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.
Lisa Arielle Allen (France), Tarts & Truffles Paris, Director, Tarts & Truffles Paris
Alessandro Banchetti (Italy), Impiegato azienda energetica – Chocolate taster 1 & 2 livello
Sandro Bosticco (Italy), www.winesurf.it
Anne Cayer (Canada), Go Squab / Head of Marketing
June Chan (Hong Kong), Clinical Dietitian
Martin Christy (United Kingdom), Seventy%, Permanent Grand Jury
Patricia Cosma (India), Oradiya pvt ltd
Jennifer Earle (United Kingdom), Chocolate Ecstasy Tours, Chocolate Ecstasy Tours
George Gensler (United States), Manhattan Chocolate Society, Permanent Grand Jury
Stephen Gilgunn (France), Food tour guide
Eliana Gonzalez Real (Panama), Ex-Banker
Ana González Rodríguez (Spain), Basque Culinary Center – Docente en pastelería.
Kathryn Laverack (United Kingdom), Cocoa Encounters, Cocoa Encounters
Jeffrey Lee (Hong Kong), Cult de Choco Ltd. / Director, Cult de Choco
Per Liss (Sweden), Chokladakademien, Chokladakademien
Giorgia Martone (Italy), Commercialista
Monica Meschini (Italy), Chocolate/Tea Taster, Wine Sommelier, Permanent Grand Jury
Liudmila Musatova (Italy), Food stylist
Giacomo Pischiutti (United Kingdom), Corporate Chef Consultant UNOX UK / Pastry Chef
Alex Rast (United Kingdom), Consultant, Reviewer, Seventy% , Permanent Grand Jury
Juan Rubio Eguiluz (Spain), Wikichoco
Michaela Schupp (Judge) (Germany), Chocolats-de-luxe.de, Chocolats-de-luxe.de
Joy Skipper (United Kingdom), Food and Nutrition Consultant, Joy Skipper
PANSOPIN SUPAPPANIT (Thailand), Central Retail Corporation/HR
Gabriella Szabo (Hungary), Freelance chocolate blogger, journalist, speaker (chocolate tastings and pairings), https://specialtystories.coffee/
Svein-Magnus Sørensen (Norway), Founder and Chief Tasting Officer, Sjokoladesmaking.no
Marc Torrano García-Penche (Spain), The Cacao Society
Lilla Toth-Tatai (Austria), Little Beetle Chocolates Ltd., Little Beetle Chocolates
Felipe van Beetz (Netherlands), Founder @ Chof / IT Consultant @ PostNL, Chof.nl
Giselle Weybrecht (Australia), indendent author/researcher
Kine Youm (Germany), Riskmanagement Lead in Agricultural Company, www.linkedin.com/in/kineyoum
