Extreme culinary battles, ‘Randomizer Wild Cards,’ unpredictable upsets & extra on Food stuff Network’s ‘Tournament of Champions V’

Dude Fieri hosts “Event of Champions” on Foodstuff Community. (Warner Bros. Discovery picture)

Mon, Jan 22nd 2024 06:05 pm

New year premieres Sunday, Feb. 18, on Meals Community Male Fieri returns as host – and all 4 champions are back again

Press Release

Male Fieri’s legendary culinary competition, “Tournament of Champions,” returns for an epic fifth year on Sunday, Feb. 18 (8 p.m. ET/PT). The expertise and capabilities of 32 of the most proficient chefs from the East Coastline and West Coastline – including all four prior champions – will be pushed to the limit in the most challenging unexpected-dying, bracket-model culinary competition.

The tension is powerful, and feelings are large as the elite chefs do not know who their opponents will be and what troubles “The Randomizer” will dish out, acquiring progressively tougher and more challenging in every single round. Just about every fight will feature blind judging by some of the largest names in the food stuff globe as the competitors watch their critiques from backstage.

Following eight weeks and 31 grueling head-to-head battles, 1 talented chef will win it all and be crowned champion, taking property the coveted “Tournament of Champions” belt and the most significant income prize in the history of the tournament of $150,000.

Before the new time commences, admirers can get even extra competition on “Tournament of Champions: The Qualifiers,” on Wednesdays, Feb. 7 and 14 (8 p.m.), as 16 chefs go head-to-head to acquire four coveted eighth seed slots in the tournament bracket. In addition, on Wednesday, Feb. 14 (10 p.m.), capture up on all the motion from very last 12 months in an hour-lengthy unique “Road to Tournament of Champions V.”

“As the wildest, most anticipated culinary levels of competition year-immediately after-year, you know that we had to go significant for season five,” Fieri claimed. “Sol here’s the deal: In buy to gain, you have gotta possibly be a earlier champ or get down a champ, as all the winners from earlier seasons are back again to protect their titles. We’re crankin’ up the already intense competitors with heated culinary rivalries, wild cards, and of system, off-the-charts taste on ‘Tournament of Champions V!’ ”

The cooks representing the East Coastline are: Eric Adjepong, Karen Akunowicz, Kelsey Barnard Clark, period 2 winner Maneet Chauhan, Tobias Dorzon, period 3 winner Tiffani Faison, Amanda Freitag, Jose Garces, Stephanie Izard, Marc Murphy, Britt Rescigno, Jonathon Sawyer and Dale Talde. The chefs displaying off their chops from the West Coast are: Carlos Anthony, Shirley Chung, time 4 champion Mei Lin, Antonia Lofaso, Crista Luedtke, Brian Malarkey, Shota Nakajima, Joe Sasto, Adam Sobel, Casey Thompson, Jet Tila, Michael Voltaggio, time 1 champion Brooke Williamson and Lee Anne Wong.

“Viewers cannot get ample of this exhilarating, unpredictable level of competition, as ‘Tournament of Champions’ is persistently Food stuff Network’s greatest-rated collection, with almost 11 million viewers at the edge-of-their-seats final season,” explained Betsy Ayala, head of written content, food stuff, Warner Bros. Discovery. “This 12 months, we are providing even additional motion with ‘Tournament of Champions: The Qualifiers,’ environment the phase for intense battles and sudden triumphs. With the bar raised greater than ever, ‘Tournament of Champions V’ will captivate equally seasoned enthusiasts and newcomers alike.”

Simon Majumdar and Justin Warner provide authentic-time enjoy-by-play as all the action unfolds in front of a stay audience. Hunter Fieri follows all the action backstage, interviewing the profitable cooks for their reactions to the competitors. The most significant food items icons blindly choose the dishes and study who is moving in advance and who is heading dwelling, such as Donatella Arpaia, Scott Conant, Cat Cora, Rocco DiSpirito, Susan Feniger, Lorena Garcia, Carla Corridor, Michael Mina, Eric Ripert, Marcus Samuelsson, Nancy Silverton, Ming Tsai, Michael White, Jonathan Waxman, Geoffrey Zakarian and Andrew Zimmern. The finale struggle on Sunday, April 7 (8 p.m. ET/PT), will ascertain who will join the elite team of “Tournament of Champions.”

Followers can also sign up for the dialogue on social media making use of #TournamentOfChampions for weekly reside Twitter get-togethers, and across Foodstuff Network’s Facebook and Instagram come across an insider’s search at the opposition, as effectively as all-new films with Man, the competitors, and the judges just about every 7 days. On FoodNetwork.com/TournamentOfChampions, followers can also search powering-the-scenes photos and binge-check out clips. Commencing on Thursday, Feb. 15, lovers can enter the “Tournament of Champions Bracket Sweepstakes,” the place they can establish their very own brackets and decide who they consider will gain each spherical – and share their picks on social media to enter for a probability to acquire massive money prizes all period very long.