Amano receives honours from London Academy of Chocolate
US-based Amano Artisan Chocolate has received top honours at the 2011 Academy of Chocolate Awards in London. The company achieved five awards for its chocolate, including one gold, three silvers and a bronze as well as a sixth award for packaging. The awards include:
- Gold for Amano Dos Rios palet d’or in Best Filled Chocolate – plain category
- Silver for Amano Dos Rios in the Bean to Bar Best Dark Bar category
- Silver for Amano Chuao also in Bean to Bar Best Dark Bar category
- Silver for Amano Ocumare in Best Milk Bean to Bar category, and
- Bronze for Amano Cinnamon pecan in the Best filled chocolate – nuts category
- Silver for Amano bar packaging
The company was recognised at the annual Academy of Chocolate awards ceremony on 18 May in London.
Amano’s confections are produced in Orem by executive pastry chef Rebecca Millican. Before joining Amano, she was an instructor for the Institute for Culinary Education in New York City.
