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[Thom Emery]

http://www.worldfoodchampionships.com/

[mark evenson]

Thom,

Dyed and gone to heaven!!!!!!! When does the food bus leave?

Mark

[Thom Emery]

Should be one heck of a party
Has anyone heard if Laughlin is a go?
Maybe that same weekend

[andy allen]

yep same weekend. when I brought that up Ronnie said they're just going to have to choose. seems like it would be a lot more profitable if he just pushed laughlin back a week. Then he could draw that crowd to laughlin

[Adam Hollman]

But Laughlin will have a lot bigger prize purse. I don't think Ronny will have trouble drawing teams.

[Thom Emery]

Or just flip a few days
The World Championship is a four day deal
Someone could do both

[Thom Emery]

Adam Hollman, on 17 April 2012 - 07:05 PM, said:

But Laughlin will have a lot bigger prize purse. I don't think Ronny will have trouble drawing teams.

The World Food Championships is probably headed to TV
That in it's self is worth $$
It will be interesting seeing how guys can try to do both

[STEVE madaule]

i got this email if anybody interested

The World Food Championships Wild Card Draw is available for championship cooks and chefs who may not have won an automatic qualifier event to compete on foods' biggest stage. If there are available spots in any of the applicable categories, the WFC Selection Committee will choose the best Wild Card applicants to complete the competitor field at the World Food Championships.

To register for the World Food Championships Wild Card Draw you must complete the following steps:

• Follow this link to the WFC Wild Card registration page.
  
• Register and pay to secure your spot in the WFC Wild Card Draw.

[Tracy Allen]

Pretty funny Steve ... I got the same email too. I'm only registered as a judge!

[John Jackson]

I wonder how many times I can enter?

[Abel Tirre]

Just booked my room so Anna and I will be there all 4 days. Hopefully I can get some judging in while we are there. Seems like they are looking to get 100 total teams for the BBQ portion.

[Abel Tirre]

Anyone here any updates on this event? Seems like it stalled as Anna and I both signed up to judge about 6 weeks ago.

A month ago we received confirmations that we would judge, but assignments would be given 2 weeks later.

Well 2 weeks later another follow up email said assignments would be sent in the next 2 weeks. Those 2 weeks have passed and still nothing with 4 weeks to go?

[Donna Fong]

Have they disclosed a team list?

[Thom Emery]

I have seen updates on facebook

[Bill Souza]

Yeah this contest is starting to smell fishy!

[Tracy Allen]

I received 2 emails accepting me as a judge. Each time confirming that the final assignments would be coming in a week or in a couple of days. I never got the paperwork or any further info on the contest. I'm sure it's going to happen, but a bit leery of the organization of it all. Seems like an awful big event with a lot of things going on at the same time in different places.

Edited by Tracy Allen, 04 October 2012 - 06:01 PM.

[Frank Smith]

I spoke with the promotion management company this morning. They are a bit overwhelmed, but they seem to have things under control. If you have been accepted as a judge, you are assured of judging the BBQ portion. They would like to assign KCBS judges to some of the other areas as well. They are still working on judging placement for the the sides and non BBQ categories. The primary coordinator (Casey Taylor Johns) is at the World Chili Competition this week (they manage this event as well) but is responding to email. Her cell phone is 901-240-7286 and she welcomes any concerned judges' calls. Wayne Lohman is the WFC Competition Coordinator and will be working with a team on judging placements. I suspect we will receive assignments next week, but they did not say that. When I hear from Wayne I'll update this post.

Edited by Frank Smith, 05 October 2012 - 06:20 AM.

[Frank Smith]

Spoke briefly with Wayne today and they will have assignments out shortly.

[Abel Tirre]

Frank, thanks for the info. I actually received a call directly from Wayne Sunday confirming that I will be at least judging the BBQ portion, but may also be asked to judge others as well. The e-mail updates are great, but they put in a firm day of confirmation when they will let you know and when that day comes and goes I start to get concerned since I already booked a room for all 4 days.

[Frank Smith]

Abel - The first year for an event this size and complexity is often a little ragged around the edges. It makes it difficult for us volunteers to plan without sufficient advance notice. I received an email covering only the BBQ piece today. At this point I'm only available for Friday. Hopefully next year will be better. See you there!

Edited by Frank Smith, 10 October 2012 - 02:30 PM.