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, paletes, praline e tartufi alla ganache

Ganache o tartufi con cioccolato fondente aromatizzato

Amazing Cacao (Russia)
JK Patisserie (Russia)
ZAX (Slovakia)

Ganache o tartufi al cioccolato al latte

Amazing Cacao (Russia)
Choklid (Czech Republic)
Elena Ovsyannikova (Russia)

Ganaches o tartufi di cioccolato bianco

Chocokoo (Estonia)
Elena Ovsyannikova (Russia)

Ganache o tertufi prodotti utilizzando ciccolati misti Fondente /latte/bianco per copertura o ripieno

Choklid (Czech Republic)
DantoniChocolate (Hungary)
Elena Ovsyannikova (Russia)
Mákvirág Kézműves Bonbon (Hungary)

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Praline a base di noci e noci ricoperte

Praline a base di frutta/ gianduja con ciccolato fondente

Amazing Cacao (Russia)

Dragées al latte/noci intere ricoperte di cioccolato al latte …

chocoMe (Hungary)

Dragées al latte/noci intere ricoperte di cioccolato al latte

Slowlandia (Slovakia)

Praline con frutta in guscio e cioccolato bianco

Chocoleya (Bulgaria)
Elena Ovsyannikova (Russia)

Dragées di cioccolato bianco, noci intere ricoperte

chocoMe (Hungary)
Nobilis (Hungary)
Slowlandia (Slovakia)

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Caramello

Caramello ricoperti con cioccolato fondente

ZAX (Slovakia)

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Altre -frutti/zucchero/burro/crema

Paste di frutta, gelatine, gelée ricoperte con cioccolato fondente

Chocokoo (Estonia)
chocoMe (Hungary)
Original Prager Taler (Czech Republic)

Frutti interi ricoperti di cioccolato fondente

Amazing Cacao (Russia)

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Spalmabili

Spalmabili con cioccolato fondente (senza latte in polvere)

Chocoleya (Bulgaria)
Slowlandia (Slovakia)

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Spalmabili al latte

Spalmabili con cioccolato bianco

Lyra (Slovakia)