Amedei No 9 wins 2009 Academy of Chocolate Golden Bean award

Finally! The results of the 2009 Academy of Chocolate awards announced. 

The Golden Bean. Best bean to bar dark

• THE GOLDEN BEAN Amedei - No 9
• Gold Amedei - Porcelana
• Gold Amano - Madagascar
• Gold Amedei - Toscano Black 70%
• Gold Valrhona - Manjari
• Silver Domori - Il Blend
• Silver Domori - Teyuna
• Silver Amano - Montanya
• Silver Amedei - Toscano Black 63%
• Silver Amano - Ocumare
• Bronze Domori - Puertomar
• Bronze Domori - Puertofino
• Bronze Valrhona - Caraïbe
• Bronze Amano - Jembrana
• Bronze Amedei - Toscano Black 66%

Best House Dark Chocolate Bar

• Gold William Curley – House Blend 70%
• Bronze Hotel Chocolat - Blend 2
• Bronze Hotel Chocolat - Blend 3
• Bronze Auberge du Chocolat – Auberge bar

Best Flavoured Dark Chocolate Bar

• Gold Valrhona – Manjari orange
• Gold Paul A Young Fine Chocolates - Black Cardamom and stem ginger
• Silver Beschle – Grand Cru Trinitario au Fleur de Sel et Pistaches
• Silver Oberweis – Cumin & Pistachio
• Bronze Valrhona – Guanaja grue
• Bronze Thorntons – Macadamia
• Bronze Amedei – Extra dark chocolate bar with avola almonds
• Bronze Co Couture – Rum & raisin blend II

Best Milk Chocolate Bar

• Silver Theo – Jane Goodall 45%
• Silver Michel Cluizel – Grand Lait 45%
• Bronze Michel Cluizel – Mangaro Lait
• Bronze Amedei – For You ‘Gocce Cioccolato Al Latte’
• Bronze Thorntons – Venezuelan 38%
• Bronze Amano – Ocumare Milk Chocolate

Best Flavoured Milk Chocolate Bar

• Gold Amedei – Milk chocolate with hazelnuts
• Gold Co Couture – Honeycomb, blend IV
• Gold Sir Hans Sloane – Mandarin cranberry
• Silver Thorntons – Tonka Bean
• Bronze Domori – Latte sal
• Bronze Paul a Young Fine Chocolates – stem ginger with fennel seed
• Bronze Kaoka – 32% Milk with caramelised almond pieces
• Silver Theo – Jane Goodall 45%
• Silver Michel Cluizel – Grand Lait 45%
• Bronze Michel Cluizel – Mangaro Lait
• Bronze Amedei – For You ‘Gocce Cioccolato Al Latte’
• Bronze Thorntons – Venezuelan 38%
• Bronze Amano – Ocumare Milk Chocolate

Best Flavoured Milk Chocolate Bar

• Gold Amedei – Milk chocolate with hazelnuts
• Gold Co Couture – Honeycomb, blend IV
• Gold Sir Hans Sloane – Mandarin cranberry
• Silver Thorntons – Tonka Bean
• Bronze Domori – Latte sal
• Bronze Paul a Young Fine Chocolates – stem ginger with fennel seed
• Bronze Kaoka – 32% Milk with caramelised almond pieces

Best Ganache filled chocolate – flavoured or plain

• Gold William Curley – Amedei Chuao
• Gold William Curley – Toasted sesame
• Gold William Curley – Japanese black vinegar
• Gold Chococo – Gorgeous ginger
• Gold William Curley – Rosemary & olive oil
• Gold Paul Wayne Gregory – Coconut bonbon
• Gold Rococo – Passion fruit & mango
• Gold Rococo – Rose & Lychee
• Silver Paul a Young Fine Chocolates – 10yr Glenmorangie
• Silver Paul Wayne Gregory – Salted caramel bonbon
• Silver Melt Chocolates – Peanut butter and raspberry
• Silver Auberge du Chocolat – Spices
• Silver Hotel Chocolat – Caribbean rum ganache
• Silver Rózsavölgyi Csokoládé – Ancho chilli and lemon oil
• Silver Hotel Chocolat – Caribbean fruit ganache
• Silver Paul Wayne Gregory – A hint of liquorice bonbon
• Silver Melt Chocolates – Olive oil caramel
• Silver William Curley – Framboise
• Silver Jean-Paul Hevin – 1502
• Silver Cocomaya – Pomegranate
• Bronze Paul a Young Fine Chocolates – Sichuan pepper & mango
• Bronze De Bondt Paul – Lemon
• Bronze Prestat – Strawberry
• Bronze Theo – Rum raisin
• Bronze Melt Chocolates – Banana, coconut & passion fruit
• Bronze Cocomaya – Assam chai
• Bronze Rozsavologyi csokolade – Raspberry & cherry palinka

Best Filled Praline or Bonbon

• Gold Pralus – Barre Infernale Lait
• Silver Sir Hans Sloane – Coffee
• Silver Sir Hans Sloane – Roasted almond
• Silver William Curley – Sea salt caramel
• Silver William Curley Piemont hazelnut
• Silver Paul a Young Fine Chocolates – sea salted almond rocher
• Bronze De Bondt Paul – Hazelnut praline
• Bronze Booja Booja – Hazelnut crunch truffle
• Bronze Sir Hans Sloane – Almond

Best Dark Truffle (unflavoured)

• Gold William Curley – House dark
• Silver Paul a Young Fine Chocolates – 70% Chuao
• Bronze Paul a Young Fine Chocolates - Los Ancones truffle 67%
• Bronze Lauden – House dark truffle
• Bronze Sir Hans Sloane – Dark truffle
• Bronze Rococo – House truffle

Best Milk Truffle (unflavoured)

• Silver Sir Hans Sloane – Milk truffle
• Silver William Curley – House milk

Best Dark Organic Chocolate Bar

• Silver Pralus – Le 100%
• Bronze Valrhona – Cao Grande Dark

Best Milk Organic Chocolate Bar

• No awards given

Best Drinking Chocolate (unflavoured)

• Gold Paul a Young Fine Chocolates – Aztec drinking chocolate
• Gold Pralus – Cacao show drinking chocolate
• Silver Bonnat – Copeaux 100%
• Silver William Curley – house blend
• Silver Bonnat – Tablette à Cuire
• Bronze Rococo – house blend
• Bronze Sir Hans Sloane – Dark drinking chocolate
• Bronze Bonnat – Copeaux 80%
• Best Drinking Chocolate (flavoured)
• Bronze Amedei – Chocolate in tazza

Best Packaging

• Gold Tcho – 6 bar gift box
• Silver Rococo – Round box
• Bronze La Molina – The cretti book

http://www.academyofchocolate.org.uk