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.
Barbie Accogli (Canada), Pastry Chef
Mary Anne Alton (Canada), Lemm Communications Inc.
Patricia Baker (United States), Property Management
Wayne Blythe (Canada), Owner of Culinary Science Consulting / Product Development, Menu Design, Sensory etc.
Jocie Bussin (Canada), Retired Restaurant Owner and Chef
Jan Calkins (Canada), Calkins & Burke Ltd., Calkins & Burke Ltd.
Rachad Challah (Panama), Consultant
Martin Christy (United Kingdom), Seventy%, Permanent Grand Jury
Cyndi Clement (Canada), Self Employed – Artist – Dental Assistant
Christy Conte (Canada), Chocolate Cherry Berry
Elizabeth Ede (Canada), Culinary Manager, Corporate Chef
Eliana Gonzalez Real (Panama), 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
Jennifer Lakhan-D’Souza (Canada), George Brown College
Shirley Lum (Canada), S Chocolate Magic
Carol Mark (Canada), Tea Sommelier The Love of Tea
Adrienne Newman (United States), Founder at Flavor Curious Travel
Audrey Ooi (Canada), Tasty Tours, Tasty Tours
Maricel Presilla (United States), Chef, Restaurateur, Author, Permanent Grand Jury
Alex Rast (United Kingdom), Consultant, Reviewer, Seventy% , Permanent Grand Jury
Karla Schade (United States), Opening Chocolate
Ella Selfridge Panther (United States), Chocolate Consultant, Chocolate Retail Store
Shenin Yazdanian (Canada), Centennial College
