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Gulf Shore & Orange Beach Alabama Tourism Board Announces Online Qualifier

Alabama Seafood Food Champs can snatch up to three Golden Tickets to 2018 World Seafood Championships through GSOBT's Alabama Beach Seafood Showdown online recipe contest.

May 18, 2018

WFC Adds An All-Star to its 2018 Burger Line-up

The World Food Championships is tackling Food Sport like never before with the help of its new all-star partner. WFC proudly announced today that Bo Jackson’s signature gourmet line of burgers, Bo’s Burgers, will be joining the “ultimate food fight” in Orange Beach, Ala., in November as the presenting sponsor of the event’s 2018 Burger Category.

May 10, 2018

WFC’s Bacon Category Sponsor is Good as “Gold”

The World Food Championships is adding Gold to its competition and prize purse in 2018 – Red Gold, that is. WFC proudly announced today that Red Gold Tomatoes will return to Orange Beach, Ala., in November as sponsors of the event’s 2018 Bacon Category.

May 3, 2018

Memphis Home Cook Wins $100,000 Prize Purse at World Food Championships Final Table

The World Food Championships crowned a home cook as its 6th annual World Food Champion on Sunday, April 22, in Bentonville, Arkansas. Lisa Gwatney from Memphis, Tennessee beat out nine other category champs to claim the coveted food crown at the World Food Championships Final Table which was presented by Walmart. Gwatney’s $100,000 prize-winning steak dish, “The Last Supper,” featured a Wagyu Ribeye Filet, grilled and seared, topped with truffle butter sauteed mushrooms, seared Fois Gras, and an Amarone reduction.

April 23, 2018

WFC Welcomes Idaho Potato Commission & Big Idaho® Potato Truck to Food Sport

Food contestants at the World Food Championships are well known for their big hearts, big passion and big ideas. But this year, they may have to break out their BIG RECIPE books like never before! That’s because WFC just announced a new partnership with the Idaho Potato Commission (IPC), the organization that celebrates the American Heart Association certified heart-healthy Idaho® potato — by touring the country with a 6-ton potato on a 28-foot-long, 12-foot-wide, 18-wheeler truck!

March 22, 2018

DCP Joins WFC for Final Table Content Strategy

WFC announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Dick Clark Productions on the Final Table in April, where one of WFC's 10 Champions will walk away with a $100,000 prize purse and the ultimate title of World Food Champion.

March 2, 2018

Bo Jackson and WFC Create Food Sport’s Dream Team

An all-star, two-sport pro athlete just announced his availability to be drafted into a whole new league: Food Sport. The winning team? Food Champs, as World Food Championships announced today that it is teaming up with Heisman Trophy winner Vincent “Bo” Jackson to make history in 2018.

January 25, 2018

Smithfield Pork Loin Challenge Makes a Successful WFC Debut

What happens when the world's largest Food Sport event teams up with the world’s largest pork producer? You get a smokin' hot competition that brings out the best in world-class pitmasters!

January 23, 2018

WFC Wraps Up 2018 Qualifier Week

It was a big week for Food Sport as we released information on all the major gateways to the 7th Annual World Food Championships, the largest and most influential event in the industry. There were more than 500 events and partners announced throughout the week, including new Canadian and American State Partners who will help conduct local qualifying events in their respective regions.

January 20, 2018

Walmart Joins Food Sport Movement As Presenting Sponsor of WFC

Walmart, the world’s largest grocery retailer, is joining the world’s largest Food Sport event as the Official Retail Partner and Presenting Sponsor of the 2018 World Food Championships.

January 12, 2018