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
"Famous" Dave Anderson
Sam Hazen
Ricardo Laguna
Rick Giffen
Whitney Miller
Karl Guggenmos
Linkie Marais
Roberto Trevino
Andrew Shotts
Linda Hoskins
Matt Riley
Jenni Danby
Terrianne Brown
Sang Han
Jennifer Parnell
Casey Shiller
Steve Benjamin
Sheila Armstrong
Dale Miller
Nikhil Arora
Amy Jones
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Mike Carter
Billy Altieri
Amanda Marr
Stephen Hopcraft
Andy Mulz
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Alejandro Velez
Royden Ellamar
Chris Wada
Jeff Quatraro
Michael Contreras
Jeff Parker
Bruce Richardson
Janet Bourbon
Meredith Myers
Aliza Katz
Jeff Quatraro
Daniel Jasso
Trevor Williams
Rebecca Regnier
Jamie "The Bear" McDonald
Sang Han
Sharon Martinez
Katie Dixon
Lesa Berard
Candy Weaver
Stephen A. Kalil
Sir McMillen
Rick McMillen
Dylan Ambrose
Al Allen
2025 BBQ COMPETITORS
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Randall Bowman -
Kurt Brauner -
Devan Cunningham
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Cori Ernstes -
Michelle Fernandez -
John Guzman -
Matthew Halle
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Aaron Laurent -
Joshua Lenhart -
Al Lino -
Andres Madriz -
Garrett Manning -
Marty Marlow -
Vicente Marrone -
Scott Regal
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Eric Riojas -
Michael Rojas -
Aaron Rudd
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Rigoberto Trevino
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Floris Van Loo -
Curtis Wallace -
Dave White -
shawn williams -
Sean Young