Judges – Americas 2017
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.
Karina Amaluisa (United States), Trade Commissioner of Ecuador in New York
Jennifer Baker (United States), Editor/Writer, A Baker with an Appetite for Writing
Martin Christy (United Kingdom), Seventy%, Permanent Grand Jury
Scott Craig (United States), DallasFood.org, DallasFood.org
Eliete De Moura (United States), Personal chef
Amy Dubin (United States), Janam Tea, Janam Tea
Jessica Ferraro (United States), Bar Cacao, Bar Cacao
George Gensler (United States), Manhattan Chocolate Society, Permanent Grand Jury
Megan Giller (United States), Chocolate Noise/journalist, Chocolate Noise
Adrienne Henson (United States), Joys Of Chocolate/also day job at Hotel Chocolat
Jim Koper (United States), Aerospace Engineer, JK Chocolate Truffles
Luanne Koper (United States), Editor
Adam Krantz (United States), Chocolate enthusiast, educator, and consultant
Anelisa Lauri (United States), Baruch College: Adjunct Lecturer/Program Manager, Chocolate Blogger, Chocolate Driven
Alexandra Leaf (United States), Manhattan Chocolate Society, Chocolate Tours of New York City
Chris Malloy (United States), Writer, Chris Malloy (Personal Website)
Tracy Memoli (United States), Suite & Savory, Suite & Savory
Monica Meschini (Italy), Chocolate/Tea Taster, Sommelier, Permanent Grand Jury
Sebastian Navas (Belgium), Chef
Adrienne Newman (United States), Madame Cocoa
Carol Nurse (United States), Montclair State University/Asst. Professor/Reference Librarian
Maricel Presilla (United States), Chef, Restaurateur, Author, Permanent Grand Jury
Alex Rast (United Kingdom), Consultant, Reviewer, Seventy% , Permanent Grand Jury
Julie Rosenberg (United States), Julie’s Beet, Julie’s Beet
Kanako Satsutani (Japan), Tomoé Saveur / Fine Chocolate Distributor, Chocolate Expert, Tomoé Saveur
Ellen Schnepel (United States), Principal, Crik-Crak Chocolate Connections
Michaela Schupp (Germany), Chocolats-de-luxe.de, Chocolats-de-luxe.de
Sourabh Sharma (United States), 3FS Lifestyle, 3FS Lifestyle
Sabena Singh (United States), Pastry cook/taste tester
Emily Stone (United States), Chocolate in Context