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WFC Announces 2017 Taste of America Challenge Winners

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WFC Announces 2017 Taste of America Challenge Winners

ORANGE BEACH, Ala. -- (July 21, 2017) -- If you didn’t catch the 2017 Taste of America Challenge winner announcement videos on our social media this week, here’s a quick overview of how your favorite Food Champ friends ranked in our largest annual online recipe contest! We saw some mouth-watering, innovative entries this year, and we are looking forward to seeing what dishes will do well at WFC 2017!

Congrats to all of our 2017 Taste of America Challenge Winners! We hope to see each of you in Orange Beach, Alabama in November!







Alabama

1. Shea Goldstein
2. Kelly Hargroves
3. LaQuine Taylor
4. Shea Goldstein
5. Tim Van Doren -- **1st Place People’s Choice Winner**

Arizona
1. Darlene Buerger
2. Sandra Hoopes
3. Matthew Kinney

California
1. Sharon Damante
2. Summer Barton
3. Graciela Gray-Kilgore
4. Ryan Rondeno
5. Yoshiharu Sogi

Colorado
1. Jeff Gebott
2. Gelnn Connaughton

Connecticut
1. No Resident Winner
2. Juanita Hendrix

Florida
1. Josee Lanzi
2. Joshua Tahan
3. Elisha Griffitt
4. Josh Cooper

Georgia
1. Craig Tabor -- **3rd Place People’s Choice Winner**
2. Lexi Martone
3. Amber M Johnson
4. Clark Neal
5. Jimmy Groves

Illinois
1. Phillipe Sobon
2. Julie Beckwith
3. Charles Doman
4. Alberto Santoyo -- **2nd Place People’s Choice Winner**

Kentucky
1. Staci Jett
2. Larry Letz

Kansas

1. Mike Castaneda

Louisiana
1. Shaheed Claiborne
2. Joseph Bruno
3. Lisa Talberg
4. Susanna Duplantis

Maine
1. Lesa Berard
2. Joe Sampson

Maryland
1. Ronna Farley
2. Chayse Walker
3. Kisha Washington

Massachusetts
1. Pamela Gelsomini
2. Laurie Lufkin

Michigan
1. Donna Bardocz
2. Louis Spruytte
3. Brenda Washnock

Minnesota

1. Jia-Yi Syed
2. John Lang
3. Virginia Louden

Mississippi
1. Jean-Paul Lavallee

Missouri
1. John Kennington
2. Kellie White

New Jersey
1. Dana Reed
2. Nancy Angelici
3. Randall Smith
4. Suzanne Medes

New Mexico
1. No Resident Winner
2. Shaheed Claiborne

New York
1. Jonathan Scinto -- **4th Place People’s Choice Winner**
2. Justice Stewart
3. Lexi Martone

North Carolina
1. Felice Bogus
2. Debbie Vair
3. Christopher Gonzalez

Ohio

1. Michele Kusma
2. Lexi Martone

Oklahoma
1. Tawni Crider
2. Roz Keimig
3. Lexi Martone -- **5th Place People’s Choice Winner**

Oregon
1. No Resident Winner
2. Hidemi Walsh

Pennsylvania
1. Kathleen Harman
2. Cindy Kerschner

South Carolina
1. Krista Towns
2. Brenda Watts
3. Andreann Geise

Tennessee
1. Kim Wynn
2. David Lang
3. Henry DeVault

Texas
1. Areli Biggers
2. Randy White
3. Shaheed Claiborne
4. Tina Crutchfield
5. Rob Frias

Utah
1. RaChelle Hubsmith
2. Donna Kelly

Virginia
1. Peter Radjou
2. Hidemi Walsh
3. Nick Edwards

Vermont

1. No Resident Winner
2. Lexi Martone


Washington
1. Janet Waters

West Virginia 
1. Brittany Furbee
2. Sherry Kozlowski 
3. Carolyn Blakemore 
4. Barbara Darnell


Wisconsin
1. Lu Holter
2. Lexi Martone
3. Lorraine Medes
4. Sean Streete

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