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European Candy Kettle Award announces 2026 winner

The award ceremony will take place in October in Milan.

Candy Industry Staff

February 3, 2026

This year's recipient is the CEO of an Italian confectionery company.

European Candy Kettle Award reveals 2025 winner

Erdoğan Çoban, CEO of Şölen, is this year's recipient.

Candy Industry Staff

February 21, 2025

The award ceremony will take place in October 2025 in Istanbul.

Daniel Bloch receives European Candy Kettle Award

Bloch is CEO and board chairman at Chocolats Camille Bloch.

Candy Industry Staff

October 30, 2024

The award ceremony took place at the Hotel Bellevue Palace in Bern, Switzerland on October 18.

Alfred Theodor Ritter wins 50th Anniversary European Candy Kettle Award

Ritter took over Ritter Sport in the early 2000s.

Liz Parker Kuhn

October 16, 2023

The award ceremony was held October 6 in Breitenbrunn/Weiden, Austria.

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European Candy Kettle Club event pushed to 2021 amid COVID-19

Oliver Schindler, of Sweet Tec, and this year’s recipient, will hold celebration event next year.

Crystal Lindell

October 5, 2020

“This decision was made with a heavy heart for the safety of our members and especially of the awardee and his guests," the club said. “We hope to see you all in Cologne in January 2021 or in Düsseldorf in February.”

Oliver Schindler, owner and managing director of the company Sweet Tec has been named as this year’s recipient.

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European Candy Kettle Club names 2020 winner

Oliver Schindler, owner and managing director of the company Sweet Tec, has been named as this year’s recipient.

Crystal Lindell

February 12, 2020

The European Candy Kettle Club named its 2020 winner during the recent ISM show in Germany.

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European Candy Kettle Club names Josef Zotter as 2019 winner

Zotter to be honored during a fall ceremony in Austria.

Crystal Lindell

February 6, 2019

The European Candy Kettle Club has named the 2019 winner of the European Candy Kettle Award — Austria-based Zotter Schokoladen Manufaktur GmbH, run by Josef Zotter.

Colian Group builds on brands, automation to become largest Polish confectionery company

President Jan Kolanski wins 2017 European Candy Kettle Club Award.

January 19, 2018

The blue-ocean approach encourages entrepreneurs to create uncontested market space instead of competing in "red oceans," where there's likely to be plenty of blood in the water. It's a strategy that Jan Kolański, president of the Colian Group, has embraced and evolved .

Colian Group European Candy Kettle Club celebration makes for a night to remember

President Jan Kolanski presented with prestigious award at music-filled reception.

Bernie Pacyniak

January 19, 2018

Although the Mazurkas Conference Centre & Hotel was located on the outskirts of Warsaw, Poland’s capital city, it was at the very center of the European Candy Kettle Club (ECKC)’s ceremonies for Jan Kolański, president of the Colian Group and the 2017 ECKC Award recipient.

France’s ‘Chocolate Guardian’ Guy Urbain passes away at 95

Founder of the French Academy of Chocolate and Confections, European Candy Kettle Club promoted artisanal chocolate for the past 70 years.

Bernie Pacyniak

January 3, 2018

It’s impossible to discuss the evolution of French chocolate in the 20^th century without mentioning Guy Urbain, the man who for more than seven decades dedicated his life to advancing not only French chocolate, but sweet gastronomy globally.