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!
Final Table: Our Past & Present Judges/Special Guests
Katie Dixon
JD Eubanks
Bo Jackson
Vic Vegas
Bob Baumhower
Robyn Almodovar
Chris Lilly
Emily Ellyn
Chef Justin Timineri
Roberto Trevino
Giorgio Rapicavoli
Karl Guggenmos
"Famous" Dave Anderson
Whitney Miller
Rick Giffen
Linkie Marais
Ricardo Laguna
Sam Hazen
Andrew Shotts
Royden Ellamar
Amanda Marr
Sheila Armstrong
Linda Hoskins
Matt Riley
Terrianne Brown
Stephen Hopcraft
Amy Jones
Andy Mulz
Dale Miller
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Mike Carter
Nikhil Arora
Jennifer Parnell
Steve Benjamin
Sang Han
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Alejandro Velez
Billy Altieri
Casey Shiller
Jenni Danby
Jeff Quatraro
Rebecca Regnier
Jeff Parker
Lesa Berard
Meredith Myers
Jeff Quatraro
Michael Contreras
Chris Wada
Daniel Jasso
Trevor Williams
Janet Bourbon
Aliza Katz
Katie Dixon
Sang Han
Jamie "The Bear" McDonald
Sharon Martinez
Bruce Richardson
Stephen A. Kalil
Al Allen
Sir McMillen
Rick McMillen
Candy Weaver
Dylan Ambrose
2025 BBQ COMPETITORS
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Randall Bowman -
Kurt Brauner -
Devan Cunningham
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Michael Elefante -
Cori Ernstes -
Michelle Fernandez -
John Guzman -
Matthew Halle
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Aaron Laurent -
Joshua Lenhart -
Al Lino -
Andres Madriz -
Garrett Manning -
Marty Marlow -
Vicente Marrone -
Scott Regal
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Eric Riojas -
Michael Rojas -
Aaron Rudd
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Luis Rivas -
Floris Van Loo -
Curtis Wallace -
Dave White -
shawn williams -
Sean Young