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
The Dallas Culinary Company
HEAD COOK: Paul Flores
COMPETITION: Bacon World Championship
Paul Flores was born and raised in the heart of the hills , Kerrville Texas . His love for grilled and smoked meats began with a local favorite , simple beef jerky from Bernhards meat processing . His pop began deer processing at an early age and became a skilled butcher overseeing many HEB locations which got their start in Kerrville . Pauls grandfather Frank Flores was a self taught masonary who had a passion for river rock and built many BBQ pits for friends and family from rock and cement . The abundance of post oak wood , river rock pits , dads butcher skills , fresh garden produce and wild field chilis produced the drive and ambition to create Texas Cowboy Cuisine .
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