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Food Wars
GenreFood Reality
Presented byCamille Ford
Country of origin United States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes6
Production
Executive producerMatt Sharp
ProducersScott Miller (series)
Joseph Schneier (story)
Joshua C. Diaz (story)
Lani Neumann (field)
CinematographyScott Sans
EditorLiam Lawyer
Camera setupMulti-camera
Original release
NetworkTravel Channel
ReleaseMarch 9, 2010 (2010-03-09) –
present

Food Wars is a weekly Travel Channel series hosted by Camille Ford that debuted on Tuesday, March 9, 2010.[1] The show features restaurant rivalries in cities around the United States, with loyal fans cheering for one of two restaurants that serve one of the city's signature dishes. A blind taste test with five tasters is conducted at the end of each show to decide which restaurant's version of the dish is better.

Format

In each episode, Food Wars travels to a particular U.S. city and finds two restaurants who are top-rated rivals serving the same dish, one symbolic of the featured city (e.g., Buffalo wings in Buffalo, New York). Camille Ford visits both restaurants, tries the dish in question and talks with owners and fans. The show presents a history of each restaurant and origins of the rivalry.

At the end of each episode, a taste test is conducted with a blindfolded panel of five judges, with loyal fans from both sides of the rivalry present. Each of the two restaurants is represented on the panel by a "superfan", one of its most loyal customers. The remaining three judges are impartial and consist of local personalities. Each judge tastes a sample of each dish and votes for his or her favorite. The restaurant that gets more votes is declared the winner of that food war.

Episodes

Food Wars debuted on March 9, 2010 with two back-to-back episodes that premiered at 10:00 and 10:30 PM EST, featuring buffalo-wing restaurants in Buffalo, New York and Italian-beef restaurants in Chicago. Subsequent weeks featured a fried-chicken rivalry in Pittsburg, Kansas and a barbecue rivalry in Lockhart, Texas. Other planned Season 1 cities include Detroit and Philadelphia.[2]

Season 1

Episode Ep. # Original Air Date Rivalry Winner
"Buffalo Wing War" 01 March 9, 2010 Anchor Bar vs. Duff's Duff's

Food Wars traveled to Buffalo, New York to pit Anchor Bar against cross-town rival Duff's to decide which serves the best version of the city's iconic finger food, Buffalo wings. The show was filmed in late December 2009.[3]

"Chicago Italian Beef War" 02 March 9, 2010 Al's #1 Italian Beef vs. Mr. Beef Mr. Beef

Food Wars traveled to Chicago to settle a rivalry between two Italian-beef sandwich restaurants: Al's #1 Italian Beef and Mr. Beef. In a lopsided victory, Mr. Beef soundly defeated Al's 4-1.[4]

"Kansas Fried Chicken War" 03 March 16, 2010 Chicken Annie's vs. Chicken Mary's Chicken Mary's

Food Wars' visit to Pittsburg, Kansas pitted fried-chicken rivals Chicken Annie's and Chicken Mary's against each other. The episode was filmed January 15–17, 2010.[5]

"Lockhart, Texas BBQ War" 04 March 23, 2010 Kreuz Market vs. Smitty's Market Kreuz Market

In Lockhart, Texas, Food Wars featured the barbecue rivalry between Kreuz Market and Smitty's Market, which resulted from a family feud between brother and sister.[6] Unlike other episodes which taste-test a single food item, this week's challenge featured both beef brisket and smoked sausage from each restaurant, which according to one judge's commentary caused voting confusion.

"Minneapolis Jucy Lucy War" 05 March 30, 2010 Matt's vs. the 5-8 Club Matt's

Two Minneapolis favorites battled it out in this episode. Each restaurant claims to have invented the city's signature Jucy Lucy (or Juicy Lucy), a hamburger that boasts melted cheese cooked inside the meat patty. This installment was filmed February 8–10, 2010.[7]

"Tucson Sonoran Dog War" 06 April 6, 2010 BK Carne Asada & Hot Dogs vs. El Güero Canelo BK

Food Wars' excursion into Tucson, Arizona featured two purveyors of the Sonoran hot dog, a hot dog wrapped in bacon and topped with pinto beans, chopped tomatoes, both fresh and grilled onions, mustard , jalapeño sauce and mayonnaise. This episode was filmed January 28–30, 2010[8] and in a Food Wars first, both opposing superfans (who happen to be brothers) voted for the same competitor, BK's Sonoran dog.

"Washington D.C. Jumbo Pizza Slice War " 07 April 13, 2010 Pizza Mart vs Jumbo Slice Pizza Mart
"New York Pastrami Sandwich War " 08 April 20, 2010 Katz’s Deli vs Second Avenue Deli Katz’s Deli
"LA Gourmet Truck War " 09 April 27, 2010 Baby's Badass Burgers vs Grill 'Em All TBA
"Kansas City BBQ Rib War " 10 May 4, 2010 Arthur Bryant's BBQ vs Gates Bar-B-Q TBA


References

  1. ^ "Travel Channel's Food Wars official web site". Travel Channel. Retrieved March 20, 2010.
  2. ^ Jessica Nunez (March 9, 2010). "Travel Channel's Food Wars to film at Lafayette, American Coney Islands". MLive.com. Retrieved March 20, 2010.
  3. ^ Andrew Z. Galarneau (January 5, 2010). "Travel Channel brings Food Wars to Buffalo's wings". The Buffalo News. Retrieved March 20, 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  4. ^ Marcus Riley (March 9, 2010). "Travel Channel Explores Italian Beef Debate". NBC 5, Chicago. Retrieved March 20, 2010.
  5. ^ Greg Grisolano (March 15, 2010). "Food Wars aims to settle fried-chicken competition". The Joplin Globe. Retrieved March 20, 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  6. ^ "Second Helpings: Austin Barbeque". The Austin Chronicle. March 17, 2000. Retrieved March 23, 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  7. ^ Clara James (February 8, 2010). "Jucy Lucy Fan? Juicy Lucy Fan? Come and Show Your Support on TV". About.com. Retrieved March 23, 2010.
  8. ^ Valerie Vinyard (January 27, 2010). "Sonoran-dog fans sought for filming of travel show". Arizona Daily Star. Retrieved March 31, 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
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