Winners of Best Chocolatiers and Confectioners in America Award announced

Taste TV and International Chocolate Salon names best candy makers in the country.

Taste TV awards

TasteTV and the International Chocolate Salon have announced the 2015 award winners for the title of the Best Chocolatiers and Confectioners in America Award.

The winners are based on the combined total number of Gold and Silver Awards received by each entrant in the 2014 TasteTV Chocolate Salons in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, Sacramento, Monterey, and Fall (SF), as well as in the standalone Chocolate Salon Award Competitions for Best Caramels, Toffees, Bars, Truffles, White Chocolate, Chefs Roundtable, and Best Bridal Chocolates.

Judges for all events and competitions include national and regional magazines, newspapers, blog editors, topic experts, local chefs and food & lifestyle gurus.

The winners are divided into four categories, including:

Six Star Awards Grand Masters
Five Star Awards Master Chocolatier
Four Star Awards Superior Chocolatier
Three Star Awards Exceptional Chocolatier

This year, 17 candy makers were named as Six Star Awards Grand Master, including:

Amano Artisan Chocolat
Chuao Chocolatier
CocoTutti
Fera'wyn's Artisan Chocolates
flying noir art + chocolate
Forte Chocolates
La Chatelaine Chocolat Co.
Marti Chocolatt
Quail Point Chocolate
Smitten: Artisan Truffles
Socola Chocolatier
The Chocolate Fetish
The Tea Room Chocolate Company
Toffee Talk
Truffles in Paradise
Valenza Chocolatier
William Dean Chocolates

For a full list of all the winners in each category, visit the Taste TV Website.

All of the winners will participate in all-day Chocolate Salon tasting events in cities nationwide. More information about those events can be found on the Taste TV website here.

Crystal Lindell, Former editor-in-chief of Candy Industry Magazine. While here she has worked on Candy Industry Magazine, Food Engineering Magazine and Food Safety Strategies. She holds a master’s degree in public affairs reporting from the University of Illinois – Springfield and a bachelor’s degree in political science from Western Illinois University. And her favorite breakfast is a cup of espresso and Twix bar.

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