{"id":38405,"date":"2026-06-25T11:07:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T11:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/38405\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T11:07:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T11:07:14","slug":"denmarks-whitfield-estate-earns-champion-chocolate-honour-for-tropical-trio-at-the-perth-royal-food-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/38405\/","title":{"rendered":"Denmark\u2019s Whitfield Estate earns champion chocolate honour for Tropical Trio at the Perth Royal Food Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

The return of chocolate to the Perth Royal Food Awards was celebrated in style at Denmark\u2019s Whitfield Estate as it picked up a champion\u2019s gong for a mouth-watering white chocolate entry, Tropical Trio.<\/p>\n

Last year the estate enjoyed massive success at the Tasmanian Fine Food Awards. But with chocolate back on the menu in Perth it entered a box of delights there and came away with a swag of medals last Friday.<\/p>\n

Top of the selection was the Tropical Trio which layers fresh pineapple, mango and passionfruit inside a white chocolate shell.<\/p>\n

That was named the champion of the white chocolate moulded shell category and was the highlight of a medal collection which included seven gold, three silver and two bronze.<\/p>\n

Whitfield Estate owner Kelly Howard was delighted with the haul and praised chocolatier Yael Angwin, whose skills in matching ingredients were key to the successes.<\/p>\n

Angwin, who started as a baker before moving into chocolate, paired fig and fennel, feijoa and rivermint, and rhubarb and custard into gold-medal winners.<\/p>\n

As it did in 2025, her dark chocolate cabernet sauvignon, designed for wine, also won gold.<\/p>\n

Ms Howard said the medals were a great honour for her team.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese awards are judged blind, so every product is assessed on its own merits,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\"ChampionCamera IconChampion chocolate Tropical Trio. Credit: Whitfield Estate<\/p>\n

\u201cTo receive this recognition alongside such talented chocolatiers is a great honour for our small team.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur focus has always been to create chocolate that is beautiful to look at, unique and made with care.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis result gives us further confidence to keep developing products that showcase our creativity, quality and regional pride.<\/p>\n

\u201cYael Angwin continues to showcase her technical skill with a very high standard of industry-recognised requirements.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe flavour profiling and balancing of each product is a team approach, ensuring we have a diverse and unique selection available.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are proud to use seasonal fresh local ingredients wherever possible across our range.\u201d<\/p>\n

The competition attracted 90 entries with products evaluated on criteria including appearance, finish, texture, flavour balance, innovation and overall quality.<\/p>\n

For chocolate bars, judges considered sheen, snap, structure and flavour, while truffles and individual chocolates were assessed on finish, mouthfeel, flavour combinations and craftsmanship.<\/p>\n

\"KellyCamera IconKelly Howard, owner of the Whitfield Estate, and Yael Angwin, chocolatier, after scooping a swag of medals in the Tasmanian Fine Food Awards last year. Credit: Whitfield Estate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The return of chocolate to the Perth Royal Food Awards was celebrated in style at Denmark\u2019s Whitfield Estate…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":38406,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[24469,2449,251,6588,227,152,335,1564],"class_list":["post-38405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-perth","tag-albany-advertiser","tag-awards","tag-food","tag-great-southern","tag-lifestyle","tag-news","tag-perth","tag-regional-wa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38405\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}