The International Chocolate Awards is pleased to announce the Grand Jury Finalists of the Eastern European competition which was held during spring 2020.

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)

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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)

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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)

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Caramels

Dark chocolate enrobed caramels

ZAX (Slovakia)

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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)

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Spreads

Spreads with dark chocolate (no milk powder)

Chocoleya (Bulgaria)
Slowlandia (Slovakia)

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White spreads

Spreads with white chocolate

Lyra (Slovakia)