Amano Wins FIVE Awards at London’s Acadamy of Chocolate Awards!!!!

16 February 2009 in Awards

Yes, you heard that right!  We won FIVE awards from the most prestigous chocolate judging organization in the world.  Each year, the top chocolate professionals, michelin chefs, food critics, all get together to judge who makes the finest chocolate and chocolate confections.  Entries come in from around the world from the very best chocolate makers and chocolatiers.  What follows is a huge “taste-off”. This year, there were over 440 entries from the very best in the industry and our entries did very very well.  In fact, each bar we entered won an award.  This is particularly amazing since just last year, we felt very lucky that our Madagascar won a bronze.  As always, we work each and every day to step up the quality of what we do. Clearly, that is beginning to pay off.

Our awards are as follows:

  • GOLD – Madagascar
  • SILVER – Ocumare
  • SILVER – Montanya
  • BRONZE – Jembrana
  • BRONZE – Ocumare Milk

We are completely overwhelmed and humbled by this. There are some very fine chocolate makers in the United States and yet, no other American chocolate maker has received such a resounding round of approval from the Academy of Chocolate.  Clearly, somebody likes what we are doing.

Really, a huge amount of credit goes to all the Amano Artisan Chocolate fans that we have. Seriously. What we do is a huge amount of work and at the end of each and every day, we go home exhausted. But what makes it all worth it is the faith that others have had in our vision and in us to be able to follow that vision. So, we dedicate our awards to you, our humble chocolate fans and to the love of chocolate.

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16 February 2009 Awards

11 Comments to Amano Wins FIVE Awards at London’s Acadamy of Chocolate Awards!!!!

  1. Congratulations. Is the Ocumare Milk being sold yet?

  2. Brian on 16 February 2009
  3. Hi Brian, we’re awaiting our packaging for our Ocumare milk. In the meantime we are offering a prerelease ordering of the chocolate. Basically we’re letting you order our two new bars with some temporary packaging.

  4. Clark Goble on 16 February 2009
  5. Congratulations! How exciting and what an incredible honor! I can’t wait to taste the Montanya and the Ocumare Milk. Good Job!

  6. Brittany Burton on 18 February 2009
  7. congrats, guys! we all know your bars are the best, but it’s awesome that the academy of chocolate does, too!

  8. chris on 18 February 2009
  9. Congratulations on your success. Hang on for a wild ride.

    Toby Palmer
    http://www.tobiascommunications.com

  10. Toby Palmer on 19 February 2009
  11. Ocumare has always been my favorite. I’m eagerly awaiting the milk version.

  12. cybele on 20 February 2009
  13. Congratulations!

    Does anyone in Utah County carry your product?

    Thanks!

  14. Mark Crane on 21 February 2009
  15. Where is this sold in Utah County?

  16. Josh on 22 February 2009
  17. Congrats on the awards. Is there anyone carrying your chocolate in BC, Canada? Would like to taste it.

  18. 8chocolate on 23 March 2009
  19. Congrats! Found out about Amano while reading the list of this year’s Chocolate Award winners. Do you have any stockists in the UK?

  20. Little Miss Random on 6 April 2009
  21. Our chocolate is available in Canada (including BC) from Xoxolat in Vancouver. They are setting up internet orders but I don’t think have them yet. But you can call them at 604-733-2462. They used to be called Monde Chocolat.

    We’re open to other companies selling us in Canada but we’ve not pushed it heavily due to problems doing mail shipments between Canada and the US. (Duties and tariffs are quite high)

    We’re meeting with some distributers in the UK in a month. We’re really hoping to have something in place prior to the Christmas season. Unfortunately these things always take more time than you’d expect we’ve found. But we’re definitely doing our best to get chocolate to the UK. (We get an awful lot of requests)

  22. Clark Goble on 6 April 2009

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