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