COMPETITION OVERVIEW
NOVEMBER 3-10, 2015
KISSIMMEE, FLORIDA
Food is America's true obsession. Online and local recipe competitions give home cooks a venue for showing off their best stuff and competing with their own culinary creations.
The World Food Championship will select 50 winners from branded competitions, online recipe contests, live cookoffs and award-winning chefs to receive automatic invitations to enter and compete at The World Food Championships. The competitors in the World Recipe Championship will be creating dishes that focus on one highlighted ingredient or theme. The champion will earn their right to fight for the grand prize and the coveted title of World Food Champion.
WORLD RECIPE 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 World Recipe 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 competitions are preferred qualifying events for the 2015 World Recipe Championship:
Saucy Mama's 2015 Tailgate Cookoff (at the Oregon State Fair!)
Cookmore World Food Recipe Challenge
GameDay Chef Challenge
The following competitions are automatic qualifying events for the 2015 World Recipe Championship:
Suncoast BBQ & Bluegrass Bash — Smokin' Iron Chef Throwdown |
14th Annual PA Sweet Potato Festival |
2014 WFC - Top Ten - Recipe (10 winners) |
4th Annual Gluten-Free for Life Expo |
5th Annual Homegrown Recipe Contest |
Annual Dei Fratelli Ripened Recipe Contest |
Avocados From Mexico Fanwich Contest |
Backyard Farms 'Falling for Tomatoes' Recipe Contest |
Bass Pecan Recipe Contest |
Bruce's Yams Holiday Recipe Contest |
California Strawberry Blastoff Recipe Contest |
Cantry Recipe Cook-Off Contest |
Chiquita - Ultimate Banana Recipe Contest |
Del Monte - Add Some Garden Contest |
DOLE California Cook-Off |
Eggland's Best Your Best Recipe |
Eggo Your Way Recipe Contest |
Epicurious Perfect Taste Challenge |
Fisher My Fresh Twist Recipe Contest |
Food Champ Challenge - Recipe (5 winners) |
Get Wild with Wild Rice Recipe Contest |
Gluten Free Food Allergy Fest - Lakeland FL |
Gluten Free Food Allergy Fest 2015 - Austin, TX |
Go Nuts for Meatless Monday Recipe Contest |
Great Garlic Festival Recipe Contest & Cook-off |
Green Giant Fresh Recipe of Life Contest |
Hawaii Food Products Recipe Contest |
Idaho Potato Recipe Contest |
International Olive Oil Competition |
Jones Dairy Farm Rise Sizzle and Shine |
Just a Pinch (3 winners) |
Local Flavor Recipe Contest: Strawberries |
Louisiana Sweet Potato Commission’s Louisiana Yam Recipe Contest |
Louisiana Sweet Potato Commission’s Louisiana Yam Recipe Contest - Professional Chef |
MacDaddy Vegan Mac N Cheeze Cook-off |
Mad About Mushrooms Recipe Contest |
Man o Manischewitz Recipe Contest |
Meijer Great Recipe Challenge |
Bella Sun Luci Recipe Contest — (Mooney Farms) |
Mrs. Blum's Recipe Contest |
Napa Truffle Festival |
National Cornbread Festival Championship Cookoff |
Neighborhood to Nation Recipe Contest |
Ocean Spray® “Surprisingly Versatile” Grapefruit Recipe Contest |
Pork Board America's Top Griller |
Royalty Pecans Recipe Challenge |
Southern Peanut Growers Foodservice Recipe Contest |
Swap It Or Top It Mushroom Recipe Contest |
T. Marzetti - Chef Inspired Recipe Contest |
Taste of Oviedo Citrus and Celery Cook off |
The So Delicious Dairy-Free 3 Course Recipe Contest |
Vegetarian Times Reader Recipe Contest: Family Favorites! |
Wingapalooza |
If you would like to receive updates about additional World Food Championships information, please subscribe to our contact list by filling out the contact form. Rules, processes and tournament structure for the WFC are subject to change, but all decisions made by the WFC competition committee are final.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.
The following competitions are automatic qualifiers for the 2015 World Recipe Championship:
United States Events
Event | Location | Date |
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Great Garlic Festival Recipe Contest and Cook-off | US | May 1, 2015 |
Mrs. Blum's Recipe Contest | US | May 1, 2015 |
Idaho Potato Recipe Contest | US | May 29, 2015 |
Louisiana Sweet Potato Commission’s Louisiana Yam Recipe Contest | US | Jun 30, 2015 |
Bella Sun Luci Recipe Contest - (Mooney Farms) | US | Jul 1, 2015 |
Swap It Or Top It Mushroom Recipe Contest | US | Jul 23, 2015 |
Food Champ Online Recipe Contest | Online Contest, US | |
Food Champ Online Recipe Contest | US | |
Chef's Roll | US | May 1, 2015 |
KINGS DOMINION BBQ & BREW FEST | US | Aug 1, 2015 |
Fresh Competition | US | Aug 18, 2015 |
Iron Fork | US | Aug 31, 2015 |
CFC Fresh | US | Aug 31, 2015 |
Iron Fork | US | Aug 31, 2015 |
Intrenational teams | US | |
Chefs Roll Runner ups | US | Sep 22, 2015 |
Kenmore Cookmore | US | Sep 23, 2015 |
Online JAP | US | Sep 19, 2015 |
FoodChamp Recipe | US | Sep 1, 2015 |
Food Champ Recipe - WFC | US | Sep 1, 2015 |
James Beard | US | |
Duda Farms online competition - Sponsor's Online Competition | US | Sep 30, 2015 |
LO charity event - SKAL | US | Sep 20, 2015 |
Spice Competition | Scottsdale, AZ, US | Sep 20, 2015 |
Game Day Chef Challenge | Pasadena, CA, US | Aug 1, 2015 |
Maple Leaf Farms strut your duck | CA, US | Sep 9, 2015 |
Cantry Recipe Cook-off Contest | Washington, DC, US | Mar 31, 2015 |
Vegetarian Times Reader Recipe Contest: Family Favorites! | Palm Coast, FL, US | Mar 31, 2015 |
Suncoast BBQ & Bluegrass Bash - Venice, FL | Nokomis, FL, US | Apr 18, 2015 |
Green, Sustainable, Local Food Cooking Competition | Deland, FL, US | Apr 24, 2015 |
ACF Federation | Orlando, FL, US | Jul 31, 2015 |
FBA End of summer cook out | FL, US | Sep 23, 2015 |
Culinary FIght Club | Chicago, IL, US | Aug 1, 2015 |
Pork Board America's Top Griller | Des Moines, Iowa, US | Sep 20, 2015 |
Get Wild with Wild Rice Challenge | St. Paul, Missouri , US | Aug 16, 2015 |
Neighborhood to Nation Recipe Contest | Minneapolis, MN, US | Sep 30, 2015 |
Cashew Craze | Springfield, MO, US | Apr 18, 2015 |
Table Rock and Ribs | Springfield, MO, US | May 22, 2015 |
Man o Manischewitz Recipe Contest | Newark, New Jersey, US | Sep 19, 2015 |
Past 5 year Champs | Las Vegas, NV, US | |
Top Ten Recipe Winner | Las Vegas, NV, US | Jan 1, 2015 |
le cordon bleu Las Vegas Competition | Las Vegas, NV, US | Jul 20, 2015 |
Saucy Mama's 2015 Tailgate Cookoff | Salem, Oregon, US | Aug 28, 2015 |
14th Annual PA Sweet Potato Festival | Stewartsville, PA, US | Sep 26, 2015 |
Chattanooga Market FiveStar Food Fight | Chattanooga , Tennessee, US | Aug 9, 2015 |
National Cornbread Festival Championship Cookoff | South Pittsburg, TN, US | Apr 25, 2015 |
Macy's Grilling Guru | Nashville, TN, US | Jun 6, 2015 |
Chattanooga Iron Chef | Chattanooga, TN, US | Sep 19, 2015 |
Royalty Pecans Recipe Challenge | Caldwell, TX, US | Apr 30, 2015 |
National Lentil Festival | Pullman, WA, US | Sep 17, 2015 |
Jones Dairy Farm Rise Sizzle and Shine | Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin , US | Oct 1, 2015 |