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