Judges – Chocolatier Judging - European Competitions 2021-22
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
Sandro Bosticco (Italy), www.winesurf.it, Sandro Bosticco
Martin Christy (United Kingdom), Seventy%, Permanent Grand Jury
Mireille Discher (United Kingdom), F&B Consultant
Celine Francis (Belgium), None for time being
George Gensler (United States), Manhattan Chocolate Society, Permanent Grand Jury
Katja Goede (Germany), Chocolatier
Eduardo Kasahara (France), Consultant
Alena Kastnerová (Czech Republic), National Theatre Brno, a writer/copywriter
Dorothee Linke (Germany), Norderneyer Morgen / journalist
Kate McNally (Belgium), Project coordinator QCEA
Monica Meschini (Italy), Chocolate/Tea Taster, Wine Sommelier, Permanent Grand Jury
Mara Nocilla (Italy), Giornalist
Alex Rast (United Kingdom), Consultant, Reviewer, Seventy% , Permanent Grand Jury
Michaela Schupp (Judge) (Germany), Chocolats-de-luxe.de, Chocolats-de-luxe.de
Jana Siegl (Czech Republic), Event Coordinator (in a pharmaceutical company)
Julien Simonis (Belgium), Independant consultant
Joy Skipper (United Kingdom), Food and Nutrition Consultant, Joy Skipper
Lilla Toth-Tatai (Austria), Little Beetle Chocolates Ltd., Little Beetle Chocolates
Peggy Van Lierde (Belgium), Choco Story Brussels
Nicolae Velciov (Romania), Choco Manifesto / Partner, Choco Manifesto