COMPETITION OVERVIEW
NOVEMBER 3-10, 2015
KISSIMMEE, FLORIDA
Bacon is no longer just a food … it’s a way of life. America is bacon obsessed. We have shirts, and merch, and fan websites, television shows, entire restaurants all dedicated to broadcasting as loudly as possible, how much we truly love bacon.
The World Food Championships celebrates America’s signature decadence – Bacon. The Bacon World Championship will pit 50 of the world’s best culinary craftsmen against each other for the title of Bacon World Champion. Home cooks, restaurateurs and chefs will all compete to see whose cuisine reigns supreme. The champion will then take their bacon and their best effort to the Final Table for a chance to win the World Food Championship.
BACON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
$10,000 GRAND PRIZE
2015 WFC COMPETITOR PACKET (KITCHEN CATEGORIES)
Competition Structure
The World Food Championships will feature three rounds of competition.
Signature Dish: competitors will create their best recipe for judging within each category.
Structured Build: this round separates the contenders from the pretenders by forcing everyone to create their own spin on the same basic dish.
Infused Ingredient: the top competitors in each category will face off for culinary supremacy using the same ingredient in their final category dish.
Competition Schedule and Rules
The Bacon World Championship will be limited to the first 50 entrants who are fully qualified, registered and confirmed. Any qualified entrant who wants to compete after the field is full must seek a special exemption from the WFC competition committee.
The following event is a Super Qualifier for the 2015 Bacon World Championship:
River Falls Bacon Bash
The following event is a Preferred Qualifier for the 2015 Bacon World Championship:
Cookmore World Food Bacon Challenge
The following events are automatic qualifiers for the 2015 Bacon World Championship:
| NEBS -Roc City Bacon Championship - Rochester, NY |
| Big Bite Bacon Fest - Long Beach, CA (Amateur) |
| Big Bite Bacon Fest - Long Beach, CA (Pro) |
| Aporkcalypse Now: Hood River's Bacon Fest |
| Washington City Paper - Best Bacon |
| Sante Fe Reporter - Best Bacon |
| Oklahoma Gazette Best of Bacon |
| OBR - Smokin on the Big Creek |
| Brooklyn Bacon Takedown |
| Chicago Bacon Takedown |
| Detroit Bacon Takedown |
| River Falls Bacon Bash |
| Baconfest Washington Missouri |
| 2014 Great Sugardale Bacon |
| Ozarks Bacon Fest |
| Bacon Bash Texas |
| Bacon & Brews Cookoff |
| Baconfest KC |
| Maryland Bacon Festival |
| Colorado Bacon and Brew Fest |
| Bacon & Barrels — San Diego |
| Arizona Bacon Fest |
| Bacon Brew and BBQ Fest |
| Baconfest VA |
| Central City Bacon Fest |
| Southwest Bacon Fest |
| Baconfest Chicago |
| TriCities Bacon Fest |
| Richmond Bacon Festival |
| LA Bacon Fest |
| Festival of Bacon |
| BeerBaconFest |
| Omaha Beer and Bacon |
| Baconfest Asheville |
| Austin Bacon and Beer Festival |
| Bacon Fest St Louis |
| Sacramento Bacon Fest |
| Dubuque Area Baconfest |
| Dewey/Rehobeth Beach Bacon Fest |
| Hudson Valley Beer Bourbon & Bacon |
| Bacon & Beer Festival Fargo |
| San Mateo Bacon Brew |
| Blue Ribbon Bacon Fest |
| Cedar Valley Baconfest |
| Juneau Bacon Fest |
| Kiwanis Baconfest Columbus |
| Dayton BaconFest |
| CASA Baconfest |
| SLO Bacon Fest |
| St Joe Baconfest |
| Bacon Fest NY |
| Baconpalooza - Duluth, MN |
| Bacon Bowl |
| New York City's Bacon and Beer Classic - Judges Choice |
| New York City's Bacon and Beer Classic - People's Choice |
| Steak Cookoff Association |
| Grill for Ten Grand |
If a contest or competition winner is unable to accept the invitation and participate in The World Food Championships, invitations will be extended to an alternate winner at the same event or the winner of an additional event.
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 Bacon World Championship:
United States Events
| Event | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
| New York City's Bacon and Beer Classic - People's Choice | US | Apr 25, 2015 |
| Kenmor'se Cookmore Recipe Contest (Bacon) | US | |
| Food Champ Online Recipe Contest | Online Contest, US | |
| Food Champ Online Recipe Contest | US | |
| Brooklynn Bacon Take down | US | Jan 1, 2015 |
| KINGS DOMINION BBQ & BREW FEST | US | Aug 1, 2015 |
| Beer and Bacon Festival | US | Jul 2, 2015 |
| Wright Bacon Competition | US | |
| Wright Bacon Competition | US | |
| CFC bacon | US | Aug 31, 2015 |
| Chefs Roll Runner ups | US | Sep 22, 2015 |
| Kenmore Cookmore | US | Sep 23, 2015 |
| Online JAP | US | Sep 19, 2015 |
| James Beard | US | |
| Arizona Bacon Fest | Tucson, AZ, US | May 16, 2015 |
| Bacon & Barrels | San Diego, CA, US | May 9, 2015 |
| FBA End of summer cook out | FL, US | Sep 23, 2015 |
| Dubuque Area Baconfest | Dubuque, IA, US | Oct 1, 2015 |
| Culinary FIght Club | Chicago, IL, US | Aug 1, 2015 |
| Bacon and Beer Classic (Chicago) | Chicago, IL, US | Oct 10, 2015 |
| Blue Ribbon Bacon Fest | Des Moines, Iowa, US | Jun 20, 2015 |
| Smokin on the Big Creek | Pleasant Hill, Missouri, US | Aug 15, 2015 |
| Baconfest KC | Kansas City, Missouri, US | Aug 22, 2015 |
| Baconfest Washington Missouri | Washington, MO, US | Jun 13, 2015 |
| Omaha Beer and Bacon | Omaha, NE, US | Aug 1, 2015 |
| Past 5 year Champs | Las Vegas, NV, US | |
| Baon champ 2014 | Las Vegas, NV, US | Aug 21, 2015 |
| 2013 World Food Champ Winner | Las Vegas, NV, US | Aug 25, 2015 |
| Bacon top 10 | Las Vegas, NV, US | Sep 4, 2015 |
| New York City's Bacon and Beer Classic - Judge's Choice | New York, NY, US | Apr 25, 2015 |
| Roc City Bacon Championship | Rochester, NY, US | May 1, 2015 |
| Hudson Valley Beer Bourbon & Bacon | Rhinebeck, NY, US | Jun 20, 2015 |
| Oklahoma Gazette - Best of Bacon | Oklahoma City, OK, US | Jul 1, 2015 |
| Aporkalypse Now! Hood River's Bacon Fest | Hood River, OR, US | Jun 3, 2015 |
| TriCities Bacon Fest | Johnson City, Tennessee, US | Sep 25, 2015 |
| The Steak Cookoff Association | Bedford, Texas, US | Aug 22, 2015 |
| Chattanooga Iron Chef | Chattanooga, TN, US | Sep 19, 2015 |
| Marcia's Event | cookeville, tn, US | Oct 10, 2015 |
| Best Mephis Burger | Mephis, TN, US | Sep 30, 2015 |
| Richmond Bacon Festival | Richmond, VA, US | Jun 14, 2015 |
| BaconFest VA | Roanoke, VA, US | Aug 1, 2015 |
| Grill for Ten Grand | Suquamish, Washington, US | Aug 28, 2015 |
| River Falls Bacon Bash | River Falls, WI, US | Jan 1, 2015 |
| River Falls Bacon Bash | River Falls, WI, US | Sep 19, 2015 |
| Bacon, Brew & BBQ Fest | Madison, WI, US | Jul 11, 2015 |
| Event | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Canadian Food Championships | Edmonton, Canada , CA | Jul 22, 2015 |