The Season 2 'TOC: All-Star Christmas' Competitor Lineup Is Jam-Packed

Guy Fieri's Tournament of Champions: All-Star Christmas is back for its second season with all-new teams. Premiering Sunday, November 8 at 8|7c, the bracket-style competition show will feature both new and returning competitors, tricky ingredients and, of course, the famous randomizer. A rotating panel of judges will determine which of the 16 duos deserves the title of ultimate champion, the $100,000 prize and a donation to their charity of choice. Meet the teams battling it out.

Neither of these chefs is new to the TOC kitchen. Ashley Holt is one half of the runner-up team from Season 1 of TOC: All-Star Christmas, while Britt Rescigno is both a TOC: All-Star Christmas vet and a Tournament of Champions final four chef. Britt began her culinary journey at the age of 13 and has gained a reputation as a major competition threat thanks to her wins on Food Network shows like Chopped, Beat Bobby Flay and Guy's Grocery Games. Ashley is a renowned pastry chef, baker and cake artist who specializes in crafting over-the-top sweet creations.

The G.O.A.T. and Iron Chef, Stephanie Izard, is pairing up with Food Network darling and former host of Southern at Heart, Damaris Phillips, for their second season of TOC: All-Star Christmas. Both have extensive experience with cooking competitions and will bring their know-how to the TOC kitchen. Stephanie is a four-time Tournament of Champions competitor and the first-ever female winner of Top Chef, while Damaris is the ninth winner of Food Network Star.

Jet Tila will never give up. He's back for Season 2 of TOC: All-Star Christmas — this time with Food Network OG Alex Guarnaschelli. Alongside Ashley Holt, Jet was part of Season 1's runner-up team and has been to the final four of Tournament of Champions a whopping five times. (Needless to say, he knows his stuff.) He's also an author and a restaurateur. Having been both a judge and competitor, Alex knows her way around the TOC kitchen. She is a longtime member of the Chopped judging panel and a winner of The Next Iron Chef.

Molly Coen is the Season 1 winner of The Ultimate Baking Championship and an executive pastry chef. While it may be her first time in the TOC kitchen, there's no doubt she'll be a major threat when it comes time to craft holiday treats. Rounding out her team is fellow TOC newbie, executive chef and James Beard nominee for Best Chef Southeast, Chayil Johnson. Not only are the two talents partnering up for season two of All-Star Christmas, but they've also known each other since college.

The only Tournament of Champions winner to be competing in the second season of TOC: All-Star Christmas, Mei Lin is a former Top Chef winner and a James Beard Award nominee known for her cuisine that combines her Chinese-American heritage with fine-dining techniques. For her second season of All-Star Christmas, she's pairing up with pastry chef and co-owner of the Empellón restaurant group in New York City, Alex Stupak.

Entering TOC: All-Star Christmas with their own championship titles — Marcel Vigneron won Season 1 of 24 in 24: Last Chef Standing, and Hung Huynh is a Top Chef winner — the two chefs make a dynamic duo. Marcel, who has worked for some of the best restaurants in the world, is an author and the co-founder of the Malibu Food & Wine festival. Though new to the TOC kitchen, Hung graduated from the Culinary Institute of America and is now an executive chef.

Back for his second season of TOC: All-Star Christmas, Zac Young is an experienced pastry chef and the owner of PieCaken Bakeshop and Sprinkletown. He has also been featured in several baking competitions, including Halloween Baking Championship and Top Chef: Just Desserts. This season, he's partnered with Gabe Bertaccini, a competitor, judge, mentor and co-host of several Food Network shows, including Ciao House. An Italian-born chef who started working in professional kitchens at the age of 13, Gabe is also the host of Food Network's YouTube series Cook Like an Italian.

TOC and TOC: All-Star Christmas competitor Tobias Dorzon is not only a restaurateur and chef (who has appeared on shows like Chopped and Last Bite Hotel), but he's also a former professional football player for the Tennessee Titans and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers — so he knows all about competition. His partner for Season 2 is a Top Chef veteran and a restaurant owner known for his bold Southern flavors, Kenny Gilbert, who also cooked his way to the final four of TOC VII.

Award-winning restaurateurs Brian Malarkey and Carlos Anthony are well-practiced competition chefs who happen to go way back. Brian and Carlos have worked together for more than 20 years and competed on Food Network shows like 24 in 24: Last Chef Standing and Wildcard Kitchen. Brian has also been a judge on Guy's Grocery Games and Chopped and is the host of Cutthroat Kitchen: Knives Out. Carlos is a former TOC competitor and executive chef at Brian's Hawkeye and Huckleberry Lounge.

Aaron May and Adam Sobel make a formidable duo. Aaron is one of the most winningest chefs on Guy's Grocery Games, as well as a judge for the show and others, like Guy's Ranch Kitchen. Both Aaron and Adam have competed on multiple seasons of TOC. Adam is also the founder of the Aether Group and Sobelini Pizza Crunch in New York City.

Not only are Dale Talde and TJ Obias partners for Season 2 of TOC: All-Star Christmas, they're also best friends of 20 years. Dale is a chef and cookbook author best known for his stints on several seasons of Top Chef as both a competitor and a judge, as well as his New York restaurants. TJ is new to the cooking competition sphere, but brings major cooking experience.

After making it to the final two during Tournament of Champions VII, Kevin Lee proved he can best some of the biggest competition chefs on television. He began his career working in sushi restaurants in Las Vegas and has since opened several Korean-inspired restaurants in his home state of Oklahoma. Shota Nakajima is a Season 18 Top Chef finalist and three-time James Beard nominee who, like Kevin, incorporates his Japanese heritage into his cooking.

Teamed up with Damaris in the first season of TOC: All-Star Christmas, Sara Bradley is back to take another stab at the ultimate championship. She comes from a background working in Michelin-starred kitchens in New York and Chicago and opened her own restaurant, Freight House. On her first TOC go-around, Nini Nguyen competed with champion Mei. She's also flexed her competition muscles on Top Chef, Last Bite Hotel and Bobby's Triple Threat.

A Food Network fan fave, regular judge on shows like Guy's Grocery Games and Season 6 winner of Food Network Star, Aarti Sequeira is returning for her second season of TOC: All-Star Christmas. She's known for her American cuisine with an Indian twist — and for her ability to turn ingredients from the international aisle into simple, weeknight meals. Stephanie Boswell is a world-renowned pastry chef and current judge on Halloween Baking Championship with Aarti.

The definition of a dynamic duo, Rocco DiSpirito is a James Beard-winning Italian-American chef who plans to bring the savory. Grace Pak is an acclaimed cake baker known for her hyperrealistic creations. Together, they'll be able to handle any type of holiday cooking. Plus, they both have the competition experience to keep a cool head. Rocco has competed on Tournament of Champions VII and Wildcard Kitchen, while Grace has proven her competition prowess on Super Mega Cakes and Netflix's Is It Cake?.