The International Chocolate Awards is pleased to announce the Grand Jury Finalists of the third Benelux competition which were judged 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 Benelux Finalists are:

(In alphabetical order within each category)

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Ganaches, palets, ganache pralines en truffels

Donkere chocolade ganaches of truffels zonder toegevoegde smaak

Ariqua Denis Chocolatier (Belgium)

Ganaches of truffels van donkere chocolade met toegevoegde smaak

Ariqua Denis Chocolatier (Belgium)
Chocolatier M (Belgium)
Chocolatier Reen (Belgium)
Jérôme Grimonpon (Belgium)

Ganaches of truffels van melkchocolade

Ariqua Denis Chocolatier (Belgium)
Chocolatier Reen (Belgium)

Ganaches of truffels van witte chocolade

Chocolatier M (Belgium)

Ganaches of truffels met een coating of vulling van gemengde donkere/melk/witte chocolade

Chocolatier M (Belgium)

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Noten

Pralines op basis van noten

Laurent Gerbaud Chocolatier (Belgium)

Pralines op basis van noten met melkchocolade

Chocolatier M (Belgium)
Laurent Gerbaud Chocolatier (Belgium)

Pralines op basis van noten met melkchocolade …

Chocolatier M (Belgium)

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Karamels

Karamel omhuld met melkchocolade

Ariqua Denis Chocolatier (Belgium)
By Michèle (Belgium)

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Overige – fruit/suiker/boter/crème

Met donkere chocolade omhulde manon/boter/crème ..

Chocolatier Reen (Belgium)