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.
Lauren Adler (United States), Chocolopolis/Pacific Northwest Chocolate Society, Chocolopolis
Lisa Arielle Allen (France), Tarts & Truffles Paris, Director, Tarts & Truffles Paris
Patricia Baker (United States), Property Management
Sandro Bosticco (Italy), www.winesurf.it
Jocie Bussin (Canada), Retired Restaurant Owner and Chef
Jan Calkins (Canada), Calkins & Burke Ltd., Calkins & Burke Ltd.
Claudio Capaccioli (Italy), Food and Beverage Expert
Anne Cayer (Canada), Go Squab / Head of Marketing
June Chan (Hong Kong), Clinical Dietitian
Alison Chan (Hong Kong), Architect / Designer
Martin Christy (United Kingdom), Seventy%, Permanent Grand Jury
Christy Conte (Canada), Chocolate Cherry Berry
Finn Doyle (Australia), Cacao About Town (Chocolate taster / maker / educator)
Jennifer Earle (United Kingdom), Chocolate Ecstasy Tours, Chocolate Ecstasy Tours
George Gensler (United States), Manhattan Chocolate Society, Permanent Grand Jury
Bob Goldfarb (United States), Cocoazoo
Ana González Rodríguez (Spain), Basque Culinary Center – Docente en pastelería.
E.B. Harper (United States), Diplomat
Sally Hildebrandt (Canada), Centennial College Professor of Baking & Pastry Arts Management, http://www.youtube.com/c/BiteandChiu
Kaysee Hill (United States), Kaysee Hill
Kathryn Laverack (United Kingdom), Cocoa Encounters, Cocoa Encounters
Jeffrey Lee (Hong Kong), Cult de Choco Ltd. / Director, Cult de Choco
Yaxing Li (New Zealand), The Chocolate Bar NZ Ltd/ Owner, The Chocolate Bar NZ
Per Liss (Sweden), Chokladakademien, Chokladakademien
Bining Lu (Australia), Social Work
Mary Luz Mejia (Canada), Food Writer, Content Marketer and Level II Chocolate Taster, Online Portfolio
Monica Meschini (Italy), Chocolate/Tea Taster, Wine Sommelier, Permanent Grand Jury
Liudmila Musatova (Italy), Food stylist
Adrienne Newman (United States), Founder at Flavor Curious Travel
Luke Owen Smith (New Zealand), Freelance chocolate journalist and marketer
Giacomo Pischiutti (United Kingdom), Corporate Chef Consultant UNOX UK / Pastry Chef
Maricel Presilla (United States), Chef, Restaurateur, Author, Permanent Grand Jury
Alex Rast (United Kingdom), Consultant, Reviewer, Seventy% , Permanent Grand Jury
Gilda Sandique (Philippines), Chef-Consultant/Lead Trainer
Karla Schade (United States), Opening Chocolate
Michaela Schupp (Judge) (Germany), Chocolats-de-luxe.de, Chocolats-de-luxe.de
Erin Seidemann (United States), TD Securities / Supervisory Analyst, Director, Chocolate Judge
Joy Skipper (United Kingdom), Food and Nutrition Consultant, Joy Skipper
PANSOPIN SUPAPPANIT (Thailand), Chocolate Blogger: Dekcheerchocolate
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
Tharaphong Thipphot (Thailand), Molamoon By ลุงแอม
Marc Torrano García-Penche (Spain), The Cacao Society
Lilla Toth-Tatai (Austria), Little Beetle Chocolates Ltd., Little Beetle Chocolates
Barbie Van Horn (United States), Finding Fine Chocolate, Finding Fine Chocolate
Vanessa Vanessa Rolfini (Peru), Journalist
Giselle Weybrecht (Australia), indendent author/researcher
Yuk Ho, Horace YUEN (Hong Kong), Student
Michelle Zimmerman (United States), Curating Taste
