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
Andrew Shotts
Ricardo Laguna
Linkie Marais
Karl Guggenmos
Giorgio Rapicavoli
Sam Hazen
Whitney Miller
"Famous" Dave Anderson
Roberto Trevino
Rick Giffen
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Mike Carter
Terrianne Brown
Amanda Marr
Matt Riley
Dale Miller
Stephen Hopcraft
Nikhil Arora
Amy Jones
Linda Hoskins
Jenni Danby
Andy Mulz
Steve Benjamin
Billy Altieri
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Alejandro Velez
Casey Shiller
Jennifer Parnell
Sang Han
Sheila Armstrong
Royden Ellamar
Sang Han
Bruce Richardson
Chris Wada
Katie Dixon
Janet Bourbon
Rebecca Regnier
Jeff Quatraro
Sharon Martinez
Jeff Quatraro
Trevor Williams
Jamie "The Bear" McDonald
Meredith Myers
Michael Contreras
Jeff Parker
Lesa Berard
Daniel Jasso
Aliza Katz
Rick McMillen
Al Allen
Dylan Ambrose
Candy Weaver
Sir McMillen
Stephen A. Kalil
2025 BBQ COMPETITORS
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Travis Barr -
Randall Bowman -
Kurt Brauner
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Ray Cruz -
Devan Cunningham
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Will Davis
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Michael Elefante -
Cori Ernstes -
Timothy Wilson -
John Guzman -
Matthew Halle
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Diego Hernandez -
Masato Hirata -
Philip Jenne -
Ryota Kojima -
Aaron Laurent -
Joshua Lenhart -
Al Lino -
Andres Madriz -
Garrett Manning -
Marty Marlow -
Vicente Marrone -
Bert McLain -
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 -
Chad Whittington
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shawn williams -
Sean Young