Judges – World Final 2020-21
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
Irma Brizi (Italy), Associazione Nazionale Città della Nocciola, direttore Associazione Nazionale Città della Nocciola
Katie Ka Yan Chan (Hong Kong), The Chocolate Club Hong Kong, Founder of The Chocolate Club HK
June Chan (Hong Kong), Clinical Dietitian
Christy Chan (Hong Kong), Chocolatey Christy, Chocolatey.Christy
Martin Christy (United Kingdom), Seventy%, Permanent Grand Jury
Anjul Dutt (United Kingdom), Food Journalist
Jennifer Earle (United Kingdom), Chocolate Ecstasy Tours, Chocolate Ecstasy Tours
Mark Fowler (United Kingdom), Formerly Nestle Cocoa and Chocolate R&S Manager
George Gensler (United States), Manhattan Chocolate Society, Permanent Grand Jury
David Greenwood-Haigh (United Kingdom), Coeur De Xocolat Ltd, www.coeurdexocolat.com
Jeffrey Lee (Hong Kong), Cult de Choco Ltd. / Director, Cult de Choco
Per Liss (Sweden), Chokladakademien, Chokladakademien
Monica Meschini (Italy), Chocolate/Tea Taster, Sommelier, Permanent Grand Jury
Ildiko Nemeth (Italy), Catering
Samantha Ng (Hong Kong), Intellectual Property Legal Counsel – Asia Pacific
Maricel Presilla (United States), Chef, Restaurateur, Author, 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
Jana Siegl (Czech Republic), Event Coordinator (in a pharmaceutical company)
Svein-Magnus Sørensen (Norway), Founder and Chief Tasting Officer, Sjokoladesmaking.no
Sara Trioni (Italy), Food Copywriter and Communication Consultant
Melissa Tung (Hong Kong), Clinical Secretary
Terese Weiss (Denmark), Interpreter / Chocolate Educator
Sze Lok Yung (Hong Kong), Freelance Writer