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
Gridiron Chef
HEAD COOK: Brandon Burleson
COMPETITION: World Vegetarian Championship
Cooking takes confidence and allows you to take calculated risks. Professionally I have been taking this risks for several years now. I cooked competitively for several years before leaving the industry in 2018. I followed another passion of mine and became a coach, instructor and mentor at the high school level. Coaching high school football in the south, as well as cooking, are about the most intense and demanding jobs that I can imagine when the heat is on and you are in the middle of that awesome rush. Some say in the heat of the moment I am cocky, some say I am confident; I say they are the same thing, it just depends on the outcome. All I know is that I am competitive in everything, and I mean who likes to lose anyways?