The Great Food Truck Race Season 8 on Food Network

The Great Food Truck Race returns Southern-style summer in 2017, with seven teams of food truck novices battling from New Orleans to Savannah for a $50,000 grand prize. The great Food Truck Race Season 8 adds some Southern hospitality to the competition as the teams hit the pavement running with fantastic food, unique concepts and the hunger to win.

The Great Food Truck Race (2017)
Host: Tyler Florence
Network: Food Network
Release Date: August 20, 2017

The Great Food Truck Race Season 8 Participants

Hosted by Tyler Florence, this high-stakes road trip is full of beautiful scenery, Southern landmarks and intense food challenges. Viewers can meet the competing teams and browse photos of the challenges at FoodNetwork.com/FoodTrucks. Here are the teams that you will see in this season as they battle it out win the big prize.

• Braised in the South from Charleston, South Carolina (Nick Hunter, Steven Klatt, Brandon Lapp)
• The Breakfast Club from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Ashanti Dixon, Taylor Randolph, Mikey Robins)
• Mr. Po’ Boys from Dallas, Texas (Cedrick McCoy, Ryan Thompson, Esther Torres);
• Papi Chulo’s Empanadas from Cherry Hill, New Jersey (Sarah Hasbun, Carleena Lara-Bregatta, Luis Lara Polanco);
• The Southern Frenchie from Little Rock, Arkansas (Donnie Ferneau, Meaghan Ferneau, Amanda Ivy);
• Stick ‘Em Up from Rogersville, Tennessee (Justin House, Landon House, Shona House), and
• Wicked Good Seafood from Falmouth, Massachusetts (Bill Henrique, Ryan Schuhmacher, Dan Torres).

Follow the The Great Food Truck Race

In the first episode, the teams are greeted in the French Quarter of New Orleansby host Tyler Florence and their dream food trucks.  The race kicks off immediately with the first challenge called “Dough for Dough,” where they must create their own version of a beignet and sell it in the French Market.  The teams find out running a food truck is harder than they thought, and the second New Orleans challenge is to create a dish using the flavors of the popular Hurricane drink.

Local chef Susan Spicer determines who created the best plate, then one team is eliminated and the rest move closer to the finish line.  The route then hits Pensacola, Florida; Tuscaloosa, Alabama; Nashville, Tennessee and Athens, Georgia, leading to the finale location in Savannah, Georgia, where one team will be awarded the $50,000 grand prize.

The Great Food Truck Race Finale – 25th September 2017