Battle of the Branches 2025

Mission Zero Hundred Hours (MZHH) is a 501(c)(3) charity focused on Veteran suicide prevention and awareness through competitive culinary arts.

Currently, 20 or more Veterans a day succumb to suicide. We feel this number should be ZERO.

In military time 00:00 (Zero Hundred Hours) is the start of a new day. Mission Zero Hundred Hours, in its name, is the start of a new day for many struggling Veterans. We provide life-changing competitive culinary arts experiences to Veterans that help them channel their energies toward healthy goals while developing culinary life skills.

Veterans supported through the MZHH “New Days For Veterans” program will deploy to the World Food Championships in Indianapolis from October 18-19.

The “Battle of the Branches: WFC Edition” is a culinary competition unlike any other. Military branch teams, consisting of Veterans or service members, are led by experienced coaches through preliminary rounds, and a finals round to determine the best culinary branch of service. The branch teams will square off in the preliminary round with the Slider Battle. The Branch team with the highest score will represent their branch, against all other branches, in the finals with the MRE Challenge. The winning branch will have a year of bragging rights as the best culinary branch of service!

Veterans and service members are participating in online team fundraising. The team with the highest fundraising totals receives a competitive advantage at the World Food Championships.