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

Anne Cayer (Canada), Go Squab / Head of Marketing

June Chan (Hong Kong), Clinical Dietitian

Martin Christy (United Kingdom), Seventy%, Permanent Grand Jury

Patricia Cosma (India), Oradiya pvt ltd

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

George Gensler (United States), Manhattan Chocolate Society, Permanent Grand Jury

Stephen Gilgunn (France), Food tour guide

Eliana Gonzalez Real (Panama), Ex-Banker

Ana González Rodríguez (Spain), Basque Culinary Center – Docente en pastelería.

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

Giorgia Martone (Italy), Commercialista

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

Liudmila Musatova (Italy), Food stylist

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

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

Joy Skipper (United Kingdom), Food and Nutrition Consultant, Joy Skipper

PANSOPIN SUPAPPANIT (Thailand), Central Retail Corporation/HR

Gabriella Szabo (Hungary), Freelance chocolate blogger, journalist, speaker (chocolate tastings and pairings), https://specialtystories.coffee/

Svein-Magnus Sørensen (Norway), Founder and Chief Tasting Officer, Sjokoladesmaking.no

Marc Torrano García-Penche (Spain), The Cacao Society

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

Felipe van Beetz (Netherlands), Founder @ Chof / IT Consultant @ PostNL, Chof.nl

Giselle Weybrecht (Australia), indendent author/researcher

Kine Youm (Germany), Riskmanagement Lead in Agricultural Company, www.linkedin.com/in/kineyoum