SUBMITTING YOUR PRODUCT
This section is about getting your products to the judging venue.
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SUBMITTING YOUR PRODUCT
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Below is an overview on how to submit your products to the judging venue.
- For the quantity of each product you need to send in for judging, please refer to the relevant category in the Awards Categories. With the exception of Brand Experience, your products can be sent in for judging using the original packaging or in plain packaging or a packaging that’s best suited for shipping/transportation.
- Please read the Packing and Delivery Instructions for more details on how to label your products and send in your products. IMPORTANT FOR ENTRANTS OUTSIDE THE UK: If you are sending in your products from outside the UK, please make sure you read the information towards the bottom of Packaging and Delivery Instructions page on the customs procedures, in order to minimise any delays caused by your package being held up by customs due to incorrect documentation. Check with your courier / shipping agent on your customs declaration documentation.
- Please note: You must fill out the Commercial Invoice correctly. The sender is responsible for all delivery charges – so you must mark your Commercial Invoice as ‘DDP’ (Delivery + Duty Paid)
Please do not send products until you have an ID and have received confirmation of payment. The storage at WKC uses a list generated from the system after payment is received. Bank transfer payments can take a week to be received.
All products must be labelled with the submission code (ID) issued to you via the Judgify system – the code for each product entry is in the form of 3 letters, a dash and then 4 digits ( e.g. ABC-1234). Ensure the labels adhere completely to each bar/box and are at no risk of becoming detached/separated. Each bar or box must be separately labeled and not as a group.
If you have not received the submission code(s) within 72 hours of payment/entry confirmation via email, please check your spam folder first before contacting [email protected]
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By participating in the Academy of Chocolate (AoC) Awards you agree to be bound by the specific rules of the awards as written below:
Entrants must follow the entry instructions as stipulated by the AoC. An entry will be deemed void if the entry has been made by an ineligible person (any judges/suppliers or their employees entering the awards are not allowed to judge any categories that they themselves enter)
Personal Data: In entering the AoC awards entrants’ consent to provide the AoC with certain personal data in order that it may administer the Awards. Any personal data used will be for the administration of the awards only.
Liability: The AoC excludes all liability for any loss or damage of all entered products (entries lost in post, delayed by customs etc.). The AoC cannot be held liable for entries received before payment has been received and acknowledged.
Award winners’ names may be published on the Academy of Chocolate social media platforms and/or on the AoC website and on any other media (including by the AoC on third party websites, television and/or radio).
The AoC reserves the right to use the names and business contact details of award winners, any photographs, or recordings of them in any PR communications to print or on visual media.
The decision of the AoC Awards Committee is final and binding in all respects and in all matters related to the Awards and no correspondence will be entered into.