A one-month span before the holidays has delivered Blue Wahoos chefs Travis Wilson and Carl Sackman a pair of special memories.
The tandem recently placed fifth in the sandwich category at the 11th Annual World Food Championships in Dallas, an event at the Texas State Fairgrounds in mid-November which attracted more than 1,500 chefs from around the world, all competing in categories with combined prize money exceeding $300,000.
The two earned their way into this first-time experience, after being awarded “best overall” in the Innisfree Food Challenge, a qualifying event held in October at Pensacola Beach.
“There were teams from France, Australia, Thailand, Hong Kong, so it really was a lot of global competition,” said Wilson, the Blue Wahoos executive chef, who rejoined the Blue Wahoos culinary team prior to the 2019 season. “And…
