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.

June Chan (Hong Kong), Clinical Dietitian

Martin Christy (United Kingdom), Seventy%, Permanent Grand Jury

George Gensler (United States), Manhattan Chocolate Society, Permanent Grand Jury

Sally Hildebrandt (Canada), Centennial College Professor of Baking & Pastry Arts Management, http://www.youtube.com/c/BiteandChiu

Louisa Kung (Hong Kong), Marketing Assistant Director, EY

Luke Owen Smith (New Zealand), Freelance chocolate journalist and marketer