World Chocolate Masters 2011

The winning candidates are...
1st place: Frank Haasnoot from the Netherlands
2nd place: Yoshiaki Uezaki from Japan
3rd place: Palle Sørensen from Denmark

Followed by...
4th place: Seung Yun Lee from Australia
5th place: Asgeir Sandholt from Iceland
6th place: Ryan Stevenson from Belgium
7th place: Mariusz Buritta from Eastern Europe
8th place: Claudia Schmid from Switzerland
9th place: Xavier Berger from France
10th place: Luis Robeldo from Mexico
11th place: Chi Hsien Cheng from Taiwan
12th place: Sylvain Bortolini from the United States
13th place: Veronique Rousseau from Canada
14th place: Jana Ristau from Germany
15th place: Yumiko Saimura from Italy
16th place: John Costello from the United Kingdom
17th place: Alexander Ilyukhin from Russia

18th place: Francisco Somoza from Spain

19th place: Damien Deslandes from Lebanon

The winners for the Best Category Awards are as follows:
Best Praline: Palle Sørensen from Denmark
Best Pastry: Palle Sørensen from Denmark
Best Dessert: Frank Haasnoot from the Netherlands
Best Showpiece: Frank Haasnoot from the Netherlands
Best Necklace: Jana Ristau from Germany
Best Press Award: Frank Haasnoot from the Netherlands
Most voted online showpiece: Veronique Rousseau from Canada