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Company type | Privately held company |
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Industry | Chocolate production |
Founded | 2007 |
Founder | Mikkel Friis-Holm Ottosen |
Defunct | 1 February 2023 |
Headquarters | Lejre, Denmark |
Area served | Worldwide |
Products | Chocolate Bars, Nibs, Beans |
Website | www |
Friis-Holm is a Danish bean-to-bar chocolate manufacturer founded by Mikkel Friis-Holm Ottosen and operating out of Lejre, Denmark.
History
Friis-Holm has a background as a chef. In 2000, he began importing Scharffen Berger chocolate to the Danish market. The company produced its first chocolate in 2007 after he had participated in a cocoa project in Nicaragua. The company was initially a gypsy manufacturer whose chocolate was produced at Bonnat's factory in France. In 2015, Friis-Mikkelsen established his own production facility in Lejre, Denmark.
Awards
Friis-Holm received an Annual Award from the Danish Chocolate Society in 2012. It has also won a number of awards at the International Chocolate Awards in London. At the 2014 International Chocolate Awards, Friis-Holm won a gold medal at the world finals in the Bars – Milk plain/origin bars category for their Dark Milk 65% chocolate, as well as two bronze medals in the Bars – Dark plain/origin bars category for their Johe and Nicaliso 70% chocolates.
References
- ^ "Friis-Holm Chokolade er Europas bedste" (in Danish). InFood Supply. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
- "Mere chokoladeguld til Friis-Holm" (in Danish). InFood Supply. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
- "World Final 2014 – Winners". International Chocolate Awards. 30 November 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2016.