Professional

Judges – World Final 2013

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