The Food Network’s “The Great Food Truck Race” ended Sunday after 35,000 miles, and eight states. The Race began at the Malibu Pier in Southern California, and ended in Miami Beach, Florida. The race pitted eight food trucks against each other, with a team being eliminated at the end of each leg of the race with the lowest sales total. The winning team at the end of the last leg of the race received $100,000.
The eight food trucks taking part in the second Food Network “The Great Food Truck Race” were:
Sky’s Gourmet Tacos. This Los Angeles based restaurant on wheels specializes in Mexican styled cuisine. The business was started up by Barbara Burrell, who was joined by her son, Victor, and partner, Kevin Minor. Sky’s Gourmet Tacos was the first team eliminated at the end of the first leg of the race in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Devilicious. Good friends, Dyann Huffman and fiancée, Mark Manning, and friend, Kristina Repp, take familiar comfort food and add decadent ingredients to whip a deviliciously good dish. This San Diego based trio was eliminated in the second leg of the race in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Café Con Leche. The night air in and around Los Angeles is filled with the aroma of Cuban food, whipped up by three friends; Gabriel Martinez, Maria Felipe, and Frankie Tosta. Café was eliminated on the third leg of the race in Denver, Colorado.
Seabirds. The brainchild of Seabirds is Stephanie Morgan, joined by chefs Raya Belna and Nicole Daddona, together they are on a mission to make the masses lovers of vegan cuisine. These Costa Mesa, California home based vegan culinary experts were eliminated on the fourth leg of the race in Manhattan, Kansas.
Korilla BBQ. The smart-styled business moniker of “Korilla BBQ” is a combination of Korean + Grill. The food truck operation was started by Edward Song, and his friends Stephan Park, and Paul Lee were all in for taking Korean food to the people of New York City. Korilla had the distinction of becoming the first team to be eliminated for cheating on the show, by adding $2,700 of their personal funds into the cashbox. The irony of the embarrassing situation was that they didn’t have to cheat, having outsold Hodge Podge; $5,258 to $4,961. Korilla was eliminated on the fifth leg of the race in Memphis, Tennessee.
Roxy’s Grilled Cheese. Brothers, James and Mike DiSabatino, along with professionally trained chef, Marc Melanson, bring a different level of goodness to the grilled cheese sandwich. This Boston, Massachusetts based food truck operation was eliminated on the sixth leg of the race in Atlanta, Georgia.
Hodge Podge. Chris Hodgson, food truck owner, assisted by his girlfriend, Jacquelyn, and sister, Catie pride themselves on being food connoisseurs of classic American dishes. Hodge Podge was one of the two food trucks in the finals.
The Lime Truck. This Irvine, California home based food truck operation is owned by Daniel Shemtob, who along with Jason Quinn and Jesse Brockman brings gourmet style food to street. The Lime Truck is the second of two teams to make it into the final of the “The Great Food
“The Great Food Truck Race” Final Combatants – The Lime Truck and Hodge Podge
The final leg of “The Great Food Truck Race” competition took place in Miami Beach, Florida. The show’s host, Tyler Florence, gave each team ground rules before the final race began.
The first team to make $15,000 in food truck sales, and be the first team to arrive at South Pointe Park would get to take home $100,000. However, there would be speed bumps along the way making the way to the finish line much more difficult.
At the start of the race both teams were given $500 seed money to purchase food supplies. Then came the first speed bump announced by the infamous phone call from Florence; the team’s food trucks would be towed, and each team would have to earn $200 to get their trucks out of impound. Hodge Podge was the first to get their truck back, followed soon by The Lime Truck team.
The next speed bump; each team had to catch a fish, and prepare a fish dish, and the team judged the winner would receive a prize. The Lime Truck team dish was judged best, and as the winner of the second speed bump they received $1,500 getting them closer to their $15,000. goal.
The third speed bump was split into part 1, and part 2. In the first part of the speed bump the food trucks had to shut down early. In the second part of the last speed bump each team had to prepare and sell only desserts. Then, both teams reached their $15,000 sales goal, and raced off to reach Tyler Florence first.
And, the winner of the $100,000 of the second Food Network “The Great Food Truck Race,” was The Lime Truck.
Sources
http://www.foodnetwork.com/the-great-food-truck-race/index.html
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