NEW YORK, July 29, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- The
Great Food Truck Race and host Tyler Florenceare
back this August for a fierce food battle on wheels with a relative
twist – this time, the six teams fighting for the $50,000 grand prize are family and have never
operated a food truck before. From a Chicago police officer and her sister to
cheese expert identical twins to reality star Vinny Guadagnino (Jersey Shore), his
mother and uncle, the competitors are all passionate about food and
ready to hit the road cooking! The Great Food Truck
Race: Family Face-Off premieres Sunday, August 28th at 9pm ET/PT and follows a scenic route from
Los Angeles through the Southern
California Sun Belt, leading up to the finale in Catalina Island on Sunday, September 25th at 9pm ET/PT where $50,000 is awarded to the last truck
standing.
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"Adding a family dynamic to The Great Food Truck Race
takes this adventure to a whole new level of entertainment," said
Didi O'Hearn, Senior Vice President,
Programming, Food Network & Cooking Channel. "Watching these
families test their culinary chops and navigate their personal
relationships on the road really amps up the excitement and
laughter."
This season's competitors are: Bigmista's Fatty Wagon -
Long Beach, California
(Neil Strawder, Phillis Strawder, Eric
Lara); Carretto Siciliano - Staten Island, New York (Vinny Guadagnino, Paola
Guadagnino, Angelo Giaimo);
Fortune Cooking - Milford,
Michigan & Denver,
Colorado (Tom Lin,
Julie Hill-Lin, Tiffany Webster); Grilled Cheese All-Stars –
San Francisco & San Diego, California (Michael Kalish, Charlie
Kalish, Bryce Adams);
Lei-Away Leidies – Provo, Utah
& Laie, Hawaii
(Carey Ofahengaue, Summer Prescott, Autumn
Prescott) and Sweet Southern Soul - Chicago, Illinois & Atlanta, Georgia (Tiffany Ermon, Tikia
Travis, Kizzma Snoddy).
In the first episode, the six family teams kick off the race
with a funnel cake eating contest at a theme park in Los Angeles. After leaving the park, host
Tyler Florence gives the families
their first signature menu cooking challenge. Then the teams
go head-to-head in a bidding war for a prime selling spot on the
theme park grounds. The least successful team is sent home,
and these rookies realize operating a food truck is much harder
than having fun in the California
sun. The race then heads to Ventura
County for a strawberry festival, an ostrich egg hunt in
Santa Barbara, a roadside
attraction challenge in Palm
Springs and a finale in majestic Catalina Island where the $50,000 grand prize is awarded.
Fans can discover more about The Great Food Truck Race:
Family Face-Off, relive highlights, check out behind-the-scenes
moments, and much more at FoodNetwork.com/FoodTrucks. Join
the conversation on Twitter using #GreatFoodTruckRace.
The Great Food Truck Race: Family Face-Off is produced by
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