{"id":91515,"date":"2025-10-06T17:42:49","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T17:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clearchox.com\/en\/?p=91515"},"modified":"2025-10-06T17:42:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T17:42:51","slug":"ocelot-wins-big","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clearchox.com\/en\/ocelot-wins-big\/","title":{"rendered":"Ocelot wins big"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ocelot has won with five bars stars at the Great Taste Awards in Great Britain. The Great Taste is considered the <strong>Oscars <\/strong>of the food world. Winning an award is therefore seen as a significant achievement. And on top of that, they won Nigel Barden Heritage Award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Want to go straight to Ocelot bars?<a href=\"https:\/\/clearchox.com\/en\/brand\/ocelot\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/clearchox.com\/en\/brand\/ocelot\/\"> Click here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2 x 3 and 2 x 2 stars and 1 x 1 star<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/clearchox.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/10\/Ocelot-Great-Taste-2025-winning-bars-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Ocelot Great Taste Awards\" class=\"wp-image-91522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clearchox.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/10\/Ocelot-Great-Taste-2025-winning-bars-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/clearchox.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/10\/Ocelot-Great-Taste-2025-winning-bars-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/clearchox.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/10\/Ocelot-Great-Taste-2025-winning-bars-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/clearchox.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/10\/Ocelot-Great-Taste-2025-winning-bars-600x750.jpg 600w, https:\/\/clearchox.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/10\/Ocelot-Great-Taste-2025-winning-bars.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>No fewer than five bars received stars at the Great Taste Awards. Black Cherry and Blood Orange reached the top with three stars. Buckwheat and Sea Salt received two stars. The olive oil bar, which is brand new, immediately received one star. Also very good, then. (See <a href=\"https:\/\/gff.co.uk\/directory\/?type=product&amp;keyword=&amp;awards-scheme=1&amp;category=all&amp;country=all&amp;by-year=15&amp;by-rating=all&amp;per-page=50&amp;sort=asc&amp;pg=1\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/gff.co.uk\/directory\/?type=product&amp;keyword=&amp;awards-scheme=1&amp;category=all&amp;country=all&amp;by-year=15&amp;by-rating=all&amp;per-page=50&amp;sort=asc&amp;pg=1\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">all the award winners here.<\/a>)<br>Black Cherry was also nominated for the Great Taste Golden Fork, and on 1 October 2025, this bar was announced as winner.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>At the Great Taste Awards, the 3-star rating is awarded to the best 200 products (across all food categories) from a total of 14,340 entries from 3,611 producers. For the chocolate category, this underlines the exceptional taste of Ocelot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ocelot Chocolate was launched in 2013 and focuses on organic and ethically sourced ingredients, working with cocoa farmers on sustainable projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHet betekent heel veel voor ons om te bewijzen dat onze chocolade niet alleen mooi is, maar ook erg lekker en van de allerbeste kwaliteit. En het is geweldig om beloond te worden voor de aandacht en energie die we steken in onze recepten en onze zoektocht naar biologische ingredi\u00ebnten van de beste kwaliteit. Altijd met de meest ethische <a href=\"https:\/\/clearchox.com\/en\/brand\/original-beans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Original Beans<\/a> chocolade!\u201d aldus Ish Broadbent een van de twee oprichters van Ocelot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt means a lot to us to prove that our chocolate is not only beautiful, but also very tasty and of the very best quality. And it&#8217;s great to be rewarded for the attention and energy we put into our recipes and our search for the best quality organic ingredients. Always with the most ethical <a href=\"https:\/\/clearchox.com\/en\/brand\/original-beans\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/clearchox.com\/en\/brand\/original-beans\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Original Beans<\/a> chocolate!\u201d says Ish Broadbent, one of the two founders of Ocelot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, Black Cherry won the Golden Fork and, as if that weren&#8217;t enough, the Nigel Barden Heritage Award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"681\" height=\"851\" src=\"https:\/\/clearchox.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/10\/Ocelot-Great-Taste-2025-Golden-Fork.jpg\" alt=\"Ocelot Great Taste Awards\" class=\"wp-image-91521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clearchox.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/10\/Ocelot-Great-Taste-2025-Golden-Fork.jpg 681w, https:\/\/clearchox.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/10\/Ocelot-Great-Taste-2025-Golden-Fork-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/clearchox.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/10\/Ocelot-Great-Taste-2025-Golden-Fork-600x750.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 681px) 100vw, 681px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About Golden Fork<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Golden Forks recognise the best dishes and drinks from around the world that excel in taste, quality and craftsmanship. Only three nominees per country are alowed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About the Nigel Barden Heritage Award<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Nigel Barden Heritage Award, presented as part of the Great Taste Golden Forks, recognises producers who uphold <em>traditional <\/em>production methods, are committed to <em>traditional <\/em>ingredients or<em> rare varieties<\/em>, preserve culinary <em>traditions <\/em>and emphasise <em>authentic <\/em>flavours. There are multiple Golden Fork winners, but there is only one Nigel Barden Heritage Award.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Video<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nigel Barden Heritage Award | Ocelot Chocolate for Dark Chocolate with Black Cherry | Golden Fork\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pwRMWrUqyXA?start=1&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ocelot has won with five bars stars at the Great Taste Awards in Great Britain. The Great Taste is considered the Oscars of the food world. Winning an award is therefore seen as a significant achievement. And on top of that, they won Nigel Barden Heritage Award.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":392,"featured_media":91518,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,184],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nieuws","category-chocolatiers","infinite-scroll-item","resize-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/clearchox.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/clearchox.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/clearchox.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clearchox.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/392"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clearchox.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/clearchox.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91515\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clearchox.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/clearchox.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clearchox.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clearchox.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}