Judges – Quinto Concurso Nacional de Chocolate Peruano 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.
Marita Beingolea Robles (Peru), Cate Tasting Room
Miluska Calixtro Zarate (Peru), MINAGRI – Cacao Seguro
Wilton Céspedes Del Pozo (Peru), UNIQ (Universidad Nacional Intercultural de Quillabamba-Cusco)
Bordin Charoenpongchai (Thailand), Thailand Craft Chocolate Festival
Carmen Rosa Chavez (Peru), Ministerio de Agricultura y Riego
Martin Christy (United Kingdom), Seventy%, Permanent Grand Jury
Andrew Carlos Gibbon Bustamante (Peru), Le Cordon Bleu Perú
Katherine Inga (Peru), Blu chocolate
Elena Elizabeth Lon Kan Prado (Peru), Unique Logistics SAC (UNILOGIS), UNILOGIS.CLOUD
Jorge Luis Miguel Loo Miranda (Peru), Machu Picchu Foods
Miguel Lopategui Escudero (Spain), Txokolat
Aurelio Loret-de-mola (Peru), Cacao life
Arturo Bernardo Otárola Luna (Peru), Consultor Independiente
Victor Padilla Prado (Peru), Chocolatier, Cacao Rush
Stephanie Pellny Valdez (Peru), Amazon Specialties SAC, Cacao Life
Maricel Presilla (United States), Chef, Restaurateur, Author, Permanent Grand Jury
Natalia Beatriz Rios Escobedo (Peru), Grupo Palmas
Rodrigo Rivera Esquivel (Chile), Consultant
Javier Rodriguez (Chile), EMPORIO CACAO, EmporioCacao
Miryam Rodriguez Yzaga (Peru), Asociacion Peruana de Chefs, Cocineros y Afines, www.apccaperu.org
Vanessa Rolfini Arteaga (Peru), Journalist
Vigdis Rosenkilde (Norway), Vigdis Rosenkilde – Chocolate experiences, http://www.rosenkildes.no
Flavio Solorzano Alvarez (Peru), Senorio de Sulco
Daniela Vásquez Villegas (Costa Rica), Food Science student
Vanessa Milagros Villanueva Bejarano (Peru), Le Cordon Bleu
Deyanira Yrivarren Valverde (Peru), Independiente