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
Linkie Marais
Sam Hazen
Giorgio Rapicavoli
Karl Guggenmos
Roberto Trevino
Andrew Shotts
Rick Giffen
"Famous" Dave Anderson
Ricardo Laguna
Whitney Miller
Amy Jones
Jennifer Parnell
Jenni Danby
Steve Benjamin
Sheila Armstrong
Linda Hoskins
Andy Mulz
Sang Han
Nikhil Arora
Terrianne Brown
Stephen Hopcraft
Billy Altieri
_-_photo.jpg&w=166&h=210)
Mike Carter
Amanda Marr
Matt Riley
Dale Miller
.jpg&w=166&h=210)
Alejandro Velez
Casey Shiller
Royden Ellamar
Sang Han
Rebecca Regnier
Katie Dixon
Jamie "The Bear" McDonald
Lesa Berard
Jeff Quatraro
Daniel Jasso
Michael Contreras
Jeff Quatraro
Janet Bourbon
Meredith Myers
Chris Wada
Bruce Richardson
Aliza Katz
Jeff Parker
Sharon Martinez
Trevor Williams
Al Allen
Rick McMillen
Candy Weaver
Stephen A. Kalil
Sir McMillen
Dylan Ambrose
2025 BBQ COMPETITORS
-
Randall Bowman -
Kurt Brauner -
Devan Cunningham
-
Cori Ernstes -
Michelle Fernandez -
John Guzman -
Matthew Halle
-
Aaron Laurent -
Joshua Lenhart -
Al Lino -
Andres Madriz -
Garrett Manning -
Marty Marlow -
Vicente Marrone -
Scott Regal
-
Eric Riojas -
Michael Rojas -
Aaron Rudd
-
Rigoberto Trevino
-
Floris Van Loo -
Curtis Wallace -
Dave White -
shawn williams -
Sean Young