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