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

Marcela Campagnolo Guizilini (United Kingdom), Small Batch Brazil

Rachad Challah (United Kingdom), Consultant

Winnie Choi (United Kingdom), Bank Compliance

Elle Coco (United Kingdom), Chocolate Expert, Elle Coco, Elle Coco

Mireille Discher (United Kingdom), F&B Consultant

Jennifer Earle (United Kingdom), Chocolate Ecstasy Tours, Chocolate Ecstasy Tours

Florence Garlatti (France), Capgemini

Carolina Giraldo (United Kingdom), LaSierra.co, LaSierra.co

Eliana Gonzalez Real (United Kingdom), Ex-Banker

Beverley Kotey (United Kingdom), Seventy%

Kathryn Laverack (United Kingdom), Cocoa Encounters, Cocoa Encounters

Monica Meschini (Italy), Chocolate/Tea Taster, Wine Sommelier, Permanent Grand Jury

Guia Miniotti (Italy), Libero professionista

Karen Ormiston (United Kingdom), The Olive oil Taster

Giacomo Pischiutti (United Kingdom), Corporate Chef Consultant UNOX UK / Pastry Chef

Tommy Purkis (United Kingdom), Professional services

Alex Rast (United Kingdom), Consultant, Reviewer, Seventy% , Permanent Grand Jury

Vishella Tews (United Kingdom), Seventy%

Sara Trioni (Italy), Food Copywriter and Communication Consultant

Terese Weiss (Denmark), Interpreter / Chocolate Educator