We're excited to see the field of competitors who have already won their golden ticket and registered to compete at the 2024 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 2024 competitors!
COMPETITOR
AMF Cakes & Pastries
HEAD COOK: Amy Freeze
COMPETITION: World Dessert Championship
QUALIFYING EVENT: 2013 World Food Championships
Although I started baking when I was 8 years old, I couldn't cook a meal until I was in high school, and I didn't cook well until after college. In 2006, I saw a special on the National Pie Championship in Celebration, FL, and thought 'I can do that.' It didn't dawn on me that I had no idea how to make a pie crust. 2007 was my first year baking pies competitively, and I was AWFUL! I has a lot of studying and baking to do. By 2008, I started getting the hang of it and placed in a couple of categories. I continued to work, study, practice, and enter contests. Then, in 2013, I won with my Sittin' on a Sandbar Key Lime Pie, and everything changed. That one win opened my eyes to a whole new world of food, competitions, and travelling. I attended World Food Championships in 2013, expecting very little. I expected to be fully out of my element. Everyone I met seemed to be a food professional, and I was simply an English teacher. Making finals was shocking! Since then, while I continue to bake & compete, my husband & I have started writing about food, wine, beer, travels, and adventurers on our own website.
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