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.

Mary Anne Alton (Canada), Lemm Communications Inc.

Jocie Bussin (Canada), Restaurant with chef training

Cyndi Clement (Canada), Self Employed – Artist – Dental Assistant, Canadian Chocoholic

Christy Conte (Canada), Chocolate Cherry Berry

Elizabeth Ede (Canada), Culinary Manager, Corporate Chef

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

Jennifer Lakhan-D’Souza (Canada), George Brown College

Shirley Lum (Canada), S Chocolate Magic

Carol Mark (Canada), Tea Sommelier The Love of Tea, the love of tea

Mary Luz Mejia (Canada), Food Writer, Content Marketer and Level II Chocolate Taster, Online Portfolio

Audrey Ooi (Canada), Tasty Tours, Tasty Tours

karla schade (United States), Opening Chocolate

Mario Stojanac (Canada), Appetype, Appetype