KCBS Reps CA
11 reps have worked contests in CA. Click any rep for their full slate of events, the teams that cook under them, the champions they have crowned and the ground they cover.
Reps run the room; judges score the boxes. The judges’ section has the class calendar, where the tables are this season, and what one point on a card is worth.
The rep corps at a glance (read off every contest with a rep on file)
Reps tracked
11
4 with 50+ events
Working in 2026
8
ran an event this season
Event assignments
534
~49 per rep · median 44 in CA
Events covered
131
34% of the 387 events on file name a rep
Team entries covered
2,528
teams that cooked a contest with a rep on file
Leaderboards (top five in each, career-wide)
Most events worked
| Rep | events | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Julie Poe | 111 | |
| Ian Schmidt | 102 | |
| Kelly McIntosh | 86 | |
| Kathleen McIntosh | 78 | |
| Michael Santiago | 44 |
Busiest in 2026
| Rep | events | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Julie Poe | 16 | |
| Ian Schmidt | 15 | |
| Michael Santiago | 8 | |
| Rhonda Santiago | 8 | |
| Kelly McIntosh | 7 |
Widest reach
| Rep | states/prov. | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Merrialyce Alvarez | 8 | |
| Steve Alvarez | 8 | |
| Julie Poe | 7 | |
| Ian Schmidt | 6 | |
| Michael Santiago | 6 |
Most state championships
| Rep | title contests | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Julie Poe | 71 | |
| Ian Schmidt | 71 | |
| Kelly McIntosh | 55 | |
| Kathleen McIntosh | 53 | |
| Michael Santiago | 37 |
Reps on the road each season (how many worked, and how many events they covered)
How much a rep works (reps by career events)
Showing 11 of 11 reps who have worked a contest in CA. Counts are career-wide, across every state, and count every assignment — a rep’s own page separates the contests they ran from judging classes and cancellations. Click a row for the full rep profile; click a column to sort.
| Rep | Events | States/Prov. | State champ. | GCs crowned | Team entries | 2026 | First seen | Last seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julie Poe | 111 | 7 | 71 | 78 | 1,935 | 16 | Apr 26, 2019 | Sep 25, 2026 |
| Ian Schmidt | 102 | 6 | 71 | 77 | 1,901 | 15 | Apr 26, 2019 | Sep 25, 2026 |
| Kelly McIntosh | 86 | 5 | 55 | 60 | 1,800 | 7 | May 10, 2019 | Sep 18, 2026 |
| Kathleen McIntosh | 78 | 5 | 53 | 59 | 1,788 | 6 | May 17, 2019 | Sep 18, 2026 |
| Michael Santiago | 44 | 6 | 37 | 36 | 979 | 8 | May 24, 2019 | May 15, 2026 |
| Rhonda Santiago | 44 | 6 | 37 | 36 | 979 | 8 | May 24, 2019 | May 15, 2026 |
| Connie Amidei | 24 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 952 | 6 | Jun 1, 2019 | Sep 25, 2026 |
| Jonathan Amidei | 23 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 895 | 6 | Jun 1, 2019 | Sep 25, 2026 |
| Merrialyce Alvarez | 10 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 186 | — | May 3, 2019 | Apr 30, 2021 |
| Steve Alvarez | 10 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 186 | — | May 3, 2019 | Apr 30, 2021 |
| Gene Goycochea | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 43 | — | May 10, 2019 | Aug 23, 2019 |