WFC News Archive for July 2013

World Food Championships featured on cover of Las Vegas Food and Beverage

The World Food Championships is pleased to be featured on the July cover of Las Vegas Food and Beverage. Dive in to an extensive Q&A session with the producers of the World Food Championships, Mike McCloud, president and CEO of Trybe Targeting and Larry Oliphant, VP of strategic relations.

July 2, 2013

Congratulations to the June AQ Event Champions

Another month has come and gone, marking another month down to fill out the 'Who's Coming' list. Congratulations to champions from the following June automatic qualifying events:  BBQ   Central MD Swinetastic - Frederick, MD 6/14/13 Iowa State BBQ Championship – Marshalltown, IA 6/21/13 Great Lenexa BBQ Battle – Lenexa, KS 6/21/13 Safeway National Capital Barbecue Battle – Washington DC 6/22/13 Hog Happenin’ – Shelby, NC 6/7/13 Southern Pride Invitational 6/14/13 Polish BBQ Battle - Gardner, MA 6/30/13 Q'ing for Life - Kitchner, ON 6/8/13 Cattleman's Caribbean BBQ Competition 6/30/13 Brandshatch Americana Q - Kent, UK 6/8/13 Grillstock - Manchester, UK 6/9/13 Norwegian BBQ Championship - NOR 6/1/13     Chili   River City - Old Town Elk Grove Regional - Elk Grove 6/13/13 Five Alarm Mountain Madness - Farmington, PA 6/8/13 Arizona State – Flagstaff, AZ 6/16/13 State of Colorado Chili Championship – Grand Lake, CO 6/22/13     Burger   Bull Burger Battle - Baton Rouge, LA 6/15/13 Bull Burger Battle - Oklahoma City, OK 6/29/13 Taste of Canada - Burger Off Contest 6/4/13     Sandwich   SandwichFest - Best Sandwich 6/29/13 Big Bite Bacon Fest 6/16/13     Dessert   Great Wisconsin Cheese Festival - Cheesecake Contest 6/2/13     Bacon   Jamestown Bacon Fest 6/22/13  

July 1, 2013

World Food Championships Partners with Just A Pinch Recipes

The World Food Championships announced today the continuation of its partnership with Just A Pinch Recipe Club, online provider of the largest collection of authentic recipes from real home cooks. Through various online contests at justapinch.com beginning July 15, Just A Pinch will automatically qualify 24 of its online competitors into the World Food Championships, to be held in Las Vegas this November.  Just A Pinch Recipe Club, an online recipe network based out of Franklin, Tenn., partnered with the World Food Championships during its 2012 inaugural year, sending multiple cooks on to compete in Las Vegas for their chance at a portion of the event’s $300,000 prize purse.

July 1, 2013