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
Christii Watkins
COMPETITION: World Open Chili Championship
QUALIFYING EVENT: 2012 WildCard Draw
After being in the shadow of my husband helping him cook chili for many years, I made my debut 2 years ago and cooked on my own. I earned a big $10,000 check in the Fire on Mountain cook off. I qualified to cook in the CASI Terlingua International Chili Cook off twice where out of 250 Texas cookers I made the semi-final table. I also qualified for the ICS World Chili Championship where I made the finals table. Not too shabby for a new cook trying to find her own light. The fun part is I’m COMPETITNG AGAISNT my husband in the World Food Championship. Come check us out – The Watkins