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