Three homegrown Indian chocolate manufacturers have received huge on the prestigious Academy Of Chocolate Awards UK 2024. The outcomes, which got here out earlier this week, introduced 17 accolades in whole for Indian chocolate merchandise. The manufacturers that received have been Paul and Mike, Bon Fiction and Manam Chocolate. Paul and Mike is predicated in Kerala, Bon Fiction in Andhra Pradesh and Manam Chocolate in Hyderabad. The three manufacturers work to champion Indian cacao in numerous methods and have received a number of awards on the worldwide stage up to now too. Find out which particular creations received recognition under:
Which Indian Chocolates Were Awarded This Year?
At the Academy Of Chocolate Awards UK 2024, Paul and Mike received silver for its ‘Brunost Cheese Fine Milk Chocolate’ and bronze for ‘Rum & Rummy Raisins Mild Dark Chocolate.’ Bon Fiction received 4 accolades: a gold for ‘A Rose in Pistachio Skies,’ silver for its ‘7 Assorted Bars Gift Pack,’ and bronze for its ‘82% Dark Drinking Chocolate’ and ‘The Mango Menace.’
Manam Chocolate received three silver awards for its ‘Chocolate Lab Tablet No. 2 – Pedda Rasalu Mango’, ‘Chocolate Lab Tablet No. 3 – Chakkarakeli Banana’, and ‘Indian Origin Tablet No. 6 – 66% Dark.’ It received bronze awards for eight of its goodies, particularly ‘Indian Origin Tablet No. 5 – 80% Dark’, ‘Indian Origin Tablet No. 7 – 69% Dark’, ‘Indian Origin Tablet No. 8 – 100% Dark’, ‘International Origin Tablet No. 14 – 80% Dark’, ‘Hazelnut & Cardamom Praline’, ‘Toasted Hazelnut & Cardamom Bonbon’, and ‘45% Milk Chocolate x Yuzu-Scented Caramel Ganache.’
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Manam Chocolate took to Instagram to announce the information and said, “It’s vital to reiterate that these awards do not have a good time the triumph of a single individual, however somewhat, they belong to everybody at Manam-the farmers, the fermenters, the chocolate-makers and the chocolatiers. It’s their skill to develop, harvest, ferment, refine and specific cacao into scrumptious Indian Craft Chocolate, that makes this recognition attainable. And collectively, we proceed to carve a brand new identification for Indian chocolate on the worldwide stage, showcasing the excellence of Indian craftsmanship.”
Earlier this 12 months, Manam Chocolate Karkhana [a factory and experience centre] obtained international recognition otherwise. It was one in all two Indian institutions to be named amongst TIME journal’s ‘World’s Greatest Places’ for 2024 (extra particulars here). Some time in the past, Paul and Mike additionally made headlines when it turned the primary Indian model to win a Gold on the prestigious International Chocolate Awards. It received the award for its ‘Milk Chocolate Coated Salted Capers’ (learn extra here).
The three manufacturers (together with Bon Fiction) additionally received a number of accolades finally 12 months’s version of the Academy Of Chocolate Awards UK. Click here to know extra.
