Judges – Tercera Competencia Regional de Chocolate de Centroamérica 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.
Percy Manuel Ac Pangan (Guatemala), IILA – Instituto Italo Latino Americano, BEPSISA
Martin Christy (United Kingdom), Seventy%, Permanent Grand Jury
Maria Renee Coto (El Salvador), Salguero’s Catering, Salguero’s catering
Milton Antonio Cruz Centeno (El Salvador), Sr. Banquete
Manuel Alberto Cuerno Rico (El Salvador), Asociación de Chefs de El Salvador
Thoris Aecio Diaz Cerrato (El Salvador), Lutheran World Relief
Moises Gomez (Costa Rica), Independent
Hervé Laurent (El Salvador), SCARTS S.A DE C.V.
Marjorie Lissette Madrid (El Salvador), Instituto Dulce Arte
Monica Meschini (Italy), Chocolate/Tea Taster, Wine Sommelier, Permanent Grand Jury
Maricel Presilla (United States), Chef, Restaurateur, Author, Permanent Grand Jury
Maria Fernanda Rivera Dávila (Guatemala), Taster
Nicolás Rodríguez Vásquez (El Salvador), ELSALVADORG
Mario Fernando Salguero Villacorta (El Salvador), Salgueros Catering, Plazuela Libertad.