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
Andrew Shotts
Linkie Marais
Ricardo Laguna
Karl Guggenmos
Rick Giffen
Giorgio Rapicavoli
Whitney Miller
Sam Hazen
Roberto Trevino
Billy Altieri
Terrianne Brown
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Alejandro Velez
Jennifer Parnell
Dale Miller
Casey Shiller
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Mike Carter
Matt Riley
Amanda Marr
Sheila Armstrong
Jenni Danby
Nikhil Arora
Royden Ellamar
Stephen Hopcraft
Linda Hoskins
Andy Mulz
Amy Jones
Sang Han
Steve Benjamin
Sang Han
Jeff Quatraro
Rebecca Regnier
Katie Dixon
Bruce Richardson
Jamie "The Bear" McDonald
Aliza Katz
Michael Contreras
Lesa Berard
Janet Bourbon
Jeff Quatraro
Meredith Myers
Trevor Williams
Sharon Martinez
Chris Wada
Jeff Parker
Daniel Jasso
Stephen A. Kalil
Dylan Ambrose
Sir McMillen
Al Allen
Rick McMillen
Candy Weaver
2025 VEGETARIAN COMPETITORS
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Breianna Bass -
Brandon Crain -
Lakeisha Davis -
Brenda De Luna -
Joshua Ericksen -
Lidia Haddadian -
Mario Hernandez
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Collin Hilton -
Deepti Jadhav -
Katina Johnson
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Julio cesar Leon-Ramos -
Chelsea Madren -
Nancy Manlove -
Lori McLain -
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Brian Mendenhall -
Daniel Morthole -
Brian Nance
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Joshua Pelham -
Pierre Reure -
Surabhi Suri -
Kisha Washington