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.
Lauren Adler (United States), Chocolopolis/Pacific Northwest Chocolate Society, Chocolopolis
Lisa Arielle Allen (France), Tarts & Truffles Paris, Director, Tarts & Truffles Paris
Cat Black (United Kingdom), Food Writer, Food writer
Sandro Bosticco (Italy), www.winesurf.it
Jocie Bussin (Canada), Retired Restaurant Owner and Chef
Veronica Cabras (Italy), Pastry chef
Jorge Castellanos (United States), Jorge Castellanos
Alison Chan (Hong Kong), Architect / Designer
June Chan (Hong Kong), Clinical Dietitian
Martin Christy (United Kingdom), Seventy%, Permanent Grand Jury
Christy Conte (Canada), Chocolate Cherry Berry
Finn Doyle (Australia), Cacao About Town (Chocolate taster / maker / educator)
George Gensler (United States), Manhattan Chocolate Society, Permanent Grand Jury
Earnie Glazener (United States), Independent, Instagram reviews
Bob Goldfarb (United States), Cocoazoo
Eliana Gonzalez Real (United Kingdom), Ex-Banker
E.B. Harper (United States), Diplomat
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)
Jim Koper (United States), Aerospace Engineer, JK Chocolate Truffles
Kathryn Laverack (United Kingdom), Cocoa Encounters, Cocoa Encounters
Jeffrey Lee (Hong Kong), Cult de Choco Ltd. / Director, Cult de Choco
Per Liss (Sweden), Chokladakademien, Chokladakademien
Mary Luz Mejia (Canada), Food Writer, Content Marketer and Level II Chocolate Taster, Online Portfolio
Monica Meschini (Italy), Chocolate/Tea Taster, Wine Sommelier, Permanent Grand Jury
Adrienne Newman (United States), Founder at Flavor Curious Travel
Maricel Presilla (United States), Chef, Restaurateur, Author, Permanent Grand Jury
Alex Rast (United Kingdom), Consultant, Reviewer, Seventy% , Permanent Grand Jury
Evelyn Reilly (United States), Distinguished Beans, Distinguished Beans
Juan Rubio Eguiluz (Spain), Wikichoco
Gilda Sandique (Philippines), Chef-Consultant/Lead Trainer
Karla Schade (United States), Opening Chocolate
Jana Siegl (Czech Republic), Event Coordinator (in a pharmaceutical company)
PANSOPIN SUPAPPANIT (Thailand), Central Retail Corporation/HR
Tharaphong Thipphot (Thailand), Molamoon By ลุงแอม
Marc Torrano García-Penche (Spain), The Cacao Society
Lilla Toth-Tatai (Austria), Little Beetle Chocolates Ltd., Little Beetle Chocolates
Barbie Van Horn (United States), Finding Fine Chocolate, Finding Fine Chocolate
Terese Weiss (Denmark), Interpreter / Chocolate Educator
Giselle Weybrecht (Australia), indendent author/researcher
