Great Taste Awards announced - chocolate winners

Tuesday 18th August

The Great Taste Award winners have been announced and we’re delighted to see that a lot of our Chocolate Week participants have won awards. Over 5000 products were submitted this year and judged by a panel of hundreds of independent judges; top chefs, food writers and retail buyers - we were also invited to join this esteemed crowd and judged a plethora of product from christmas puddings to pork pies. From over 5000 products just 83 were awarded the highest accolade, 3 gold stars and just 3 of these were in the chocolate categories. Chococo won 3 gold stars for their wonderful Blackcurrant with 70% dark chocolate & fresh cream, Sir Hans Sloane for his fantastic dark chocolate and hazelnut praline and Paul a Young for his renowned Sea Salted caramel. Other winners of golds included William Curley, Auberge du Chocolat, Demarquette, Melt and Thorntons - congratulations to all of you. For details of all the winners in the 13 chocolate categories visit Guild of Fine Food