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Category Champions Face-off at the Final Table

To even qualify for the Final Table, each competitor would best 400 other hopefuls with the dream of cooking for $100,000 and the title of World Food Champion.Tuesday night's World Food Championships Final Table would finish with the following results:  World Food Champion and Bacon World Champion – Ricardo Heredia, San Diego, Calif.  Runner-up and World Burger Champion – Wade Fortin, Chicago, Ill.

November 19, 2014

World Food Championships announce Top 10 Category Winners

“Keep your eye on the prize,” is what they say, and it certainly rings true for these Top 10 category competitors at the World Food Championships.

November 16, 2014

Lights, Camera, Sizzle!

The World Food Championships Prepares to Film Multiple TV Moments

November 11, 2014

World Food Championships Announce Celebrity Lineup

Nine culinary and Las Vegan notables to judge the Final Table

November 11, 2014

Southern sandwich makers headed to Vegas

To win the Best Sandwich in the South Competition, Gates and Mann cooked up their Applewood-smoked Meatloaf Sandwich, featuring tomato bacon jam and Gruyere cheese on roasted corn Johnnycakes. “We run a version of our smoked meatloaf sandwich at The Depot a lot, and then of course at Vicki’s, we have the smoked meatloaf as a entree,” Gates said.

November 9, 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

Southern sandwich makers coming to World Food Championships

 After winning the "Best Sandwich in the South" competition, local chefs qualified for the World Food Championships in Las Vegas. In a few weeks, Stuart Gates and Daniel Mann will take on chefs from all over the world in the contest's sandwich category. They will compete against 25 to 30 other chefs.

November 6, 2014

Sacramento chefs ready to compete in sandwich and seafood

A cook from Vallejo and another from Napa will represent the "Sacramento area" in the World Food Championships in Las Vegas this month. The third annual multi-day food sport event will welcome hundreds of competitors to downtown Las Vegas "where they'll compete for food fame and fortune, Nov. 12-18," organizers said.

November 5, 2014

Music City sends seven competitors to World Food Championships

Seven local cooks will soon head for Las Vegas in a battle for the best: the World Food Championships. These seven are among more than 400 competitors on their way to Las Vegas Nov. 12-18, where each will compete tournament-style in one of nine categories: barbecue, chili, burger, sandwich, recipe, dessert, bacon, pasta and seafood.

November 5, 2014

Orlando chefs prepare to battle in sandwich, dessert

Several chefs from the Orlando-area will be competing in Vegas for the title of 2014 World Food Champion. The competition runs from November 12-18. Food from "That Deli" in Deltona is in the running for the world's best sandwich. Chef Roy St. Pierre will complete for the title in Las Vegas beginning Friday, November 14.

November 5, 2014