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
Larry Lentz
COMPETITION: World Open Chili Championship
QUALIFYING EVENT: Great Forsyth Regional Cookoff - Forsyth, IL (Verde)
Retired pharmacist for Walgreen Drug and former basketball player for university of Kentucky. (go Wildcats!!) I am a ICS Grand Master red chili cook ,Master Verde cook, and a Certified Chili Judge. I have also been a finalist in National Beef cook-off, National Trout cook-off, National Egg cook-off , and Kentucky State Dairy Contest. I enjoy traveling and cooking on my Traeger wood pellet grill.