International Chocolate Awards

International Chocolate Awards Celebrating excellence in fine chocolate from around the world.

Everyone back to school, chocolate season in full swing, there's one last thing to do: enter the 2026 World Final (if yo...
09/09/2026

Everyone back to school, chocolate season in full swing, there's one last thing to do: enter the 2026 World Final (if you are a winner from one of our national or regional semi-finals) and send your products to our designated collection hubs.

IMPORTANT DATES
samples accepted: 7 - 23 September
online registration closing: 21 September
remote judging
winners' announcement online: 7 November

📭 COLLECTION HUBS
📍 Bucharest, Romania - for European Bean-to-Bar, DACH, Eastern European, Italy/Mediterraean, Scandinavian, French/Benelux, British
📍 Hong Kong - for Asia-Pacific and India
📍 Texas, USA - for Canada, Americas - USA, Americas - Latin America & the Caribbean
📍 Lima, Peru - for Peru

Please carefully check to which address you need to ship your samples, and wait for our shipping instructions before you do so.

For any questions reach out to us by email.
Enter now through our website for entrants.

We look forward to judging your samples and we wish you good luck at this worldwide final competition in 2026.

🎉 The Highlight of 2026! 🎉After tasting our way through the entire Planet looking for the most delicious, perfectly craf...
03/09/2026

🎉 The Highlight of 2026! 🎉

After tasting our way through the entire Planet looking for the most delicious, perfectly crafted, innovative or traditional craft chocolate products from bars, through bonbons to dragées and spreads, here we are at the final stage of our competition series in 2026.

The 2026 World Final is our final competition where all prize winners from the national or regional semi-finals come together to compete for the highest scores and world level prizes.

IMPORTANT DATES
online registration closing: 21 September
samples accepted at 4 regional hubs: 7 - 23 September
remote judging: October - November
winners' announcement online: 7 November

ELIGIBLE PRODUCTS
Bronze, Silver and Gold winners only from all competitions in 2026 (except Drinking Chocolate and Cacao Country Support competitions)

Thanks to FBM Boscolo for supporting our competition series throughout in 2026.
Thanks to all our local prep teams, our amazing international judges and our Grand Jury for working hard to raise the bar in craft chocolate again this year.

We look forward to finding out which products will triumph as the world's best craft chocolate in 2026.

If you are a 2026 Winner, enter now through our website for entrants!

Have you seen it yet? We published the winners of our 2026 Americas - Latin America and the Caribbean Bean-to-Bar and Cr...
12/08/2026

Have you seen it yet? We published the winners of our 2026 Americas - Latin America and the Caribbean Bean-to-Bar and Craft Chocolatier Competition on our website for entrants.

Check out the full list including special prizes and final scores.

We are organising an online celebration for the winners early September, with interviews and winner features. More details coming soon!

Huge congratulations to all the winners!
Get ready for the 2026 World Final Competition launching soon!

🇺🇸 Have you seen it yet? We published the winners of our 2026 Americas - USA Bean-to-Bar and Craft Chocolatier Competiti...
12/08/2026

🇺🇸 Have you seen it yet? We published the winners of our 2026 Americas - USA Bean-to-Bar and Craft Chocolatier Competition on our website for entrants.

Check out the full list including special prizes and final scores.

We are organising an online celebration for the winners early September, with interviews and winner features. More details coming soon!

Huge congratulations to all the winners!
Get ready for the 2026 World Final Competition launching soon!

We hope that you are ready, because we are: Tuesday, 11 August, we will reveal the winners of our 2026 Americas competit...
10/08/2026

We hope that you are ready, because we are:

Tuesday, 11 August, we will reveal the winners of our 2026 Americas competitions. We will have two separate lists, one for the USA and the other for the Latin American and Caribbean region in all categories.

Winners of both competitions will be able to enter our World Final 2026 coming very soon!

Make sure to check back tomorrow and don't miss the last winners' announcement of our semi-finals before we launch the World Final where all the winners from 2026 come together in a final competition.

The winners will be announced on our website for entrants and we are organising an online celebration together with our judges and winners early September. More details coming soon.

The wait is over: check out our Canadian winners now on our website for entrants. This year, the Canadian competition wa...
05/08/2026

The wait is over: check out our Canadian winners now on our website for entrants.

This year, the Canadian competition was organised as a whole, including bean-to-bar and craft chocolatier categories for the first time.

Thanks to all our judges and to our prep team, and thanks to all the amazing entrants who submitted their innovative and perfectly crafted products.

Shoutout to the Best in Competition Overall Winners:
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Congratulations to all the Grand Jury Finalists and of course to the Winners!

We hope to see many of the winners in the World Final 2026 in October.

Canadians, get ready! We will announce this year's winners of our Canadian Bean-to-Bar and Craft Chocolatier competition...
03/08/2026

Canadians, get ready! We will announce this year's winners of our Canadian Bean-to-Bar and Craft Chocolatier competition on Wednesday, 5 August.

Watch out for our announcement post on Wednesday, and celebrate together with us!

Who's curious about the results? 👀

🇵🇪✨ Celebrating the best of Peruvian chocolate! 🍫We are delighted to announce the Peruvian winners and finalists of the ...
19/07/2026

🇵🇪✨ Celebrating the best of Peruvian chocolate! 🍫

We are delighted to announce the Peruvian winners and finalists of the 11° Concurso Nacional de Chocolate Peruano of the International Chocolate Awards! 🏆

From exceptional cacao origins to innovative creations crafted by talented chocolate makers, these entries showcase the incredible diversity, quality, and passion of Peru’s chocolate scene.

Congratulations to all the awarded producers and finalists! Your dedication to fine chocolate continues to inspire the world. 🌱🌎

Discover the complete list of winners and finalists on our website:
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Join us in celebrating these outstanding chocolates and the people behind them! ❤️🍫

🇵🇪✨ ¡Celebramos el mejor chocolate peruano! 🍫

Nos complace anunciar a los ganadores y finalistas peruanos de los International Chocolate Awards. 🏆

Desde cacaos excepcionales de origen hasta creaciones innovadoras elaboradas por talentosos chocolateros, estos productos reflejan la increíble diversidad, calidad y pasión de la escena chocolatera del Perú.

¡Felicitaciones a todos los productores premiados y finalistas! Su dedicación al chocolate fino continúa inspirando al mundo. 🌱🌎

Descubre la lista completa de ganadores y finalistas en nuestra página web:
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Acompáñanos a celebrar estos chocolates extraordinarios y a las personas que están detrás de cada creación. ❤️🍫

📣 Join us in Lima for the Winners' Announcement of the 11° Concurso Nacional de Chocolate Peruano! 🇵🇪🍫Join us as we cele...
17/07/2026

📣 Join us in Lima for the Winners' Announcement of the 11° Concurso Nacional de Chocolate Peruano! 🇵🇪🍫

Join us as we celebrate Peru's finest craft chocolate makers and announce the winners of the 2026 Peruvian Craft Chocolate Competition live at the Salón del Cacao y Chocolate.

📅 18 July 2026
🕢 19:30
📍 Salón del Cacao y Chocolate, Lima, Peru

The ceremony will be hosted by Maricel E. Presilla and Martin Christy, co-founders of the International Chocolate Awards.

Whether you're an entrant, a chocolate professional, or simply passionate about fine cacao, we'd love to celebrate this special evening with you.

Congratulations to all this year's participants, and good luck! 🍫🏅

📣 ¡Acompáñanos en Lima para la ceremonia de premiación del 11° Concurso Nacional de Chocolate Peruano! 🇵🇪🍫

Te invitamos a celebrar el talento de los mejores elaboradores de chocolate artesanal del Perú durante la ceremonia de anuncio de ganadores del Concurso Nacional de Chocolate Peruano 2026, que se llevará a cabo en el Salón del Cacao y Chocolate.

📅 18 de julio de 2026
🕢 19:30 h
📍 Salón del Cacao y Chocolate, Lima, Perú

La ceremonia será presentada por Maricel E. Presilla y Martin Christy, cofundadores de los International Chocolate Awards.

Si participaste en la competencia, formas parte del mundo del chocolate o simplemente eres un apasionado del cacao fino, ¡nos encantará verte allí para celebrar juntos!

¡Felicitaciones a todos los participantes y mucha suerte! 🍫🏅



🇮🇳 Congratulations to the outstanding makers behind this year's award-winning plain/origin chocolate bars in the Interna...
09/07/2026

🇮🇳 Congratulations to the outstanding makers behind this year's award-winning plain/origin chocolate bars in the International Chocolate Awards first Indian Craft Chocolate Competition.

From elegant high-percentage dark bars to beautifully crafted white chocolate, these makers showcase the diversity and growing quality of India's craft chocolate scene. 👏

Swipe through to discover this year's winners, starting with our Gold medalist and highest-scoring bars.

🍫 Curious to see the full results? Visit our website to explore all categories, scores and winners.

And stay tuned... 👀 Over the coming days we'll also be featuring the winners in:
✨ Flavoured chocolate bars
✨ Bonbons, pralines and dragées

Congratulations once again to all the winners, and thank you for helping raise the standard of Indian craft chocolate!

Don't forget to follow the for more details about the celebratory event later this year in Bangalore, India.

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