Judges – Americas - Bean-to-bar and Chocolatier Competition 2019
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.
Jennifer Baker (United States), Editor/Writer, A Baker with an Appetite for Writing
Robert Bowden (United States), Vivere
Jeffrey Chin (United States), Independent Consultant, i8NYC.com
Martin Christy (United Kingdom), Seventy%, Permanent Grand Jury
Andrew Coe (United States), Food writer, culinary historian
Amy Dubin (United States), Janam Tea, Janam Tea
Joshua Feldman (United States), The Morgan Library & Museum, The Coopered Tot
Ana Maria Gallardo (Ecuador), Trade Office of Ecuador
Irina Gelman (United States), CEO EMVI Chocolate, EMVI Chocolate
Victor Gelman (United States), EMVI Chocolate Chief pf Production, EmviChocolate.com
George Gensler (United States), Manhattan Chocolate Society, Permanent Grand Jury
Jackie Gordon (United States), Divalicious Inc./Singing Chef
Mark Hellermann (United States), NYC College of Technology, Hospitality
Joan Henry (United States), Indigenous composer/Performer/Educator, Noyeh-Ongeh Music / Two Wolf-Walking Arts
Adrienne Henson (United States), Joys Of Chocolate/also day job at Hotel Chocolat
Nadine Kerstan (United States), Artisan Nutrition / Holistic Health Coach / Mindful Chocolate Tastings, Nadine Kerstan
Dawn Kinard (United States), Pastry Chef
Jim Koper (United States), Aerospace Engineer, JK Chocolate Truffles
Michael Krondl (United States), Writer, Researcher, Food Historian
Alexandra Leaf (United States), Manhattan Chocolate Society, Chocolate Tours of New York City
Monica Meschini (Italy), Chocolate/Tea Taster, Wine Sommelier, Permanent Grand Jury
Marilyn Michalik (United States), jk chocolate truffles
Karla Payeras (Guatemala), Felixita
Teresa Politano (United States), Writer, Journalist
Maricel Presilla (United States), Chef, Restaurateur, Author, Permanent Grand Jury
Alex Rast (United Kingdom), Consultant, Reviewer, Seventy% , Permanent Grand Jury
Meryl Rosofsky (United States), Food Scholar, Writer, NYU Food Studies Adjunct Professor
Sabena Singh (United States), Ms. Spicy
Lora Wiley-Lennartz (United States), LWL Consulting, Inc., Diary of a Mad Hausfrau