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