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Amedei Chocolate Takes the “Golden Bean” Best Bean to Bar Award
After an examination by a committee of experts of the London Academy of Chocolate, Amedei (Tuscany, Italy) has won the Golden Bean award for “the best bean to bar chocolate in the world.” That has a nice ring to it. Once someone told me my Cassoulet de Castelnaudary was “the best cassoulet in the world,” my chest still gets puffy when I think of it (it is puffy now).
I imagine Alessio and Cecilia Tessieri, the brother and sister founders of Amedei, were drowning in Champagne on the night of the announcement. Nonetheless, they managed to comment: “We are very proud of this award. Our objective shall always remain that of producing the best chocolate in the world, dedicating it to all our supporters. We thank the Academy of Chocolate for this award, and for the seriousness and passion it puts in its worldwide work in search of good quality chocolate.”
Here is their announcement, edited slightly, because while I respect their palates, “harbouring” all those “colourful” extra ‘u’s hogs up RAM on my “computour.”
Bear in mind here that the London Academy does have some vague geographical and other associations with England, and that these are genuine Britons doing the judging, and that these Britons have traditionally shown a distinct proclivity for all chocolates British. Nonetheless, non-Brits and newcomers from around the world have found their way to some of the top prizes in most categories.
For the third year running, the Italian chocolate house Amedei has won the ‘Golden Bean’: the Best “Bean to Bar’ chocolate award, this time with its Toscano 63%. (In 2007 Amedei virtually swept the awards with the Amedei Chuao taking the top marks for Gold, and Amedei Porcelana and Toscano Black 70% also taking gold.) Michel Cluizel’s Maralumi took a gold as well, as did the Valrhona Araguani). Amedei’s Chuao and Porcelana also won golds. However, this year competition was intense with French producer Valrhona, winning gold awards for its Manjari 64% and Guanaja 70%. Valrhona also scored highest and won the only gold in the Best Milk Bar category.
The Academy of Chocolate Awards 2008 received a record over 300 entries from chocolatier sacross Europe and the United States. s. Judging took place in London over 3 days. Judges included Academy members, leading food journalists such as Charles Campion and renowned chefs such as Mark Hix, as well as international chocolate experts from the U.S., Scandinavia and South America.
The ‘Golden Bean’, Best ‘chocolatier’ dark bar (made from existing liquor or couverture)
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