Judges – Cuarto Concurso Nacional de Chocolate Peruano 2018
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.
Carolina Aguilar (Nicaragua), Lutheran World Relief
Narada Brind´Amour (Canada), Le Cacaoyer
Julio Castillo (Peru), Le Cordon Bleu Peru
Joao Castillo (Peru), Le Cordon Bleu Peru
Wilton Céspedes Del Pozo (Peru), UNIQ (Universidad Nacional Intercultural de Quillabamba-Cusco)
Martin Christy (United Kingdom), Seventy%, Permanent Grand Jury
Andrew Carlos Gibbon Bustamante (Peru), Le Cordon Bleu Perú
Luc Gielen (Canada), ChocoMotive
Moises Gomez (Costa Rica), Independent
Juan Carlos Gomez Alva (Peru), Le Cordon Bleu Peru
Giovanna Maggiolo Espinosa (Peru), Xocolaltl, Xocolatl Perú
Nubia Martínez Guerrero (Colombia), Federación Nacional de Cacaoteros
Andrea Mejía Aguila (Peru), Centro de Innovación del Cacao (CIC), Centro de Innovación del Cacao
Victor Padilla Prado (Peru), Chocolatier, Cacao Rush
Maricel Presilla (United States), Chef, Restaurateur, Author, Permanent Grand Jury
Yamily Quispe Camacho (Peru), Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina
Naner Zilpa Reynoso Espinoza (Peru), Universidad Agraria Nacional La Molina
Miryam Rodriguez Yzaga (Peru), Asociacion Peruana de Chefs, Cocineros y Afines, www.apccaperu.org
Ana Maria Rojas Gonzales (Peru), IWCA – Perú
Vanessa Rolfini Arteaga (Peru), Journalist
Zara Saavedra (Peru), Sierra y Selva Exportadora
Kanako Satsutani (Japan), Tomoé Saveur / Fine Chocolate Distributor, Chocolate Expert, Tomoé Saveur
Pedro Schiaffino Salazar (Peru), Schiaffino Gastronomica
Flavio Solorzano Alvarez (Peru), Senorio de Sulco
Mario Vandeneede (Belgium), Chocolatoa
Vanessa Milagros Villanueva Bejarano (Peru), Le Cordon Bleu