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No flash in the pan: Fort Worth woman’s cooking hobby is heating up

For more than 40 years, cooking was nothing more than a hobby for Paula Todora, a Fort Worth resident with a 30-year career in commercial insurance. But less than five years ago, she entered a national cooking contest, and it “opened up a whole new world.”

January 6, 2015

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

Team Bull tops the World Burger Championship again!

The World Burger Championship is arguably the toughest competition at the World Food Championships. And for the second year in a row, Team Bull has had an excellent showing amongst the best in the world.

December 12, 2014

Championship Food Drive A Success at WFC

Organizers of the World Food Championships announced today that the event donated 4 tons of food in November to Three Square Food Bank for distribution across southern Nevada.

December 3, 2014

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