ganache pralines and truffles
Flavoured dark chocolate ganaches or truffles
Amazing Cacao (Russia)
JK Patisserie (Russia)
ZAX (Slovakia)
Flavoured milk chocolate ganaches or truffles
Amazing Cacao (Russia)
Choklid (Czech Republic)
Elena Ovsyannikova (Russia)
Flavoured white chocolate ganaches or truffles
Chocokoo (Estonia)
Elena Ovsyannikova (Russia)
Flavoured ganaches or truffles with combination coating or filling
Choklid (Czech Republic)
DantoniChocolate (Hungary)
Elena Ovsyannikova (Russia)
Mákvirág Kézműves Bonbon (Hungary)
Nuts
Nut based pralines with dark chocolate
Amazing Cacao (Russia)
Combination chocolate dragées, enrobed whole nuts
chocoMe (Hungary)
Milk chocolate dragées, enrobed whole nuts
Slowlandia (Slovakia)
Nut based pralines with white chocolate
Chocoleya (Bulgaria)
Elena Ovsyannikova (Russia)
White chocolate dragées, enrobed whole nuts
chocoMe (Hungary)
Nobilis (Hungary)
Slowlandia (Slovakia)
Caramels
Dark chocolate enrobed caramels
ZAX (Slovakia)
Others – fruit/sugar/butter/cream/misc
Dark chocolate enrobed fruit pastes, jellies/gelée
Chocokoo (Estonia)
chocoMe (Hungary)
Original Prager Taler (Czech Republic)
Dark chocolate enrobed whole fruit
Amazing Cacao (Russia)
Spreads
Spreads with dark chocolate (no milk powder)
Chocoleya (Bulgaria)
Slowlandia (Slovakia)
White spreads
Spreads with white chocolate
Lyra (Slovakia)