World Food Championships News

World Food Championships Kicks off the Ultimate Food Fight week at the Downtown Grand

After a year’s worth of eager anticipation, the World Food Championships officially kicked off the third annual competition last night at the Downtown Grand.

November 13, 2014

Lights, Camera, Sizzle!

The World Food Championships Prepares to Film Multiple TV Moments

November 11, 2014

World Food Championships Announce Celebrity Lineup

Nine culinary and Las Vegan notables to judge the Final Table

November 11, 2014

Southern sandwich makers headed to Vegas

To win the Best Sandwich in the South Competition, Gates and Mann cooked up their Applewood-smoked Meatloaf Sandwich, featuring tomato bacon jam and Gruyere cheese on roasted corn Johnnycakes. “We run a version of our smoked meatloaf sandwich at The Depot a lot, and then of course at Vicki’s, we have the smoked meatloaf as a entree,” Gates said.

November 9, 2014

Gunter Wilhelm Announced as Official Cutlery of the 2014 World Food Championships

The World Food Championships announced today that Gunter Wilhelm™ has joined its roster of sponsors by becoming the official cutlery of the 2014 event.

November 7, 2014

Illinois home cook qualifies for World Food Championships

Don't call her a contester just yet. That's what her mom is, claims Ann Jones, a mom herself residing in Geneva. Jones heads to Las Vegas this weekend to compete with a couple of hundred other enthusiastic home cooks and professional chefs in the massive World Food Champsionsips.

November 6, 2014

Southern sandwich makers coming to World Food Championships

 After winning the "Best Sandwich in the South" competition, local chefs qualified for the World Food Championships in Las Vegas. In a few weeks, Stuart Gates and Daniel Mann will take on chefs from all over the world in the contest's sandwich category. They will compete against 25 to 30 other chefs.

November 6, 2014

Santa Barbara cooks fired up for World Food Championships

L.J. Washington caught the competitive-cooking bug bad, thanks in large part to this newspaper, having won The Santa Barbara Independent’s 2012 Sandwich Showdown by beating two professional chefs. Since then, this Carpinteria resident, who is originally from New Orleans, won a KEYT BackyardBBQ Contest, a Carpinteria Chili Cookoff, and took part in the Today show Father’s Day Burger Battle, where she got to schmooze with Giada De Laurentiis.

November 6, 2014

Sacramento chefs ready to compete in sandwich and seafood

A cook from Vallejo and another from Napa will represent the "Sacramento area" in the World Food Championships in Las Vegas this month. The third annual multi-day food sport event will welcome hundreds of competitors to downtown Las Vegas "where they'll compete for food fame and fortune, Nov. 12-18," organizers said.

November 5, 2014

Music City sends seven competitors to World Food Championships

Seven local cooks will soon head for Las Vegas in a battle for the best: the World Food Championships. These seven are among more than 400 competitors on their way to Las Vegas Nov. 12-18, where each will compete tournament-style in one of nine categories: barbecue, chili, burger, sandwich, recipe, dessert, bacon, pasta and seafood.

November 5, 2014