Valrhona (Melhor marca de chocolate do mundo)

Tive a sorte de frequentar uma formação dada por um especialista da marca Valrhona, que superou as espectativas (apesar da falta de condições do local e de organização).
Visitem o site www.valrhona.com e apreciem o que se pode fazer com um bom chocolate. Assim que puder vou postar fotos.

Valrhona é sem duvida um belíssimo chocolate e provalvelmente o mais utilizado na nossa industria mas tenho que dizer isto, não é o melhor do mundo nem por sombras, o melhor de que tenho conhecimento é de uma fabrica em Tuscany na Italia chamada Amedei.Esta casa de chocolates ganha já pelo treceiro ano consecutivo o premio de ouro mais afamado do mundo "Golden Best Bean to Bar".Competição Organizada pela Academia de Chocolate.

Ano 2007
1. Best Chocolatier dark bar (from liquor or couverture):
Silver – Rococo, Grenada Hurricane Emily blend
Silver – L’artisan du Chocolat Madagascar

2. Best bean to bar:
Gold – Amedei, Chuao - (top marks)
Gold – Amedei Porcelana
Gold – Amedei, Toscano Black 70%
Gold – Michel Cluizel, Maralumi
Gold – Valrhona, Araguani

Silver – Malagasy, Mora Mora
Silver – Amedei ‘9’
Silver – Michel Cluizel, Mangaro
Silver – Domori, Puertomar

Bronze – Michel Cluizel, Tamarina
Bronze – Hotel Chocolat, 72% Dark

3. Best flavoured dark bar:
None

4. Best milk chocolate bar:
Bronze – Amedei Milk
Bronze – Green and Black’s Milk

5. Best flavoured milk chocolate bar:
Bronze – L’artisan du Chocolat Tonka bean bar

6. Best filled chocolate:
Gold – William Curley Chuao (top marks)
Gold – William Curley Szechuan Pepper
Gold – La Maison du Chocolat Raspberry
Gold – Melt Passion fruit and mango
Gold – Melt Raspberry Chuao
Gold – Paul Wayne Gregory Passion fruit bonbon

Silver – William Curley Fresh mint
Silver – William Curley Sea salt caramel
Silver – Theo Fig and Fennel
Silver – Melt, Sea salt caramel
Silver – Demarquette Honey
Silver – Paul A Young Sea salt caramel
Silver – Paul Wayne Gregory Space dust bonbon
Silver – Demarquette Rivesaltes

Bronze Demarquette Blanc Manger
Bronze Demarquette Coffee
Bronze – Melt Café Manjari

7. Best plain dark truffle:
Gold – Paul A Young
Gold – William Curley

Silver – Rococo

8. Best flavoured dark truffle:
Silver – Theo Burnt sugar

Bronze – Theo Mint
Bronze – L’artisan du Chocolat Honey

9. Best plain milk truffle:
Silver – L’artisan du Chocolat
Silver – William Curley

10. Best flavoured milk truffle:
Gold – L’artisan du Chocolat Cinnamon

11. Best dark organic chocolate bar:
Silver – Valrhona Cao Grande

12. Best flavoured dark organic bar:
Gold – SHS - Caramelised Hazelnuts
Silver – Rococo Basil and lime

13. Best milk organic chocolate bar:
Bronze – Valrhona Cao Grande Noir
Bronze – Rococo house

14. Best flavoured milk organic chocolate bar:
Silver – Rococo Sea salt

15. Best drinking chocolate:
Gold – Rococo organic
Silver – Rococo Spiced organic
Silver – William Curley
Bronze – Grenada Smilo

Ano 2008
O mesmo vencedor Amedei mas´sem duvida que este ano Valrhona deu nas vistas e teve em grande.

"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 impressive Toscano 63%. 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. Other chocolatiers winning Golds and Silvers in the Awards included Theo in the United States and UK chocolatiers Sir Hans Sloane, Melt, Demarquette and Paul A Young".