The jury of the XVIII National Tapas Competition was chaired by chef Francis Paniego from El Portal de Echaurren restaurant in Ezcaray (two Michelin Stars and three Repsol Suns). Additionally, he has achieved two more Michelin Stars and two additional Suns as the head chef of Marqués de Riscal (Eltziego, Álava) and Ibaya (Soldeu, Principality of Andorra), where he is also the executive chef and gastronomic director.

The jury also included Valladolid-born chef María José San Román (two Repsol Suns), the president of the Association of Chefs and Pastry Chefs of Madrid, Miriam Hernández, and the well-known Juan Pozuelo.

On the other hand, the VI World Championship had a jury chaired by Leonor Espinosa, named the best chef in the world in 2022 by The World's 50 Best Restaurants and the owner of Leo and El Casual restaurants in Bogotá, Colombia. She is also the president of FUNLEO, a non-profit organization dedicated to generating social well-being in rural ethnic communities. She won the Basque Culinary World Prize in 2017 for her work in this area. Nine Michelin Stars accompany Espinosa on this jury (Mario Sandoval and the Portuguese chefs Rui Paula and Henrique Sá Pessoa, each with two stars; Elena Lucas, Rocío Parra, and Lucía Freitas, each with one star). The jury is completed by the president of the Royal Academy of Gastronomy, Lourdes Parra; the vice president of the New Zealand Chefs Association, Jasbir Kaur, and Gloria Lucía Martín, a leading figure in our country's mycological cuisine.