Type Privately held company Headquarters Lejre, Denmark Website www.friis-holm.dk/da/ Founded 2007 | Industry Chocolate production Area served Worldwide Founder Mikkel Friis-Holm Ottosen | |
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Products Chocolate Bars, Nibs, Beans | ||
Friis holm
Friis-Holm is a Danish bean-to-bar chocolate manufacturer founded by Mikkel Friis-Holm Ottosen and operating out of Lejre, Denmark.
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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 whouse chocolate was produced at Bonnat's factory in France. In 2015, Friis-Mikkelsen established a production in Lejre.
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.