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
Giorgio Rapicavoli
Whitney Miller
"Famous" Dave Anderson
Rick Giffen
Andrew Shotts
Linkie Marais
Sam Hazen
Karl Guggenmos
Roberto Trevino
Amy Jones
Matt Riley
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Mike Carter
Casey Shiller
Dale Miller
Andy Mulz
Sheila Armstrong
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Alejandro Velez
Amanda Marr
Jenni Danby
Linda Hoskins
Sang Han
Jennifer Parnell
Nikhil Arora
Royden Ellamar
Terrianne Brown
Steve Benjamin
Stephen Hopcraft
Billy Altieri
Aliza Katz
Jeff Parker
Meredith Myers
Jeff Quatraro
Chris Wada
Jamie "The Bear" McDonald
Katie Dixon
Trevor Williams
Rebecca Regnier
Bruce Richardson
Daniel Jasso
Jeff Quatraro
Janet Bourbon
Michael Contreras
Sang Han
Lesa Berard
Sharon Martinez
Rick McMillen
Sir McMillen
Candy Weaver
Dylan Ambrose
Al Allen
Stephen A. Kalil
2025 BBQ COMPETITORS
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Travis Barr -
Randall Bowman -
Kurt Brauner
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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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Robert Shadle
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Luis Rivas -
Floris Van Loo -
Curtis Wallace -
Dave White -
Chad Whittington
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shawn williams -
Sean Young