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.
Cat Black (United Kingdom), Food Writer, Food writer
Jocie Bussin (Canada), Retired Restaurant Owner and Chef
Jane Cassell (United Kingdom), IT Consultant
Rachad Challah (Panama), Consultant
Martin Christy (United Kingdom), Seventy%, Permanent Grand Jury
Jennifer Earle (United Kingdom), Chocolate Ecstasy Tours, Chocolate Ecstasy Tours
George Gensler (United States), Manhattan Chocolate Society, Permanent Grand Jury
Carolina Giraldo (United Kingdom), LaSierra.co, LaSierra.co
Ana González Rodríguez (Spain), Basque Culinary Center – Docente en pastelería.
Jeffrey Lee (Hong Kong), Cult de Choco Ltd. / Director, Cult de Choco
Per Liss (Sweden), Chokladakademien, Chokladakademien
Bining Lu (Australia), Social Work
Monica Meschini (Italy), Chocolate/Tea Taster, Wine Sommelier, Permanent Grand Jury
Liudmila Musatova (Italy), Food stylist
Karen Ormiston (United Kingdom), The Olive oil Taster
Diana Perez (United Kingdom), Tea Buyer & Tea Sommelier
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
Joy Skipper (United Kingdom), Food and Nutrition Consultant, Joy Skipper
PANSOPIN SUPAPPANIT (Thailand), Central Retail Corporation/HR
Svein-Magnus Sørensen (Norway), Founder and Chief Tasting Officer, Sjokoladesmaking.no
Marc Torrano García-Penche (Spain), The Cacao Society
Terese Weiss (Denmark), Interpreter / Chocolate Educator
Giselle Weybrecht (Australia), indendent author/researcher
