Judges – European Bean-to-bar Competition 2018
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
Brady Brelinski (United States), Visiting Nurse Service of New York, Flavors of Cacao
Vio Cheung (Hong Kong), Chocolate taster
Martin Christy (United Kingdom), Seventy%, Permanent Grand Jury
Scott Craig (United States), DallasFood.org, DallasFood.org
Claudia da Fonseca (Netherlands), Cacaolab Zaans Gedaan
Katrin Flietner (Germany), xocoatl-feine schokoladen/Owner, xocoatl-feine schokoladen
George Gensler (United States), Manhattan Chocolate Society, Permanent Grand Jury
Pauline Gingnagel (Netherlands), 624214116, Pauline Gingnagel
Carlo Grenci (Italy), CARLO GRENCI SRL unipersi
Robert Hatfield (United Kingdom), Unemployed
Henkjan Laats (Netherlands), Cacaomuseum Amsterdam
Per Liss (Sweden), Chokladakademien, Chokladakademien
Marjan Luttik (Netherlands), Zaans Gedaan
Bostjan Makarovic (United Kingdom), Aphaia
Luis Mancini (United Kingdom), Cacaotales, luis mancini
Stefania Marcuz (Italy), Food & Beverage Sensory Analysis Expert, F&B Taster & Consultant, Stefaniamarcuz.com
Stefano Mecatti (Italy), Sommelier, Consultant
Monica Meschini (Italy), Chocolate/Tea Taster, Wine Sommelier, Permanent Grand Jury
Ildiko Nemeth (Italy), Catering
Sabien Poutsma (Netherlands), Zaans Gedaan | CacaoLab
Istvan Puskas (Netherlands), ABN AMRO Bank N.V. / Relationship Manager for Financial Institutions
Alex Rast (United Kingdom), Consultant, Reviewer, Seventy% , Permanent Grand Jury
Michaela Schupp (Partner) (Germany), Chocolats-de-luxe.de GmbH, Permanent Grand Jury
Raymond Soerodikromo (Netherlands), The Chocolate Shop / Owner, The Chocolate Shop
Svein-Magnus Sørensen (Norway), Founder and Chief Tasting Officer, Sjokoladesmaking.no
Terese Weiss (Denmark), Interpreter / Chocolate Educator
Robert Winters (Netherlands), Pasamore and Zaans Gedaan Cacaolab