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
Giorgio Rapicavoli
Andrew Shotts
Ricardo Laguna
Karl Guggenmos
Whitney Miller
Roberto Trevino
"Famous" Dave Anderson
Rick Giffen
Sam Hazen
Linkie Marais
Sang Han
Casey Shiller
Amy Jones
Jennifer Parnell
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Mike Carter
Dale Miller
Andy Mulz
Nikhil Arora
Amanda Marr
Matt Riley
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Alejandro Velez
Sheila Armstrong
Linda Hoskins
Royden Ellamar
Billy Altieri
Terrianne Brown
Stephen Hopcraft
Steve Benjamin
Jenni Danby
Chris Wada
Michael Contreras
Aliza Katz
Jeff Parker
Meredith Myers
Trevor Williams
Jamie "The Bear" McDonald
Sharon Martinez
Janet Bourbon
Katie Dixon
Jeff Quatraro
Daniel Jasso
Sang Han
Bruce Richardson
Rebecca Regnier
Jeff Quatraro
Lesa Berard
Dylan Ambrose
Rick McMillen
Al Allen
Candy Weaver
Sir McMillen
Stephen A. Kalil
2025 LIVE FIRE COMPETITORS
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Peter Armendariz -
Sam bomartio -
Tim Brown
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Craig Carter
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Casey Casper
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Tracey Couillard -
Kevin Daughtry -
Carla Dilorenzo
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Roger Donohoe -
Amy Dopp -
Roni-Kay Elser -
Adriano de Andrade -
Baldemar Garcia -
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