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
Whitney Miller
Karl Guggenmos
Giorgio Rapicavoli
Andrew Shotts
Ricardo Laguna
Rick Giffen
Sam Hazen
Roberto Trevino
Linkie Marais
"Famous" Dave Anderson
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Alejandro Velez
Casey Shiller
Steve Benjamin
Amanda Marr
Matt Riley
Jenni Danby
Sheila Armstrong
Stephen Hopcraft
Amy Jones
Dale Miller
Terrianne Brown
Royden Ellamar
Billy Altieri
Sang Han
Andy Mulz
Jennifer Parnell
Nikhil Arora
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Mike Carter
Linda Hoskins
Chris Wada
Jeff Quatraro
Aliza Katz
Katie Dixon
Janet Bourbon
Sharon Martinez
Bruce Richardson
Meredith Myers
Lesa Berard
Rebecca Regnier
Daniel Jasso
Jeff Parker
Michael Contreras
Sang Han
Trevor Williams
Jeff Quatraro
Jamie "The Bear" McDonald
Al Allen
Stephen A. Kalil
Candy Weaver
Rick McMillen
Sir McMillen
Dylan Ambrose
2025 BBQ COMPETITORS
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Randall Bowman -
Kurt Brauner -
Ray Cruz -
Devan Cunningham
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Michael Elefante -
Cori Ernstes -
Michelle Fernandez -
John Guzman -
Matthew Halle
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Masato Hirata -
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