Andrew Zimmern joins the crowds looking for lunch before hitting the sand and surf at a food truck rally in Huntington Beach, Calif., a town rightfully dubbed Surf City, USA. He meets two young college buddies who traded in their corporate jobs in New York City to open their Chinese-inspired food truck, Mad Dumplings. Their funky menu includes dumplings stuffed with fried chicken and longanisa sausage. Andrew is also intrigued by El Governador, a family-owned taco truck that claims to make the best shrimp tacos in Orange County. Then he visits the bright red Tumaca Truck, a Spanish sandwich and tapas truck run by a French husband and Spanish wife who are serious about the ingredients in their Serrano ham sandwiches, croquetas ibericas and more. Finally, Andrew rewards one deserving culinary dreamer with a $10,000 tip and a Food Network seal of approval.
The two teams lucky enough to make it past the judges test their concepts on the streets of Austin, Texas, where they quickly learn that running a food truck is not as easy as it looks. But by day two, things to into overdrive as the teams square off against not just each other, but also a park full of established food trucks.
The final two teams meet up with Tyler Florence and go head-to-head in rugged Fairbanks, Alaska, where intense challenges and tough sell days test both food trucks like never before. With unparalleled grit and determination, one team will be named the champion and win the grand prize of $50,000, and one team will leave Alaska with only dashed food truck dreams.
Jake Smollett has always dreamed of testing his skills in the world of street food and gets his chance when he takes over a friend's food truck and brags about his killer Steak Banh Mi Tacos on social media. Sisters Jurnee Smollett-Bell and Jazz Smollett see his video and decide to crash the action by showing up in their own truck, with Southern-inspired Oyster Po' Boy Sliders on board, to challenge Jake and brother Jojo Smollett to a truck vs. truck throw down. The loser has to post a video of shame online!
At the iconic Chase Center, home of the Golden State Warriors, the three remaining food trucks teams have to shoot hoops in order to earn their choice of proteins. On day one, host Tyler Florence makes the trucks remain stationary while the teams become delivery services. The inability to sell on their trucks pushes the teams to their limit, and a tense elimination reveals the final two teams.
Host Eddie Jackson invites three of Houston's hottest food trucks to compete for a spot at his bustling Rosehill Beer Garden. Double Trouble Philly Cheesesteaks, Houston's Pink Box and Pit King BBQ cook their best dishes for Eddie in the hopes of an opportunity to go head-to-head against his three resident food trucks to prove they have what it takes to stay at Rosehill.
In Toronto, Canada, host Jesse Palmer has two intense Sell Days in store for two lucky teams vying for the keys to their dream: their very own food truck for a year! Humiliation and maneuver missteps await the teams in an overwhelming first day. In the second day, they fight to successfully hustle customers alongside the big boys of established food trucks in downtown Toronto.
Tyler Florence meets the final two food trucks as they go head-to-head in sunny Key West, Fla. A spiny lobster, a key lime challenge and an unexpected visitor galvanize the teams to give it their all in the final push. In the end, one team closes the doors of their food truck and one walks away with the grand prize of $50,000.
Ditch the four walls, head outside, and get your fill of those portable powerhouses known as food trucks. Jeff Mauro gets happy about an angry lobster sandwich from the Happy Lobster Truck in Chicago. Sabin Lomac puts the pedal to the metal for The Bacon Truck's bacon mac and cheese bites in Boston, and nothing is going to slow down Ali Khan as he speeds towards the best food on wheels at LeRoy and Lewis Barbecue in Austin, Texas.
Host Tyler Florence shakes things up in Lake Charles, La., when he tells the teams to plunder one another's food trucks for a challenge judged by a band of hungry foodie pirates. Thousands of customers swarm the trucks, stressing one team to point of implosion and propelling another team to new heights.