Friis-Holm
Friis-Holm is a Danish bean-to-bar chocolate manufacturer founded by Mikkel Friis-Holm Ottosen and operating out of Herslev village in Lejre Municipality, 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 chocolate was initially produced at Bonnat's factory in France. In 2015, Friis-Mikkelsen established his own production facility in the town Hvalsø, and moved 2019 to better facilities in the village  Herslev in Lejre Municipality, 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.