We're excited to see the field of competitors who have already won their golden ticket and registered to compete at the 2024 World Food Championships. And we are always proud to announce our special guests and celebrity judges participating in our judging events across the nation - we're sure the championship food certainly helps! Best of luck to our 2024 competitors!
COMPETITOR
Utica Public
HEAD COOK: Sean Brown
COMPETITION: World Sandwich Championship
QUALIFYING EVENT: Sandwich America Recipe Contest
By day, Sean works for the City of Utica Youth Bureau in Upstate, NY, where he has worked with inner-city youth for most of his professional career. Although he has no formal culinary training, it has always been his dream to open up a restaurant and share with the community his family’s treasured recipes. With this dream, he opened the sports bar & grill, The Stroonz – Utica Public, a local favorite hotspot that serves up quirky dishes that pair the unexpected. Sean’s culinary-style can best be described as old-school Italian meets Southern Soul, with a dash of “something secret” he pulls out of his hat, for good measure.