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.

Lisa Arielle Allen (France), Tarts & Truffles Paris, Director, Tarts & Truffles Paris

Alessandro Banchetti (Italy), Impiegato azienda energetica – Chocolate taster 1 & 2 livello

Sandro Bosticco (Italy), www.winesurf.it

Jocie Bussin (Canada), Restaurant with chef training

Veronica Cabras (Italy), pastry chef

Rachad Challah (United Kingdom), 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

Eliana Gonzalez Real (United Kingdom), Ex-Banker

Mattia Intorre (Italy), Coffee taster

Per Liss (Sweden), Chokladakademien, Chokladakademien

Giorgia Martone (Italy), Commercialista

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

Guia Miniotti (Italy), Libero professionista

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

Juan Rubio Eguiluz (Spain), Wikichoco

Michaela Schupp (Judge) (Germany), Chocolats-de-luxe.de, Chocolats-de-luxe.de

Jana Siegl (Czech Republic), Event Coordinator (in a pharmaceutical company)

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 / IICCT

Lilla Toth-Tatai (Austria), Little Beetle Chocolates Ltd., Little Beetle Chocolates