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
Linkie Marais
Karl Guggenmos
Giorgio Rapicavoli
Whitney Miller
Ricardo Laguna
Sam Hazen
Andrew Shotts
Rick Giffen
"Famous" Dave Anderson
Roberto Trevino
Sang Han
Casey Shiller
Stephen Hopcraft
Steve Benjamin
Terrianne Brown
Matt Riley
Jenni Danby
Nikhil Arora
Andy Mulz
Linda Hoskins
Amy Jones
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Mike Carter
Amanda Marr
Billy Altieri
Jennifer Parnell
Sheila Armstrong
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Alejandro Velez
Royden Ellamar
Dale Miller
Jamie "The Bear" McDonald
Rebecca Regnier
Bruce Richardson
Jeff Quatraro
Meredith Myers
Sharon Martinez
Aliza Katz
Janet Bourbon
Jeff Parker
Jeff Quatraro
Michael Contreras
Sang Han
Trevor Williams
Chris Wada
Daniel Jasso
Lesa Berard
Katie Dixon
Sir McMillen
Al Allen
Dylan Ambrose
Rick McMillen
Candy Weaver
Stephen A. Kalil
2025 VEGETARIAN COMPETITORS
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Breianna Bass -
Brandon Crain -
Lakeisha Davis
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Brenda De Luna
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Joshua Ericksen -
Lidia Haddadian -
Collin Hilton -
Deepti Jadhav -
Katina Johnson
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Julio cesar Leon-Ramos -
Dylan Loftis
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Chelsea Madren -
Nancy Manlove -
Lori McLain -
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Brian Mendenhall -
Brian Nance
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Shane Nasby -
Joshua Pelham -
Pierre Reure -
Surabhi Suri -
Kisha Washington