INTRODUCING THE

Show our all-star panel of culinary critics you've got what it takes to battle for big cash in Vegas. Winners from each FoodChamp Challenge will win qualification and FREE entry to compete in the 2013 World Food Championships!

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Overview of the 2012 WFC

2012 World Burger Championship

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Everyone loves a great hamburger. The perfect ratio of burger to bun, the selection of choice ingredients and the overall personality of the burger maestro are all major factors in determining whether any hamburger is worthy of the label ‘great’.

At the World Burger Championship, 50 of the world’s best hamburgers and their cooks, as determined by competitions and publications across the country, received automatic invitations to enter to compete at The World Food Championships.

Friday, November 2, 2012

Location: Bally's Drive

Prize Purse: $25,000

Grand Champion - $10,000
Second Place - $4,000
Third Place - $3,000
Fourth Place - $2,000
Fifth thru Tenth - $1,000 each  

The WFC will be sending invitations to the winners of the following 40 competitions and contests:

Better Recipes 2012 Semi-Annual Recipe Contest - Burger Recipe
Sutter Home Build a Better Burger
Johnsonville No Ordinary Burger Contest
Best Burger in the Bay (Tampa)
2012 Burger Madness Tournament (San Antonio)
Top Shelf Burger Competition (Boise)
The Grind: Miami's Burger Battle - Fan Vote Winner
Eater's Greatest Burger in America Competition
Shanghai's Best Burger
Best Burger in the Valley
LaWeekly 10 Best Burgers of Los Angeles
England's Best Burger Challenge
New York Beef Industry Council Best NY Burger
Iowa's Best Burger
Big Cheese at NJ Wine and Food Festival
2012 Nebraska's Best Burger
2nd Annual Philadelphia Burger Brawl
Best of Big D 2012 - Best Burger (Dallas)
Denver Burger Battle
Citypages - Best Burger 2012 (Minneapolis/St Paul)
Houston Press 2012 Burger Bracket
Toronto Life's The Dish - Toronto's 25 Best Burgers
Zagat - Fast Food Survey 2012 Best Burger
2012 Golden Plate Reader's Choice Awards - Best Hamburger (Vancouver)
Hamburger Hop (Chicago)
Battle of the Burgers (Atlanta) - People's Choice
Sacramento Burger Battle
2012 Orlando Weekly Best of Orlando - Best Burger
St Louis Magazine Burger Bracket
WPXI Pittsburgh's Best Burger
OnMilwaukee Best Dining 2011
City Weekly’s Best of Utah 2012 (Salt Lake City)
Nashville Scene's Best of Nashville
Best of Metromix Detroit - Best Burger
San Diego Magazine Best Restaurants 2012 - Best Burger
Gambit - Best of New Orleans, Best Burger
2012 Austin Chronicle Restaurant Poll
Burger Lovers Fest
Best Memphis Burger Fest
Burger Madness - Madison, WI

WFC Special Invitations

5 contestants TBD

Just A Pinch

5 contestants — TBD

If one of the 40 contest or competition winners is not able to accept the invitation and participate in The World Food Championships, invitations will be extended to an alternate winner at the same event or the winner of an additional event. The remaining 10 contestants will come from online competitions at JustAPinch.com (5 spots) and WFC special exemptions (5) based on criteria determined by the competition committee. All invited teams who qualify will receive a direct email message from the WFC on how to sign up and opt into the event. A $125 entry/processing fee will be required.

Check back on May 31 to see who will earn the right to enter and compete for The World Food Championships title.

If you would like to receive updates about additional World Food Championships information, please contact us.

Participant Agreement

Thank you for agreeing to participate in the World Food Championship. This Agreement shall constitute an agreement between You and the World Food Championship, its agents, assignees, licensors and benefactors (collectively the WFC) and shall govern your participation in the WFC. By checking the box that appears beneath this Agreement when registering, you electronically sign this Agreement and agree to be legally bound by all of the terms, conditions and notices contained or referenced herein.

The WFC is producing a series of events that will be held from November 1, 2012 through November 4, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada (hereinafter singularly or collectively the WFC Event). The WFC Event shall include but not be limited to competitive cooking competitions in the categories of barbecue, chili, hamburger, sandwich, sides, chef challenge, and champion's challenge (hereinafter WFC Categories), as well as consumer events related to the WFC Categories. The WFC may add or discontinue any of the WFC Categories at any time. It is understood that the WFC may film, document, record, or transcribe the WFC Event and the WFC may develop, author or produce content based on the WFC Event or the WFC Categories (hereinafter "WFC Content").

You have agreed to participate in one or more WFC Event. You agree to be bound by the terms, conditions and rules of participation as detailed in this Agreement, posted on the website of the WFC (www.worldfoodchampionship.com), and disseminated to You by the WFC, whether by mail, e-mail or in person. The WFC assumes no responsibility for accidents, illnesses, disabilities, monetary loses or any other loses incurred by You during the WFC Event, or during travel to or from the WFC Event. Your participation is conditioned on your adherence to these terms, conditions and rules. The WFC may revoke your right to participate in the WFC Event at any time, subject to the return of any entrance fee or partial deposit if applicable.

As a material term of condition for participating in the WFC Event, You agree to provide the WFC with a minimum of one (1) recipe per contest, demo, or event that you participate in (hereinafter Materials). You will retain copyright and ownership in any Materials. However, You hereby grant the WFC irrevocable royalty-free permission to use Materials in any and all media in perpetuity throughout the world, including but not limited to motion picture, television, book publication, merchandising, testimonials, advertising, infomercials, commercial tie-ups, product licensing, online and interactive media or any other technology now in existence or hereafter utilized. When reasonably possible, You will be afforded credit for any use of Materials, but You will not receive any other form of compensation or consideration. You hereby waive any droit moral rights in and to the Materials. Nothing herein guarantees that Materials will be used in any manner.

As a qualifier/participant into the WFC, you hereby consent to the non-exclusive use of your name, likeness, presence, presentation, and performance in connection with the WFC Event or the WFC Content, in any and all forms of media, whether related to a promotional or marketing effort or a for-profit endeavor undertaken by the WFC. Such usage shall only be in direct connection with the WFC Event or in connection with the publication, distribution or other exploitation of the WFC Content.

As a category finalist, winner or Final Table participant, you will be compensated through the appropriate WFC prize purse and as a result hereby consent to the exclusive use of your name, likeness, presence, presentation, and performance in connection with the WFC Event or the WFC Content, in any and all forms of media, whether related to a promotional or marketing effort or a for-profit endeavor undertaken by the WFC. Such usage shall only be in direct connection with the WFC Event or in connection with the publication, distribution or other exploitation of the WFC Content and/or its partners and sponsors.

You hereby grant the WFC the right to record Your name, likeness, image, voice, sound effects, interview and performance on ?lm, tape, or otherwise (the "Recording"), edit such Recording as the WFC or any third party licensee of the WFC may desire. You hereby grant the WFC the permission and right to use or authorize the use of the Recording or any portions thereof in all markets, manner, formats and media, whether now known or hereafter developed, throughout the world, in perpetuity. If the WFC is required to provide any further release or permission from You for the use of the Recording, You agree to provide such release within two (2) weeks of receipt of a request for permission.

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless the WFC and its directors, officers, managers, staff members, volunteers, agents, licensees and any seller from and against all losses, expenses, damages and costs, including reasonable attorneys fees, resulting from any violation of this Agreement, or the failure to fulfill any obligations relating to your participation in the WFC Events, incurred by You.

This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. Should any provision of this Agreement be void or unenforceable for any reason, such provision shall be deemed omitted and this Agreement with such provision omitted shall remain in full force and effect. This represents the complete agreement between us. The WFC reserves the right to modify this Agreement at any time, in which case the WFC will make an online announcement on its website and contact You by e-mail, if a valid e-mail address is provided and is still active at the time of notice, which will be deemed sufficient notice.