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Florida Food Champs taking over TV!

As the world’s largest food competition prepares to takeover Kissimmee, Florida, several of the state’s top performing competitors from 2014 are getting a step ahead of the game.

December 18, 2014

How the Canadian Food Championships will feed into the WFC

As the exclusive Canadian gateway to WFC, the Canadian Food Championships will provide Canadian chefs and home cooks a chance to compete for cash and “Golden Maple Leaf” tickets to the 2015 World Food Championships.

December 10, 2014

Illinois home cook qualifies for World Food Championships

Don't call her a contester just yet. That's what her mom is, claims Ann Jones, a mom herself residing in Geneva. Jones heads to Las Vegas this weekend to compete with a couple of hundred other enthusiastic home cooks and professional chefs in the massive World Food Champsionsips.

November 6, 2014

World Food Championships named one of USA Today's "10 Best" culinary competitions

USA Today names the World Food Championships to the "10 Best" list for Culinary skills competitions across the country!

October 21, 2014

Tickets Punched at Music City Cookoff

The Music City Cookoff featured competitions in both seafood and dessert. The top three placing competitors in each category earned their Golden Tickets to the World Food Championships.

September 25, 2014

Big Bite Bacon Fest at the Queen Mary was a Delicious Bacony Time for All

Saturday, August 2, a sold-out crowd of FOB's (Fans of Bacon) converged on the Queen Mary in Long Beach for the Big Bite Bacon Fest. The event consisted of two parts, the Bacon Fest itself, where guests were able to taste unlimited samples of bacon dishes such as bacon-wrapped jalapenos, bacon wrapped hot dogs, bacon flavored ice cream sundaes and even sliced chocolate-covered bacon.

August 4, 2014

Addition Made to the Murphysburo Barbecue Competition

The World Food Championships announced Tuesday its Super Regional qualifying event, the Southern Illinois Showdown, will happen at the Praise the Lard Barbecue Cook-off on Sept. 19-20.

July 30, 2014

Hot Tails’ Executive Sous Chef takes home top honors at Bull Burger Battle

Chef Owen Hohl, who turned in his original Cajun Burger recipe, will now go on to compete in the World Burger Championship as part of Team Bull at the World Food Championships in Downtown Las Vegas, Nov. 12-18.

June 18, 2014

Wantagh Resident and Sandy Survivor, Skip Day, Wins Bull Burger Battle in Mahopac

Skip Day, a former deli owner who was forced to close his business in the wake of Hurricane Sandy now has the opportunity at a huge culinary comeback. After winning first place at the Bull Burger Battle in Mahopac, Skip, a Wantagh, N.Y. resident, has earned himself a spot on Team Bull to compete in the World Burger Championship at the World Food Championships in Las Vegas, Nov.

June 4, 2014

BBQ Blowout barrels back into Oviedo

Back for another year, the Central Florida BBQ Blowout has returned to once again prove that Floridians take their pulled pork, ribs and brisket very seriously, the Seminole Chronicle reports. Now in its second year, the blowout event will return to the Oviedo Mall this weekend and will boast one of the biggest barbecue contests in the South.

May 22, 2014