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# UPDATED: TheChocolateLifeLIVE – Awards Analysis Nerdgasm & AMA
- URL: https://thechocolatelife.com/thechocolatelifelive-awards-analysis-nerdgasm-ama/
- Published: 2022-12-17T01:35:56.000Z
- Updated: 2022-12-26T17:14:36.000Z
- Description: Episode 75 of #TheChocolateLifeLIVE streams on Tuesday, December 20th from 12:00~13:00 EST.
- Author: Clay Gordon
- Tags: Live Stream, The Wire

Every time I try to take a deeper dive looking to understand the results of awards programs like the International Chocolate Awards, the Academy of Chocolate Awards, the NW Chocolate Festival/Chocolate Alliance Awards – when I resurface I feel *extremely* frustrated.

Not necessarily with the awards themselves (though I do have nits large and small to pick with all of them), but primarily with the way the results are organized and published. 

And, despite repeated entreaties to the organizers asking them to do a better – and more complete – job publishing the information the winners and the industry needs, there has been little to no improvement over all the years I have been asking.

In this episode of #TheChocolateLifeLIVE I will go through the published results from three competitions in 2022 and reveal in great depth what I am looking for, what I find, how much work it takes to turn the published results into something useful and usable – and, more importantly, *what* is missing and *why* that’s important.

[World Final 2021-22 - Winners - International Chocolate Awards![](https://www.internationalchocolateawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/favicon.png)International Chocolate Awards![](http://www.internationalchocolateawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/International-Chocolate-Awards-2016-logo-square.jpg)](https://www.internationalchocolateawards.com/2022/12/world-final-2021-22-winners/?ref=thechocolatelife.com)

[ InternationalChocolateAwards 2022 Worlds The Excel Workbook shown during the livestream. InternationalChocolateAwards 2022 Worlds.xlsx 42 KB download-circle ](https://thechocolatelife.com/content/files/2022/12/InternationalChocolateAwards-2022-Worlds.xlsx "Download") 

[2022 – Academy of Chocolate![](https://academyofchocolate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/aoc-logo-left.png)Academy of Chocolate![](https://academyofchocolate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Sliver-icon.png)](https://academyofchocolate.org.uk/awards/2022/?ref=thechocolatelife.com)

Just the bean to bar categories!

[ AcademyOfChocolateAwards 2022 The Excel Workbook shown during the livestream. AcademyOfChocolateAwards 2022.xlsx 51 KB download-circle ](https://thechocolatelife.com/content/files/2022/12/AcademyOfChocolateAwards-2022.xlsx "Download") 

[Awards Program![](https://kajabi-storefronts-production.kajabi-cdn.com/kajabi-storefronts-production/sites/2147511847/images/18jblsZERly8LySQtrby_TCC_favicon.jpg?v=2)The Cocoa Center![](https://kajabi-storefronts-production.kajabi-cdn.com/kajabi-storefronts-production/sites/2147511847/images/PAVakBUtSMaAzhPtIn2Y_file.jpg)](https://www.chocolatealliance.com/awards-program?ref=thechocolatelife.com)

The Chocolate Alliance 2022 winners – or at least most of them. Results in the packaging category are missing.

[ NWChocfest ChocolateAllianceAwards 2022 The Excel Workbook shown during the livestream. NWChocfest-ChocolateAllianceAwards 2022.xlsx 105 KB download-circle ](https://thechocolatelife.com/content/files/2022/12/NWChocfest-ChocolateAllianceAwards-2022.xlsx "Download") 

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