World Food Championships

World Food Championships
Status Active
Genre Cooking competition
Date(s) November
Frequency Annually
Venue The Wharf
Location(s) Orange Beach, Alabama
Country United States
Established 2012

The World Food Championships is an international cooking competition currently held in Orange Beach, Alabama. From 2012 to 2014 the even was hosted in Las Vegas, Nevada. The competition features top chefs and home cooks from around the world who have won qualifying competitions. Competitors compete in the categories of sandwiches, barbecue, chili, burgers, pasta, bacon and dessert. As of 2014 the competition has total prizes of $300,000.[1] The competition is filmed by A&E Networks[2] and broadcast on the network Fyi as the World Food Championships TV series.[3][4] The Championships were originally held on the Las Vegas Strip but in 2013 they were moved to the Fremont Street Experience in Downtown Las Vegas.[5]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.usatoday.com/experience/las-vegas/vegas-buzz/world-food-championships-return-to-vegas/3346443/
  2. ↑ "Former Baddeck resident to compete in world food championships". The Cape Breton Post. Transcontinental Media. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  3. ↑ Pottie, Erin. "Baddeck amateur cook looks to take on World Food Championships". The Chronicle Herald. The Chronicle Herald. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  4. ↑ http://www.lvfnb.com/102013issue/1013p20_Cover_WFC.html
  5. ↑ http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2014/may/21/world-food-championships-return-fremont-street/

"World Food Championships draw chefs from around the globe" (Video story by USA Today, November 8, 2015)

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