Judges – Americas and Asia-Pacific 2016
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.
Reshma Adwar (United States), Montclair State University
Marie Ambrose (United States), Montclair State University Student
Yeon Bai (United States), Montclair State University
Carol A. Berman (United States), Class in a Glass/Take Home Sommelier
Ricardo Berrios (Belgium), Montclair State University
Dirk Beyersdorff (United States), Toshoku America / Cargill / International Sales Manager, Cocoa
Kathy Blake (United States), Food Writer, Chef, Recipe Developer, The Experimental Gourmand
Karine Chrétien Guillemette (Canada), Miss Choco (La Tablette de Miss Choco)
Martin Christy (United Kingdom), Seventy%, Permanent Grand Jury
Scott Craig (United States), DallasFood.org, DallasFood.org
Sara Delgado (United States), Montclair State University/Adjunct Professor
Edward Enriquez (United States), Harvard University – Graduate Student & Small Business Owner of Australian Scent
Jessica Ferraro (United States), Bar Cacao, Bar Cacao
Joseph Fontanilla (United States), Student
George Gensler (United States), Manhattan Chocolate Society, Permanent Grand Jury
Megan Giller (United States), Chocolate Noise/journalist, Chocolate Noise
Clay Gordon (United States), The Chocolate Life, TheChocolateLife
Adrienne Henson (United States), Joys Of Chocolate/also day job at Hotel Chocolat
Nai Kalema (United States), MIT
Robin Kanarek (United States), Tufts University/ Professor
Luanne Koper (United States), Editor
Jim Koper (United States), Aerospace Engineer, JK Chocolate Truffles
Astrid Kurnianta (United States), Mars Chocolate North America
Anelisa Lauri (United States), Baruch College: Adjunct Lecturer/Program Manager, Chocolate Blogger, Chocolate Driven
Caroline McDonald (United States), Les Dames D’Escoffier, Managing Director – Strategic Success Group
Tracy Memoli (United States), Suite & Savory, Suite & Savory
Anastassios Mentis (United States), PHILOKALIA LLC, Anastassios Mentis
Monica Meschini (Italy), Chocolate/Tea Taster, Wine Sommelier, Permanent Grand Jury
Cynthia Michalik (United States), Cynthia Ann Desserts
Marilyn Michalik (United States), jk chocolate truffles
Angela Morresi (United States), Student
Kavita Patel (United States), Whole Foods Market / Senior Director of Marketing
Maricel Presilla (United States), Chef, Restaurateur, Author, Permanent Grand Jury
Alex Rast (United Kingdom), Consultant, Reviewer, Seventy% , Permanent Grand Jury
Monica Rogan (United States), Goodnow Farms Chocolate
Kanako Satsutani (Japan), Tomoé Saveur / Fine Chocolate Distributor, Chocolate Expert, Tomoé Saveur
Ellen Schnepel (United States), Principal, Crik-Crak Chocolate Connections
Sabena Singh (United States), Pastry cook/taste tester
Amy Singh (United States), Student
Thomas Smyth (United States), Cuny Kingsborough Community College, Director Culinary Arts
John Specchio (United States), Professor, Health and Nutrition Sciences, Montclair State University
Maria Stanish (United States), Montclair State University
Lucille Tang (United States), Montclair State University
Joy Thaler (United States), Cocoa Compassion
Curtis Vreeland (United States), Vreeland & Associates
Shahla Wunderlich (United States), Montclair State University
Melissa Zhang (United States), Ruskin International Communications