World Food Championships News

Lean, Green, Cooking Teens Take On World’s Largest Food Sport Event

The World Food Championships (WFC), the largest Food Sport event in the world, just announced it will be hosting a brand new challenge for aspiring teen cooks at its 2018 main event in Orange Beach, Alabama. While over 1,500 Food Champs are battling it out in Kitchen Arena, four teenage champions will be taking part in a food fight of their own – the Teen Green Challenge.

October 16, 2018

Local Culinary Students Dive Into Food Sport

Aside from tourism, prize money, and hundreds of aspirational culinary teams from around the globe, the World Food Championships (WFC) will be bringing a lot of educational opportunity to Orange Beach, Alabama, this November.

October 16, 2018

Illinois Joins Food Sport As State Partner for 2019

World Food Championships (WFC) announced today that it has entered into an partner agreement with AC-WW for the state of Illinois. AC-WW, which is also the Missouri state partner for WFC and host of the Show Me Series, will be awarding five Golden Tickets in 2019 through a new series of events called the “League of Knife & Fire.”

October 12, 2018

Texas Chefs Earn Their Way To Ultimate Food Fight Through Port Aransas

They say everything is bigger in Texas, and Food Sport is no exception. The Lonestar state recently tested and qualified its 2018 all-star chef team at the Texas Super Chef Throwdown Series in Port Aransas. The 15-member “Team Texas” will now travel to Orange Beach, Alabama to compete at the largest Food Sport event in the world, the World Food Championships (WFC).

October 9, 2018

Operation BBQ Relief Brings Blue Skies and Barbecue to WFC

The World Food Championships announced that it is partnering with Operation BBQ Relief (OBR) for the third year in a row to help produce two amazing events for the Food Sport community.

October 5, 2018

The World Food Championships Offers New Cooking Class for Aspiring Young Chefs

The largest Food Sport event in the world introduces a new culinary experience for kid cooks

October 3, 2018

Meet the World’s Most Loveable Four-Year-Old Chef

Kid Chef Asher Baucom joins World Food Championships’ Ambassador Nancy Manlove for Live Cooking Demo.

October 1, 2018

WFC Seminar to Feature Yelp's Help!

The user review site will help educate Food Champs on reviews, ratings and more!

September 27, 2018

Bacon, Burgers... and Kangaroo? WFC adds Exotic Cuisine to its 2018 Demos

The 7th Annual World Food Championships (WFC), presented by Walmart, is pulling everything out of its pouches for its 2018 main event in November. In a few short months, over 1,500 chefs and home cooks from 41 states and 14 countries will meet at The Wharf in Orange Beach, Alabama to battle it out for more than $350,000 in cash and prizes.

September 18, 2018

Former NFL Champion Steps Into Food Sport in a “Souper” Way

The World Food Championships (WFC) announced today that former New England Patriot Defensive End Jarvis Green and his company, Oceans 97, has signed on as an Official Food Sport partner for the 2018 competition in Orange Beach, Alabama. As a part of the new partnership, Oceans 97 will be joining Natural Tableware to co-sponsor WFC’s first Soup-or-Bowl Sunday event, which will be held on November 11 during the five-day food tournament. In addition to providing Soup-or-Bowl competitors with Oceans 97 shrimp to use in their dishes. Green will also help to determine this year’s World Seafood Champion as a Top Ten judge.

September 16, 2018