2013 WORLD CHEF CHALLENGE

In 2013, one of the culinary highlights of the World Food Championships will be the World Chef Challenge, a showcase competition featuring 24 of America's best chefs with the winner taking home $5,000 in cash and more than $10,000 in prizes!

Competition Structure

The World Chef Challenge is a skills and cooking technique competition and exhibition. Twenty-four competing chefs from across the nation will square-off in three rounds of challenges that assess each chef's hand skills, prep skills, cooking acumen and overall creativity.

24 Competitors spread over three days (Thurs, Fri, Sat)

8 Competitors per day / one Winner advances from each day

3 Winners compete on Sunday prior to the Final Table showdown

Prize Purse - Semi-Finalists $1500, Champion $5000 and a Southern Pride MLR 150 Cooker

Chefs will compete in three rounds of challenges and points will be earned in each round. The chef who earns the most points each day will advance to the World Chef Championship on Sunday, November 10. The championship will be decided by a panel of celebrity judges and the winner will walk away with $5,000 and the title of World Chef Champion!

Categories

Each chef will participate in three challenge rounds on their competition day. The challenge rounds are: 1) Hand Skills, 2) Signature Dish, 3) Recipe Creation

Hand Skills – Competitors will be timed and evaluated on accuracy during different hand skills competitions. From a potato tourne to breaking down a chicken, the hand skills challenge will test a chef's technical skills and accuracy. Signature Dish – Competitors will be challenged to create their signature dish in a live cooking exhibition and competition. Dishes will be judged using the World Food Championship's EAT™ scoring method which evaluates execution, appearance and taste.

Recipe Creation – The final round will show case each chef's creativity and ability to create a new, exciting and delicious dish using a few "featured" items as the showcase of the dish.

Do you have what it takes?

The World Chef Challenge is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to showcase your skills in front of a world-wide audience at the center of the food competition universe. Do you have what it takes to be the 2013 World Chef Champion?

Interested Chefs of all skill levels are invited to submit an application for review. The WFC Competition Committee will review all applications and select the 24 best competitors to compete in Las Vegas. If selected, each competitor is required to pay a $250 entry fee into the World Chef's Challenge.

The WFC will announce the 24 qualified contestants in the WCC on June 30, 2013.

To submit an application to compete in the 2013 World Chef's Challenge, please complete the form below:

Participant Agreement

Thank you for agreeing to participate in the World Food Championship. This Agreement shall constitute an agreement between You and the World Food Championship, its agents, assignees, licensors and benefactors (collectively the �WFC�) and shall govern your participation in the WFC. By checking the box that appears beneath this Agreement when registering, you electronically sign this Agreement and agree to be legally bound by all of the terms, conditions and notices contained or referenced herein.

The WFC is producing a series of events that will be held from November 1, 2012 through November 4, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada (hereinafter singularly or collectively the �WFC Event�). The WFC Event shall include but not be limited to competitive cooking competitions in the categories of barbecue, chili, hamburger, sandwich, sides, chef challenge, and champion's challenge (hereinafter �WFC Categories�), as well as consumer events related to the WFC Categories. The WFC may add or discontinue any of the WFC Categories at any time. It is understood that the WFC may film, document, record, or transcribe the WFC Event and the WFC may develop, author or produce content based on the WFC Event or the WFC Categories (hereinafter "WFC Content").

You have agreed to participate in one or more WFC Event. You agree to be bound by the terms, conditions and rules of participation as detailed in this Agreement, posted on the website of the WFC (www.worldfoodchampionship.com), and disseminated to You by the WFC, whether by mail, e-mail or in person. The WFC assumes no responsibility for accidents, illnesses, disabilities, monetary loses or any other loses incurred by You during the WFC Event, or during travel to or from the WFC Event. Your participation is conditioned on your adherence to these terms, conditions and rules. The WFC may revoke your right to participate in the WFC Event at any time, subject to the return of any entrance fee or partial deposit if applicable.

As a material term of condition for participating in the WFC Event, You agree to provide the WFC with a minimum of one (1) recipe per contest, demo, or event that you participate in (hereinafter �Materials�). You will retain copyright and ownership in any Materials. However, You hereby grant the WFC irrevocable royalty-free permission to use Materials in any and all media in perpetuity throughout the world, including but not limited to motion picture, television, book publication, merchandising, testimonials, advertising, infomercials, commercial tie-ups, product licensing, online and interactive media or any other technology now in existence or hereafter utilized. When reasonably possible, You will be afforded credit for any use of Materials, but You will not receive any other form of compensation or consideration. You hereby waive any droit moral rights in and to the Materials. Nothing herein guarantees that Materials will be used in any manner.

As a qualifier/participant into the WFC, you hereby consent to the non-exclusive use of your name, likeness, presence, presentation, and performance in connection with the WFC Event or the WFC Content, in any and all forms of media, whether related to a promotional or marketing effort or a for-profit endeavor undertaken by the WFC. Such usage shall only be in direct connection with the WFC Event or in connection with the publication, distribution or other exploitation of the WFC Content.

As a category finalist, winner or Final Table participant, you will be compensated through the appropriate WFC prize purse and as a result hereby consent to the exclusive use of your name, likeness, presence, presentation, and performance in connection with the WFC Event or the WFC Content, in any and all forms of media, whether related to a promotional or marketing effort or a for-profit endeavor undertaken by the WFC. Such usage shall only be in direct connection with the WFC Event or in connection with the publication, distribution or other exploitation of the WFC Content and/or its partners and sponsors.

You hereby grant the WFC the right to record Your name, likeness, image, voice, sound effects, interview and performance on ?lm, tape, or otherwise (the "Recording"), edit such Recording as the WFC or any third party licensee of the WFC may desire. You hereby grant the WFC the permission and right to use or authorize the use of the Recording or any portions thereof in all markets, manner, formats and media, whether now known or hereafter developed, throughout the world, in perpetuity. If the WFC is required to provide any further release or permission from You for the use of the Recording, You agree to provide such release within two (2) weeks of receipt of a request for permission.

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