{"id":613,"date":"2014-12-08T23:06:13","date_gmt":"2014-12-08T23:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/?p=613"},"modified":"2014-12-15T10:28:09","modified_gmt":"2014-12-15T10:28:09","slug":"my-latest-competition-takes-me-to-6th-place-in-top-10-at-the-world-food-championship-las-vegas-nevada-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/?p=613","title":{"rendered":"My latest competition takes me to 6th place in top #10 at the World Food Championship, Las Vegas Nevada 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the biggest cooking competition in the world!  To be able to compete in this time of competition you have to have previously qualified for a specific category through recipe competition.  This year I qualified in 3 different category with my wins in the previous 12 month period.  Dessert, Recipe and Seafood category!!Of Course seafood is my favorite food to cook I wasn&#8217;t about to pass this opportunity and gave me the opportunity to compete with 48 other competitors in seafood category all but 5 were all professional chefs so I had to represent the Tampa Bay area and my town of New Port Richey, FL as a home cook!  It was my second year in a row in qualifying to compete at the World Food Championship! I can&#8217;t wait for this year it&#8217;s going to be here in Kissimmee, Florida. I was also asked to do a seafood cooking demonstration while I was there competing.  Here are some highlights of my experience!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/WFC-banner-at-wfc1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/WFC-banner-at-wfc1.jpg\" alt=\"WFC banner at wfc\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-624\" srcset=\"https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/WFC-banner-at-wfc1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/WFC-banner-at-wfc1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/WFC-banner-at-wfc1-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Me-posing-at-WFC1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/me-showing-off-my-enchiladas-to-the-crowd-in-my-demo-wfc-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><div id=\"attachment_620\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/me-with-chef-ben-vaugh-wfc.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-620\" src=\"https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/me-with-chef-ben-vaugh-wfc.jpg\" alt=\"With  Food Network Chef Ben Vaughn! After they announced finalists \" width=\"540\" height=\"960\" class=\"size-full wp-image-620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/me-with-chef-ben-vaugh-wfc.jpg 540w, https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/me-with-chef-ben-vaugh-wfc-168x300.jpg 168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-620\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">With  Food Network Chef Ben Vaughn! After they announced finalists<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the biggest cooking competition in the world! To be able to compete in this time of competition you have to have previously qualified for a specific category through recipe competition. 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