Four Students Attend International Chocolate Awards

Students Ricardo Berrios, Anna Gorshkova, Ryan Slamon and Lucille Tang attended the event at the Cucharamama Restaurant in Hoboken on June 27, 2016, where the 2016 winners of the International Chocolate Awards, Americas and Asia-Pacific regions were announced.

The judging for the awards had taken place at Montclair State University from May 16 through 19, 2016. The International Chocolate Awards is an independent competition recognizing excellence in fine chocolate making and in the products made with fine chocolate. As the World’s only fully independent international fine chocolate competition, the Awards aim to support companies producing fine chocolate and chocolatiers, small companies and artisans working with fine chocolate. By helping these markets to grow and develop, the Awards also aim to support the farmers that grow cacao.

This year’s Americas and Asia/Pacific Competition is the largest in International Chocolate Awards history. 3,500 bars of chocolate and 3,500 bonbons had arrived at Montclair State to be judged during the competition. The winners from this event will go on to the October finals competition in London, and earn the right to have the prestigious International Chocolate Awards logo on their products, and bragging rights to being the best in the world. 

For additional information on the International Chocolate Awards, please contact Dr. Charles Feldman at feldmanc@mail.montclair.edu.