World Food Championships News

Guide: 2014 Barbecue Competitions, Festivals And Smokeouts

+ ENLARGE   A judge's plate at the annual barbecue Olympics, Memphis in May.

May 1, 2014

FYI Orders Cooking Competition Series, Adds Two Pilots

9:16 AM PDT 4/30/2014 by Philiana Ng "Midnight Feast" gets a six-episode order and will be hosted by Spike Mendelsohn. FYI is getting into the culinary competition space.  The A+E Networks-owned cable network has ordered the six-episode series Midnight Feast, hosted by chef/restaurateur/TV personality Spike Mendelsohn and set in New York's Chelsea Market.

April 30, 2014

Top Local Chef winner to compete in World Food Championships

  The battle was spicier than ever in the fourth annual Top Local Chef competition, produced by LocalShops1 and Intensity Academy. But only one chef could go home with the Top Local Chef title and a wild card spot in the World Food Championships in Las Vegas, where he will compete for prizes up to $500,000.

April 29, 2014

So You’re Going to the World Food Championships – Do You Fly Solo or Have Some Help?

  Cooking at World Food Championships   One of the many great things about the World Food  Championships is the fact that professional and amateur cooks come together to compete in one arena and the food is all that matters, not pedigree, not career but the food, only the food.

April 29, 2014

Festival Extends Coverage and Offerings

Hunter Hayes speaks with Ashley Eicher in front of the Mane Stage for AXS TV's expanded Countdown to Stagecoach coverage. (VT Photo) REPORTING FROM INDIO, CALIF. — Empire Polo Club in Indio was filled with unique and interactive components for this year’s Stagecoach festival, produced by Goldenvoice and held April 25-27.

April 29, 2014

Round 2: Bull Burger Battles are back!

Hot off the grill! The World Food Championships and Bull Outdoor® Products are excited to announce that the Bull Burger Battles will be firing up for the second season in 2014. Bull Burger Battles are a nationwide series of live-event burger cookoffs to find the best burger cooks and chefs across the country.

April 23, 2014

Through the Eyes of a Food Judge at the World Food Championships

by Heather Tallman  Last November I traveled to Las Vegas, for the first time, to serve as a judge at the World Food Championships. I was asked late in the summer to attend and judge the sandwich and dessert categories- so of course I said yes! For the last 4-5 years I have judged countless food events in Indiana from cocktail contests to maple syrup recipe contests, BBQ to bacon.

April 22, 2014

5 Quick Questions with Simon Majumdar

Food Network host and author Simon Majumdar and I first met last August in Las Vegas outside the Kitchen Arena that was set up as the battleground for the World Food Championships: The Ultimate Food Fight. My buddy Ben Vaughn introduced us, and I handed Simon a copy of our cookbook, The Southern Vegetarian. We immediately started talking food.

April 22, 2014

Chef Hal Holden-Bache of Lockeland Table Wins Iron Fork 2014

POSTED BY DANA KOPP FRANKLIN   This year's Iron Fork battle was one of the most competitive in the seven-year history of the event. All the chefs are not only impressive on their own terms, they've attracted notice on a national level, sharing in the current wave of attention paid to Nashville as a rapidly ascendent food city.

April 17, 2014

Judges' Registration Now Open

Think you can spot the next World Food Champion? Well, now's your opportunity! Judges' registration is officially open! Drop us a line with your information, being sure to detail your culinary experience and judging background, as well as noting your event availability, and you just may be on your way to judge at the 2014 World Food Championships.

April 17, 2014