Judges – Americas Bean-to-Bar and Chocolatier Competition 2021-22
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.
Lauren Adler (United States), Chocolopolis/Pacific Northwest Chocolate Society, Chocolopolis
Susan Aylard (Canada), unemployed
Patricia Baker (United States), Property Management
Mary Baumann (United States), WSET Certified Wine Educator, Nose in the Glass
Romi Burks (United States), Southwestern University Professor, ProfRomi
Jocie Bussin (Canada), Restaurant with chef training
Martin Christy (United Kingdom), Seventy%, Permanent Grand Jury
Cyndi Clement (Canada), Self Employed – Artist – Dental Assistant, Canadian Chocoholic
Victoria Cooksey (United States), Craft Chocolate reviewer, writer, blogger, YouTuber, Dark Matters Chocolate Reviews
Scott Craig (United States), DallasFood.org, DallasFood.org
Moises Davidovits (Venezuela), First Foods Group / Consultant
Pashmina De Shon (United States), Bar & Cocoa, CEO, Bar & Cocoa
Ale Gambini (United States), A Queen in the Kitchen
George Gensler (United States), Manhattan Chocolate Society, Permanent Grand Jury
Earnie Glazener (United States), Independent, Instagram reviews (please note the website link & name may change before competition completion)
Bob Goldfarb (United States), Cocoazoo
E.B. Harper (United States), Diplomat
Sally Hildebrandt (Canada), Centennial College Professor of Baking & Pastry Arts Management, http://www.youtube.com/c/BiteandChiu
Michelle Hoang (United States), Chocolopolis
Nadine Kerstan (United States), Artisan Nutrition / Holistic Health Coach / Mindful Chocolate Tastings, Nadine Kerstan
Jim Koper (United States), Aerospace Engineer, JK Chocolate Truffles
Alexandra Leaf (United States), Manhattan Chocolate Society, Chocolate Tours of New York City
Genevieve Leloup (United States), Chocomotions- Chocolate Education, chocomotions
Kim LeVine (United States), Chocolate Noise, Chocolate Noise
Shirley Lum (Canada), S Chocolate Magic
Mary Luz Mejia (Canada), Food Writer, Content Marketer and Level II Chocolate Taster, Online Portfolio
Adele Miller (United States), (Formerly: Sales Associate At Chocolopolis for 4 year) Security Innovation / Security Engineer
Adrienne Newman (United States), Madame Cocoa
Thong Nguyen (United States), Self-employed / Consultant
Teresa Politano (United States), Writer, Journalist
Mariana Ponce de León (Uruguay), Independent Patissier and Cake Designer
Maricel Presilla (United States), Chef, Restaurateur, Author, Permanent Grand Jury
Alex Rast (United Kingdom), Consultant, Reviewer, Seventy% , Permanent Grand Jury
Evelyn Reilly (United States), Distinguished Beans, Distinguished Beans
karla schade (United States), Opening Chocolate
Erin Seidemann (United States), Guggenheim Securities / Supervisory Analyst
Ella Selfridge Panther (United States), Chocolate Consultant, Chocolate Retail Store
Amy Singh (United States), Student
Maya Townsend (United States), Partnering Resources, Partnering Resources
Barbie Van Horn (United States), Finding Fine Chocolate, Finding Fine Chocolate
Daniela Vásquez Villegas (Costa Rica), Food Science student
Shenin Yazdanian (Canada), Centennial College
Michelle Zimmerman (United States), Curating Taste