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