July 13, 2010
Andover-based confectioners, My Chocolate Bar, have won two 1 star Gold Great Taste Awards after less than a year of being chocolatiers.
One 
award was for their unique Orange Honeycomb Crunch and the other was for their Madagascan Vanilla Truffles. My Chocolate Bar’s products feature Venezuelan chocolate blended with Hampshire-sourced ingredients and do not use preservatives or additives.
Of all the UK’s food award schemes, the GREAT TASTE AWARDS is the most important. Completely independent and uncompromisingly rigorous, it is trusted by retailers, buyers and consumers. Great Taste is to speciality food and drink what Michelin is to fine dining.
A record-breaking 6017 entries this year were tasted blind by panels of food experts, writers & producers. Before gold is awarded, a minimum of eight experts (more often sixteen) taste, discuss and agree.
Categories entered by My Chocolate Bar this year were: flavoured truffles, without alcohol in white, milk or dark chocolate and milk chocolate bars, plain or flavoured.
My Chocolate Bar’s Pauline Donner said, ‘‘Winning these awards just nine months into trading is truly amazing and is a reflection of the hard work, long hours, (increased waistlines) and wealth of local produce we use that have allowed us to create these winners.’’
My Chocolate Bar can be found at Hampshire Farmers’ Markets at Andover and Winchester as well as at Petersfield in December.
