Judges – European, Middle Eastern and African Bean-to-bar 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.
Cat Black (United Kingdom), Food Writer, Food writer
Cecilie Bylin (Denmark), MSc spatial design and society
Salvatore Catapano (Italy), Pasticcere
Adil Chaudry (Netherlands), Chocolatl Amsterdam
Martin Christy (United Kingdom), Seventy%, Permanent Grand Jury
Scott Craig (United States), DallasFood.org, DallasFood.org
Mireille Discher (United Kingdom), F&B Consultant
Cendie Dyekjær-Themsen (Denmark), –
Katrin Flietner (Germany), xocoatl-feine schokoladen/Owner, xocoatl-feine schokoladen
Celine Francis (Belgium), None for time being
George Gensler (United States), Manhattan Chocolate Society, Permanent Grand Jury
Lars Hansen-Damm (Denmark), teSelskabet/Owner
Kathryn Laverack (United Kingdom), Cocoa Encounters, Cocoa Encounters
Jeffrey Lee (Hong Kong), Cult de Choco Ltd. / Director, Cult de Choco
Per Liss (Sweden), Chokladakademien, Chokladakademien
Bostjan Makarovic (United Kingdom), Aphaia
Monica Meschini (Italy), Chocolate/Tea Taster, Wine Sommelier, Permanent Grand Jury
Ilena Minguzzi (Italy), The international institute of chocolate and cacao tasting
Mara Nocilla (Italy), Gambero Rosso
Maricel Presilla (United States), Chef, Restaurateur, Author, Permanent Grand Jury
Alex Rast (United Kingdom), Consultant, Reviewer, Seventy% , Permanent Grand Jury
Kanako Satsutani (Japan), Tomoé Saveur / Fine Chocolate Distributor, Chocolate Expert, Tomoé Saveur
Michaela Schupp (Partner) (Germany), Chocolats-de-luxe.de GmbH, Permanent Grand Jury
Jana Siegl (Czech Republic), Event Coordinator (in a pharmaceutical company)
Svein-Magnus Sørensen (Norway), Founder and Chief Tasting Officer, Sjokoladesmaking.no
Sara Trioni (Italy), Food Copywriter and Communication Consultant
Terese Weiss (Denmark), Interpreter / Chocolate Educator