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), Restaurant with chef training
Veronica Cabras (Italy), pastry chef
Marcela Campagnolo Guizilini (United Kingdom), Small Batch Brazil
June Chan (Hong Kong), Clinical Dietitian
Hei Lam Chan (Hong Kong), Physiotherapist
Alison Chan (Hong Kong), Architect / Designer
Martin Christy (United Kingdom), Seventy%, Permanent Grand Jury
Christy Conte (Canada), Chocolate Cherry Berry
Zouheir Dalati (Australia), Lawyer
Finn Doyle (Australia), Cacao About Town (Chocolate taster / maker / educator)
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
Remy Janicot (Maldives), Cheval Blanc Randheli (LVMH hôtel management)
Zeba Kohli (India), Chocolate Expert
Louisa Kung (Hong Kong), Marketing Assistant Director, EY
Supasit Larppatikul (Thailand), Chase dream taste co., ltd.
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
Monica Meschini (Italy), Chocolate/Tea Taster, Wine Sommelier, Permanent Grand Jury
Guia Miniotti (Italy), Libero professionista
Samantha Ng (Canada), Student
Luke Owen Smith (New Zealand), Freelance chocolate journalist and marketer
Giacomo Pischiutti (United Kingdom), Corporate Chef Consultant UNOX UK / Pastry Chef
Tommy Purkis (United Kingdom), Professional services
Juan Rubio Eguiluz (Spain), Wikichoco
Gilda Sandique (Philippines), Chef-Consultant/Lead Trainer
Sakika Shimizu (Japan), spice and seasoning manufacturing
PANSOPIN SUPAPPANIT (Thailand), Central Retail Corporation/HR
Tharaphong Thipphot (Thailand), Molamoon By ลุงแอม
Jessica Tivendale (Australia), Chocolate taster, reviewer and evaluator/analyst
Giselle Weybrecht (Australia), indendent author/researcher
xania wong (Hong Kong), Xantana Wine
Naomi Wu (Taiwan), Software Engineer
