As part of our commitment to transparency and as voted for in our 2012 review surveys, from the 2013 European Semi-final onwards, we will 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 judges, food journalists, sommeliers and pastry chefs. The competition is overseen by members of our international Grand Jury, who travel to each competition.
Thank you to all the 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.
Karen S Burns-Booth, Lavender and Lovage
Martin Christy, Seventy%, Permanent Grand Jury
Natasha Collins, Nevie Pie Cakes
Oshra Dayani, Israeli Chocolate Week & Festival
Nadine Fricker, Accent
George Gensler, Manhattan Chocolate Society, Permanent Grand Jury
Clay Gordon, The Chocolate Life
Vanessa Kimbell, Juniper & Rose Kitchen Garden School
Jeffrey Lee, Director, Cult de Choco
Adam Leyland, Editor, The Grocer
Kimbery Lin-McCartney, Corinthia Hotel London
Jenny Linford, Food writer
Per Liss, Chokladakademien
Bostjan Makarovic, Aphaia
Lee McCoy, Chocolate Reviews
Sue McMahon, Cookery Editor, Woman’s Weekly
Monica Meschini, Chocolate/Tea Taster, Sommelier, Permanent Grand Jury
Susannah Millen, Editor, Confectionery Production
Mayumi Ogata, Cacao de Colombia
Alessandro Palozzo, Chocolate Italy
Mattia Pariani, Pariani
Marianne Parry, Doctor and artist
Maricel Presilla, Chef, Restaurateur, Author, Permanent Grand Jury
Alex Rast, Consultant, Reviewer, Seventy%
, Permanent Grand Jury
Michaela Schupp, chocolats-de-luxe.de GmbH
Sarah Shattuck, Assistant Chocolate Buyer, Fortnum & Mason
Carol Wilson, Food Writer/Cookery Consultant
Eagranie Yuh, The Well-Tempered Chocolatier
, Permanent Grand Jury
