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