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