As part of our commitment to transparency, we publish the names of the judges for each competition. (If judges opt-in for their names to be made public.)
Each competition is judged by a panel of experts, food journalists, sommeliers and pastry chefs, including the names listed below. The competition is overseen by members of our international Grand Jury, who travel to each competition.
We would like to thank our judges for their hard work, including any who chose for their names not to be listed. You can find the full list of winners for this competition in our ‘Rounds & results’ section.
Manuela Abbate (Italy), Banking
Thorald Abramowski (Germany), thorsoft / mixed-pixel
Nic Belfrage (United Kingdom), Editor, Essentially Catering, essentiallycatering
Cat Black (United Kingdom), Food Writer, Food writer
Ana Maria Catuneanu (United Kingdom), MD- Clincal and Research Fellow in Gastroenterology, Oxford University Hospitals
Tracy Chapman (United Kingdom), Chocolate Voyage
May Chong (United Kingdom), Eat Cook Explore, EatCookExplore
L Nitin Chordia (India), Cocoatrait, www.cocoatrait.com
Martin Christy (United Kingdom), Seventy%, Permanent Grand Jury
Natasha Collins (United Kingdom), Nevie Pie Cakes, www.neviepiecakes.com
Sheena Correa (United Kingdom), H Bauer Deputy Editor Cookery titles
Anjul Dutt (United Kingdom), Food Journalist
Jennifer Earle (United Kingdom), Chocolate Ecstasy Tours, Chocolate Ecstasy Tours
Nadine Fricker (United Kingdom), Accent…on speaking the same language
Graham Garrett (United Kingdom), The West House Restaurant Chef/Owner
George Gensler (United States), Manhattan Chocolate Society, Permanent Grand Jury
Nancy Gilchrist (United Kingdom), Master of Wine
Charlotte Jones (United Kingdom), UK Glam Food & Lifestyle Editor, Mode Media UK
Alessio Lai (Italy), DOLCISSIMA FIRENZE
Jeffrey Lee (Hong Kong), Cult de Choco Ltd. / Director, Cult de Choco
Judith Lewis (United Kingdom), Mostly About Chocolate, Mostly About Chocolate
Antonio Liccardo (Italy), Pasticciere
Jenny Linford (United Kingdom), Food Writer
Bostjan Makarovic (United Kingdom), Aphaia
Rachel McCormack (United Kingdom), Catalan Cooking, catalancooking
Lee McCoy (United Kingdom), Chocolate Reviews, Chocolate Reviews
Sue McMahon (United Kingdom), Freelance Cookery Editor (Woman’s Weekly Specials)
Monica Meschini (Italy), Chocolate/Tea Taster, Wine Sommelier, Permanent Grand Jury
Susannah Millen (United Kingdom), Editor, Confectionery Production
Marianne Parry (United Kingdom), Chocolate Enthususiast, Doctor, Artist
Zoe Perrett (United Kingdom), Food writer
Steven Pierce (United Kingdom), Food writer
Maricel Presilla (United States), Chef, Restaurateur, Author, Permanent Grand Jury
Marco Sala (Italy), chocolate taster 1st level
Kanako Satsutani (Japan), Tomoé Saveur / Fine Chocolate Distributor, Chocolate Expert, Tomoé Saveur
Michaela Schupp (Partner) (Germany), Chocolats-de-luxe.de GmbH, Permanent Grand Jury
Michael Segal (United Kingdom), International Cocoa Organization / Information and Media Officer, International Cocoa Organization
Rachel Sellers (United Kingdom), Marketing
Sarah Shattuck (United Kingdom), Fortnum & Mason, Assistant Chocolate Buyer
Helen Steele (Afghanistan), Stay at home mum
Sejal Sukhadwala (United Kingdom), Freelance Food Journalist
Daniel Svensson (Afghanistan), Dinner by Heston Blumenthal
Viesha Tews (United Kingdom), Seventy%
Frank Jaak Vanbockryck (Belgium), Level 1 Chocolate Taster + Student Chocolatier
Terese Weiss (Denmark), Interpreter / Chocolate Educator
Qin Xie (United Kingdom), Freelance journalist
