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