
We're excited to see the field of competitors who have already won their golden ticket and registered to compete at the 2025 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 2025 competitors!

COMPETITOR
Secret Bodega
HEAD COOK: Jesse Valenciana
COMPETITION: World Burger Championship
Jesse Valenciana is a published author and food business owner proudly born and raised in Chicago, while currently based out of Nashville. Driven by endless curiosity for all things culinary and insatiable thirst for creativity, Jesse’s published works have explained live fire cooking, explored street food, and flipped traditional recipes on their head. A natural story teller, Jesse is ultra engaging and his passion for food exploration shines through his one of kind cooking creations.