In 2015, one of the culinary highlights of the World Food Championships will be the World Chef Challenge, a showcase competition featuring world-class chefs in a tournament-style competition with the winner taking home a bounty of cash & prizes!

Daily Chef's Challenge competitions will take place in a live head-to-head battle of culinary expertise. One winner from each competition will then meet for one final showdown to determine who is the 2015 World Chef Champion!

2015 WCC Competitor Packet

COMPETITION STRUCTURE

The World Chef Challenge is a skills and cooking technique competition and exhibition. Competing chefs will square-off in three rounds of challenges that assess each chef’s hand skills, prep skills, cooking acumen and overall creativity.

21 Invited Competitors will be divided into three Divisions - National, International and Florida's Best.
Each Division will partipate in a compeititon within the Division. One winner from each Division will advance to the Finals.

Schedule: All Compeititons take place in front of the Judge Panel.
Each of the Divisions will be evaluated by the Judges for Signature Dish, Hand Skills and Infused Ingredient 

The highest scoring Chef in each of the three Divisions will meet at the Finals 

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. The championship will be decided by a panel of celebrity judges and the winner will walk way with a cash prize plus bragging rights as the World Chef Champion!

CATEGORIES

Each chef will participate in three challenge rounds on their competition day. The challenge rounds are:
1) Skills Challenge
2) Signature Dish
3) Culinary Inspiration (Infused Ingredient(s))

Skills Challenge– 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 methodolgy which evaluates execution, appearance and taste.

Culinary Inspiration– Competitors will be challenged to showcase their creativity and ability to execute a recipe using one or more “featured” items as the stars of their plate.

Chef Challenge Finals - The three winners from each day will compete in one final challenge that will test their culinary skills and creativity for a panel of celebrity judges.

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.

For more information about the 2015 World Food Championships or to view our 2014 highlight reel, visit: worldfoodchampionships.com. 

Rules, processes and tournament structure for the WFC are subject to change, but all decisions made by the WFC competition committee are final.

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The following competitions are automatic qualifiers for the 2015 World Chef Championship: