World Food Championships Partners with Maple Leaf Farms to Bring Duck to Competition
Indianapolis, IN – The World Food Championships (WFC), the world’s largest food sport competition focused on everyday cooking categories, announced that Maple Leaf Farms will be an official sponsor at this year’s event. Set to take place November 8-12, the WFC will be held at the Indiana Farm Bureau Fall Creek Pavilion located at the Indiana State Fairgrounds & Event Center in Indianapolis.
“We are excited to work with Maple Leaf Farms to provide their signature duck products to our competitive chefs,” said Mike McCloud, Founder of World Food Championships. “Duck is a delicious and versatile protein that will allow our competitors to create top-notch dishes.”
As part of Maple Leaf Farms sponsorship, the company will provide an array of high-quality duck products for the chefs to utilize in the competition. The company will also be a Rice Category Partner, which will feature duck as an optional ingredient in the signature round and a required ingredient in the final round of the category’s competition.
“As an Indiana-grown company, Maple Leaf Farms is thrilled to be a part of this year’s 2024 World Food Championships,” said Maple Leaf Farms Director of Marketing Olivia Tucker. “Our fourth-generation family business offers a variety of duck products for culinary adventurers—from professional chefs to home cooks to food sport competitors.”
The 2024 World Food Championships will be a multi-day, live culinary event featuring some of the world's best cooks competing for food, fame, and fortune in 12 categories: Bacon, Barbecue, Burger, Chef, Dessert, Live Fire, Noodle, Rice, Sandwich, Seafood, Soup and Vegetarian. Thousands of cook teams vie for a Golden Ticket at official qualifying events throughout the year to secure a place in the WFC 2024.
Consumers and competitors can stay up to date on all announcements and programming updates for the upcoming championship event by following the World Food Championships on social media via Facebook and Instagram (@WorldFoodChampionships) and LinkedIn (@WorldFoodChampionshipsHoldings). For schedule and ticket information, please visit WorldFoodChampionships.com.
About World Food Championships
Since its debut in 2012, WFC has amassed a tremendous worldwide following, providing a one-of-a-kind culinary experience at its events, as well as numerous live and made-for-TV shows. In addition to popularizing competitive cooking, the WFC platform has had an undeniable impact on the food industry, facilitating the creation of more than 10,000 new dishes and supporting communities via partnerships with various local non-profits, charities, and food banks throughout the United States. In short, the WFC platform has given birth to “Food Sport” by providing a level playing field, a fair judging system, innovative culinary programming, ambassador opportunities, TV visibility and a process that allows talented culinary teams to compete in ways never seen. Since its inception, the event has seen participation from nearly 40 countries and every state in the U.S.
About Maple Leaf Farms
Founded by Donald Wentzel in 1958, Maple Leaf Farms started out as a small duck operation in Northern Indiana dedicated to producing products with "quality you can count on.” In its first year, the company produced only 280,000 ducks. Today, Maple Leaf Farms has grown its annual duck production to more than nine million. Four generations and more than 60 years later, Maple Leaf Farms duck continues to create culinary experiences for kitchen tables and restaurants around the world. Their farm to fork focus and vertical integration ensures the tastiest duck produced in a sustainable and humane manner.
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