Judges – DACH - Deutschland / Österreich / Schweiz Wettbewerb Chocolatier Competition 2020
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
Martin Christy (United Kingdom), Seventy%, Permanent Grand Jury
Katrin Flietner (Germany), xocoatl-feine schokoladen/Owner, xocoatl-feine schokoladen
George Gensler (United States), Manhattan Chocolate Society, Permanent Grand Jury
Barry Johnson (United Kingdom), Chocolatier and Pastry Chef – Owner of The Cocoa Lab, Lecturer at The National Bakery School & Home Chocolate Factory
Kevin Lühmann (Germany), www.chocolate.vision
Annette Maydell (Germany), Förderschullehrerin
Monica Meschini (Italy), Chocolate/Tea Taster, Sommelier, Permanent Grand Jury
Alex Rast (United Kingdom), Consultant, Reviewer, Seventy% , Permanent Grand Jury
Michaela Schupp (Partner) (Germany), Chocolats-de-luxe.de GmbH, Permanent Grand Jury
Biagio Tropeano (Germany), Restaurant Tropeano Di-Vino, Restaurant Tropeano