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
Cookeville High School Culinary
HEAD COOK: Tiffany Zellner
COMPETITION: World Sandwich Championship
Tiffany Zellner has been the Culinary Instructor at Cookeville High School since 2010. Prior, to this position she taught 2 years at Warren County High School. Tiffany is a 2005 graduate of Monterey High School and a 2008 graduate of Tennessee Technological University were she majored in Family and Consumer Sciences . Tiffany also has continuing education units from Johnson Wales University Charlotte, Denver, and Miami. As Culinary Instructor at Cookeville High School she has the opportunity of training eight FCCLA (Family, Career, Community Leaders of America) Culinary Teams and three years of SkillsUSA Competitors. Of those 8 teams, five of those teams combined have earned at least 200,000 dollars in scholarships, and has had the Tennessee SkillsUSA baking and pastry competitor national competitor . In addition to training culinary teams, Tiffany Zellner and the CHS Culinary Arts Classes are very involved in community preparing and serving at many local events.