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
Kansas City Steak Team
HEAD COOK: Cortney Riley
COMPETITION: World Open Chili Championship
Cortney D. Riley\r\n\r\nCortney has had over 10 years of experience in the culinary industries. You can say she grew up in love with all things food…from helping her father with catering, to barbecuing at the American Royal, all the way to her current life as a Personal Chef, Food Stylist, a host of amazing private food events , and blogger extraordinaire . She is a FLAVA daredevil , elevating comfort foods and classics. This past year Cortney has added Competitive Cook to her resume . Joining the Kansas City Steak Company Cook Team winning her way to her first Word Food Championships in 2017. \r\n\r\n\r\nMadFoodie - House of Flava LLC\r\nKansas City Streak Company : Private Chef Kansas City Streak Team\r\nFox 4 News Kansas City - morning show \r\nBrand Ambassador - Gunter Wilhelm \r\nChefs Roll Grand Prize Winner - Avocados from Mexico \r\nWord Food Championships 2017 - Steak Category \r\n Owner and blogger of www.madfoodie.net\r\n MadFoodie Review in Kansas City, MO