World Food Championships | |
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Genre | Reality television |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 6 |
Production | |
Production locations | Fremont Street, Las Vegas |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Production company | Sharp Entertainment |
Release | |
Original network | Fyi |
Original release | July 10, 2014 [1] |
World Food Championships is a television series produced by A&E Television Networks and airing on the Fyi network. [2] [3] The show features competitors at the annual World Food Championships in Las Vegas where top chefs and home cooks compete for a top prize of $300,000.
Competitors compete in regional qualifiers around the world before the best of the best head to Las Vegas. Chefs create a signature burger in the first round. In round two they must create a patty melt with an original twist. In the third round the top 10 contestants compete using a secret ingredient.
Chefs participate in three rounds, first creating a signature bacon dish, then reinventing a classic and finally making use of a mystery ingredient.
The chefs create three sandwiches: a signature sandwich, a reinvented classic and sandwich with a mystery ingredient.
Contestants produce three noodle dishes: a signature pasta, a classic reinvented and pasta making use of a mystery ingredient.
Top BBQ chefs compete in a two-part competition.
Top competitors from the burger, bacon, sandwich, pasta and BBQ categories compete in a head-to-head competition for the title of World Food Champion.
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