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
Giorgio Rapicavoli
Linkie Marais
Roberto Trevino
Karl Guggenmos
Sam Hazen
Rick Giffen
Whitney Miller
"Famous" Dave Anderson
Andrew Shotts
Ricardo Laguna
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Alejandro Velez
Sheila Armstrong
Nikhil Arora
Jennifer Parnell
Royden Ellamar
Terrianne Brown
Sang Han
Casey Shiller
Steve Benjamin
Linda Hoskins
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Mike Carter
Matt Riley
Stephen Hopcraft
Dale Miller
Jenni Danby
Amanda Marr
Andy Mulz
Amy Jones
Billy Altieri
Sharon Martinez
Michael Contreras
Sang Han
Janet Bourbon
Aliza Katz
Daniel Jasso
Meredith Myers
Trevor Williams
Chris Wada
Rebecca Regnier
Jeff Quatraro
Jamie "The Bear" McDonald
Jeff Parker
Lesa Berard
Katie Dixon
Jeff Quatraro
Bruce Richardson
Sir McMillen
Al Allen
Stephen A. Kalil
Rick McMillen
Dylan Ambrose
Candy Weaver
2025 LIVE FIRE COMPETITORS
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Sam bomartio -
Casey Casper
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Tracey Couillard -
Kevin Daughtry
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Roger Donohoe -
Amy Dopp -
Roni-Kay Elser -
Adriano de Andrade -
Michael Gomez -
Susanne Grier -
Lee Hickel -
Lu Holter -
Steve Hughes -
Rick Manzi -
Geoff Maynard -
Alton Mcinnis -
Angel Munoz -
Michelle OGuin -
ryan pang -
Matt Pinckert
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Leyzman Salim -
Mitchell van Deelen -
Daniel Vanson -
mark whittamore -
Jason Wiggs