The Great Food Truck Race returns with an all-new route across the country’s Gulf Coast this summer with a fresh roster of aspiring food truck operators battling to make the best food on wheels to win a life-changing $50,000 grand prize.
Host Tyler Florence kicks off the season welcoming nine teams to NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston for the start of the race. Each team must prove their culinary expertise, marketing savvy, and selling skills in themed challenges to beat their rivals and stay in the race. In a new twist this season, the teams are divided into “Stars and Stripes” squads, and the top sellers each week are awarded gold, silver, and bronze medals that come with a cash bonus.
The Great Food Truck Race: Games on the Gulf premieres Sunday, June 30th at 8 pm (all times ET/PT) and culminates in an action-packed finale from the renowned South Beach Wine and Food Festival in Miami on Sunday, August 4th at 8 pm.
Teams competing are Argentina’s Empanadas – Wichita, Kansas (Carolina Freeman, Paola Mentis, Chad Freeman); Bao Bei – Washington DC (Kevin Hsieh, Cody Hoover, Zakary Keres); Cooks with Passion – Atlanta, Georgia (Andrew Bernadine, Terry Jones, Jasmine Smith); Down to Get Tacos – Gilbert, Arizona (Karina Wollangk, Kiana Wollangk, Oz Gudino); Fishnet – Baltimore, Maryland (Ferhat Yalcin, Uswa McDowell, Keyia Yalcin); Kalye – New York, New York (Rob Mallari-D’Auria, Barry Jacinto, Mark Besanna); Plates on Deck – Davenport, Florida (Ken James, Ziomara Taveras, Samuel Jenkins); SOLA Po’Boys – Los Angeles, California (Serrano Barnes, Barenese Butler, Randy Butler) and Wally’s Waffles – Chicago, Illinois (Wally Strzepka, Maggie Strzepka, Joe Caiafa).