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), Retired Restaurant Owner and Chef
Marcela Campagnolo Guizilini (United Kingdom), Small Batch Brazil
Rachad Challah (Panama), Consultant
Christy Chan (Hong Kong), Chocolatey Christy, Chocolatey.Christy
Alison Chan (Hong Kong), Architect / Designer
Hei Lam Chan (Hong Kong), Physiotherapist
June Chan (Hong Kong), Clinical Dietitian
Martin Christy (United Kingdom), Seventy%, Permanent Grand Jury
Elle Coco (United Kingdom), Chocolate Expert, Elle Coco, Elle Coco
Christy Conte (Canada), Chocolate Cherry Berry
Zouheir Dalati (Australia), Lawyer
Finn Doyle (Australia), Cacao About Town (Chocolate taster / maker / educator)
Jeconiah Dreisbach (Philippines), Independent Researcher, Chocolate Taster
George Gensler (United States), Manhattan Chocolate Society, Permanent Grand Jury
Bob Goldfarb (United States), Cocoazoo
Remy Janicot (Maldives), Oh My Pod by Rémy
Zeba Kohli (India), Chocolate Expert
Louisa Kung (Hong Kong), Marketing Assistant Director, EY
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
Bining Lu (Australia), Social Work
Monica Meschini (Italy), Chocolate/Tea Taster, Wine Sommelier, Permanent Grand Jury
Adrienne Newman (United States), Founder at Flavor Curious Travel
Giacomo Pischiutti (United Kingdom), Corporate Chef Consultant UNOX UK / Pastry Chef
Alex Rast (United Kingdom), Consultant, Reviewer, Seventy% , Permanent Grand Jury
Juan Rubio Eguiluz (Spain), Wikichoco
Gilda Sandique (Philippines), Chef-Consultant/Lead Trainer
PANSOPIN SUPAPPANIT (Thailand), Central Retail Corporation/HR
Tharaphong Thipphot (Thailand), Molamoon By ลุงแอม
Jessica Tivendale (Australia), Chocolate taster, reviewer and evaluator/analyst
Terese Weiss (Denmark), Interpreter / Chocolate Educator
Giselle Weybrecht (Australia), indendent author/researcher
Yuk Ho, Horace YUEN (Hong Kong), Student
