The Great Food Truck Race (2010–…): Season 5, Episode 7 - Finale at Mile 0: Winning Keys in Key West - full transcript
The Season 5 finale brings the remaining two teams to Florida, where they have to demonstrate what they have learned throughout the race as they vie to make the most money and win the top prize.
Previously on
"The Great Food Truck Race"...
Eight teams
of aspiring food‐truck owners
departed Southern California
for an epic 4,000‐mile
coast‐to‐coast cook‐off.
For an epic 4,000‐mile
coast‐to‐coast cook‐off.
Let's go!
The prize?
A state‐of‐the‐art food truck
and $50,000
to get their company started.
Lone Star!
Texas!
At each stop, I put them through
my food‐truck boot camp.
So what do you got?
My goal ‐‐ to teach them
the fundamentals
of running a mobile restaurant.
Order in.
From the diaphragm.
I'd like to see some pita bread.
A fresh scoop of salsa.
Six teams have had their dreams
shattered along the way.
Chatty Chicken checked out
in Venice.
The Gourmet Grads said goodbye
in Tucson.
The Military Moms were dismissed
in Austin.
Madres Mexican Meals
said "adios" in Oklahoma City.
Beach Cruisers said "see ya"
in St. Louis.
And the Bacon Army surrendered
in Mobile.
Keep that head up, buddy.
Head's up.
Heart hurts.
Now it's time for the finale.
Only Lone Star Chuck Wagon
and Middle Feast remain.
From Houston, Texas
is Lone Star Chuck Wagon.
Lance, his wife, Rachel,
and their friend Andrea
are all servers
at the same restaurant.
But Lance has been working hard
to launch his own line
of barbecue sauces and rubs,
but has found it difficult
on a waiter's salary.
Winning this truck
would be a dream come true.
On a server's salary,
I can't open my own restaurant,
but winning this
will get me on my way.
And Middle Feast
from Los Angeles, California.
Tommy, his sister Hilla,
and their friend Arkadi.
All three came from Israel
to get their piece
of the American dream.
Tommy's first attempt at opening
a restaurant fell flat,
and winning this food truck
will put these three
in business for themselves.
I'm here today
just because of my daughter.
I'm going to ensure
a great future for my daughter
and for my family.
I'm Tyler Florence,
and this is
"The Great Food Truck Race"
finale.
Food truck road trip!
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Scripps Networks, LLC.
Wow. The finals.
I don't think
anybody believed
that we were actually
gonna get to the finals. Yeah.
I knew we would get far.
I didn't know
we would get this far.
We've made a lot of mistakes
on the way,
but we managed to pull it off.
I felt that we did
everything right last week.
Everything
just fell into place.
We showed Lone Star
that, hey, we beat you,
and we beat you
by a lot.
Whew.
Made it to the finale.
This represents everything
we've been fighting for.
And it comes down to what
happens in the next three days.
We're in Florida.
It's beautiful.
It's a great backdrop
for kicking some ass.
In the past six weeks,
we've been at the top
and we've been at the bottom.
I don't want to go home
empty‐handed.
I don't want to go back
to the restaurant.
I don't want to serve tables
anymore.
Andrea,
who do you miss the most?
Nobody.
Touché.
This is our last chance.
I do not want to go back
to a restaurant.
Hi. Welcome to Florida.
How you doing, brother?
It's us or Middle Feast.
Everything rides on Tampa.
Teams,
welcome to Tampa, Florida.
Whoo!
You are standing at the
starting line of an epic finale.
It will cover five cities
and over 450 miles.
We're down to two.
Lone Star Chuck Wagon,
Middle Feast.
One of you will win
a state‐of‐the‐art food truck
and $50,000 in cash.
The other team will hand me
your keys and head home
and come this close to success.
Lance, what changes in your life
if you win this food truck?
Well, we could finally
be our own boss
and not have to answer
to anybody else
and start our business.
And, Tommy, what about you?
How does it change you?
Just the stuff
that I've learned here,
it's just a way up.
It's a way to ensure a future
for my daughter.
I really, really miss her.
But at the same time, all
the time away will be worth it
if I can secure a better future
for my daughter.
All right, guys,
let's get down to business.
We are revisiting
everything we learned
during our food truck boot camp.
First, branding.
I want you to look back
and pick five dishes
that really define your brand.
Your best five dishes.
You will write down
your five dishes
on the menu boards
I provided you.
Those are the only five items
that you'll sell
at your final destination.
And for the first time,
I'm setting your price point ‐‐
one $5 dish, three $10 dishes,
and one $15 dish.
I don't like Tyler
setting the prices for us.
I like to go to the town,
feel the town,
see how much I can charge.
The only thing
that makes me glad
is that he's setting the prices
for Texas, too.
Once you're happy
with your menus,
you will drive 150 miles south
to Bonita Springs, Florida,
where we'll focus on marketing.
There, you will record
a 30‐second commercial
for your food truck.
I will make sure
that it hits the air
at our final destination.
Are you guys ready
for the finale?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Good luck to both of you.
Let's get rolling!
Whoo!
In the past,
we were very flexible.
Whoo‐hoo!
We would put something
on our menu, take something off,
but now we have to stick to
five items only.
That's scary.
We had a duo.
Remember, we were doing
Duel in the Desert Bowl?
The Cowboy Bowl.
Tyler provided us
with menu boards
to write down
our best five items.
We're gonna choose items
that have been popular
throughout the whole trip.
We're also gonna add in
the onion burger
from Oklahoma City because
it was really, really tasty.
Enjoy.
Thank you.
Our fried‐onion burgers
are gonna be Texified
for the finale.
We're gonna have cheddar cheese,
corn, bell peppers, onions,
and, of course,
our secret Tex‐Mex sauce.
I have pride in this menu.
It looks fantastic.
There's a great variety.
People are gonna line up
for miles.
We have
the obvious things
that we know
that's gonna be on the menu.
It's gonna be the nachos
on the $5.
Isra‐Nachos.
We'll put the shawarma...
Shawarma's down there,
$15.
Since we put
the chicken shawarma on our menu
in Austin, Texas,
it has been our best seller.
May I please have
a chicken shawarma?
Sure.
I feel really good
about our menu
'cause it's exactly the things
that we've been putting to the
crowd for the past seven weeks.
This is the menu
that's gonna bring us victory.
Yeah.
Lone Star is
a hell of a competition.
They're fast, they're smart,
they know exactly what to do.
We are continuing
with the strategy
of just beating one team,
but this is the final team.
This is the most important team
to beat.
So, we need to start thinking
about our commercial
for the radio.
We should do a little bit
of our jingle.
I can't wait to do our
commercial in Bonita Springs.
We loved doing the jingle
back in Tucson,
so we have got this.
What do you want to do
for the commercial?
Do we have any ideas?
I am so not good at this.
I love the kitchen, I love food.
I do not know
how to write jingles.
It's gonna be a tough one
for the Middle Feast.
He's right.
We should start with
a dialogue between two people,
and then talk a little bit
about the truck.
Oh, my God.
Let's go.
This radio spot
is super‐important,
because if it gets played
in our final city,
it could bring a ton of people
to our truck.
Hey, y'all, I'm Lance.
I'm Andrea.
And I'm Rachel.
- And we're the...
- Lone Star Chuck Wagon!
We've come to your town
all the way from Texas...
To serve you our mouth‐watering
Tex‐Mex and barbecue.
Hey, Bobby,
what you got there?
Just a cheese quesadilla.
So, why the long face?
I don't know.
I'm just tired of eating
the same thing every day.
We put the quesadilla in there
because our competition
is Lone Star,
and we wanted to say,
"Yeah, I'm sick and tired
of all this barbecue
and Tex‐Mex,
and you can get it anywhere."
- Okay, guys.
- Perfect.
Thank you. Thank you.
Thank you so much.
I appreciate it.
It was so nice
meeting you.
We are the Middle Feast.
Check us out on social media
@MidFeastTruck.
- You guys like it?
- Yes.
All right.
Well, there's your commercial.
All right, thank you.
I'm actually very happy
with the result
of the commercial that we did.
I don't know if it's gonna help
bringing people to the truck,
but it's definitely
gonna make them smile.
Come on!
Come on!
What's up, guys?
Oh!
Tyler's here.
Oh, no.
Because it's always
super‐fun and easy news
when Tyler shows up.
Come on!
What's up, guys?
Oh!
I see Tyler,
and I'm thinking to myself,
"What the hell
you doing over here?
What's the deal?"
How you doing?
How's your commercial?
We think great.
I'm actually really excited
about hearing this.
Okay, teams, now we're gonna
revisit partnerships.
We teamed up the trucks
for an entire weekend
back in Austin, Texas.
But right now,
the two of you
only have to figure out
how to work together
for the next
couple of hours.
While you were inside,
I loaded your trucks with food.
When I say go,
you're gonna get in your truck,
and you're gonna drive
to Naples, Florida,
and you're gonna start
selling.
I hope you can figure out
a way to work together,
because what you make,
you will split.
This will be your seed money
for our final destination.
Oh.
We have to work
with Middle Feast.
Yay.
Let's get in our trucks.
Let's get rolling!
All right!
Partnering with Lone Star
in the finale
is going to be very difficult.
All I keep thinking about
is beating them,
but now I have to support them.
So, now we have to
figure out where to go.
Maybe the downtown area?
Naples Bay,
it looks like.
There's a beautiful park
in downtown Naples,
and I think
it's gonna be the perfect place
to open up
and make our seed money.
Hi, Hilla.
How are you?
Good. How you doing?
Good.
Hey, I found this park.
Maybe it might be
the happening place to be.
What do you guys think
about going there?
Yeah, sounds good.
So, let's take an inventory,
then talk with Middle Feast
about what we want to do.
Okay. He did give us
some sour cream.
Tyler gave us
all the ingredients
for a classic American cookout.
Oh, we have tilapia.
Okay. Hot dogs.
We have hamburgers, hot dogs,
a little bit of fish
and chicken.
We have four basic things,
so if we split it up
two and two...
Theoretically, right?
Let's do the chicken.
You do chicken and fish?
We'll do hot dogs and beef.
All right.
Sounds good.
I'll meet you
back out here.
All right.
Our strategy is
to sell separate items
and hopefully get
a lot of people to both trucks.
Just want to let you know
that the Lone Star Chuck Wagon
is open!
Don't be shy!
Step right up!
All right, Naples!
The Middle Feast food truck
is open and ready for business!
One burger
and one hot dog?
Yes.
Thank you.
Burger and a hot dog.
What can I get for you?
Can we do
a grilled‐onion cheeseburger?
Yes, sir.
Fish tacos.
Do you want to add fries to it?
Yeah.
All right,
that will be $17, please.
Okay.
So here's your fries.
Both trucks are gonna do
the same price point ‐‐
10 bucks for any item,
add fries for another $5.
Hey, y'all!
We can't compete
against each other yet.
We're working together.
I have your two tacos here
for you.
$12, please.
Addison, darling, there's
some condiments there for you.
Just gonna throw
a bunch of fries.
Two fish tacos.
- And a traditional taco.
- Yes, sir.
Here you go, man. Enjoy.
Thank you so much.
Thank you.
We've sold a few things,
but there's really
nobody around,
and this is not good
for seed money.
So, I just checked out
the street.
It's pretty dead.
We don't have
anybody to sell to,
and we need to make seed money
to buy groceries,
and that's at least $400.
Hey, guys, how you doing?
How'd you do?
Doesn't look like a lot of cash.
I'm gonna count it.
Whatever you made plus whatever
Lone Star made you'll split.
That's your seed money.
It's not a great start.
It's not a great start.
Nope.
I have Middle Feast cashbox.
I have your cashbox.
I'm gonna count the cash.
I'm gonna split it
right down the middle,
and I'm gonna
give it right back to you,
and that's your seed money
for the finale.
You ready?
Okay.
I would love to start
with at least $400 or $500.
I don't think
that's gonna happen.
Come on out, guys.
Lone Star, you made $200.
Middle Feast, you made $169.
That's $369, divided by two,
and that's $184.50 each.
$184.50?
That's not very much
for the groceries that we need.
So this is it.
I want you to wrap up
and get some sleep,
because tomorrow morning,
you are gonna drive
50 miles east
into the heart
of the Florida Everglades.
The road is appropriately called
Alligator Alley.
Wow.
All right, guys, thank you
so much for a very strong day.
Thank you.
See you tomorrow morning.
- Get some sleep, all right.
- Thank you.
This is not much money,
but we don't have
another option,
so we have to make this work,
and we'll figure out a way.
One more obstacle.
Let's kick some ass.
Yee‐haw.
Far from Texas, but that's okay.
They're further
from the Middle East.
It's day two of our five‐city
"Great Food Truck Race"
grand finale.
Well, yesterday sucked.
We'll have to do with $184.
After a miserable night
in Naples,
our two teams are headed deep
into the Florida Everglades,
right through Alligator Alley.
And what I have in store
for them
could be a serious game‐changer.
How are you? Good morning.
How you doing?
Good to see you.
HI, everybody.
Good morning, good morning.
Hi.
How you doing?
Great. How are you?
Well, teams, you're standing
right in the middle
of the Florida Everglades.
It's one of the most unique
ecosystems on the planet.
Guys, if you're keeping count,
this is the fourth stop
in our epic finale.
Last night in Naples,
it was a bit of a bust.
Am I right?
Well, guys, I can help.
It's time to revisit
cooking locally.
We are gonna have a cooking
challenge right here, right now.
Here's how this is gonna work.
I have provided you both
with an airboat and a driver.
When I say go,
you're gonna hop in the boats,
and you're gonna ride
to Captain Gerald's house.
It's a manmade island
only accessible by airboat.
When you get there,
find the Captain.
He will give you a package.
You will use
what's in that package
to create an epic dish worthy
of this amazing ecosystem.
For the dish I like the best,
I'm gonna double
your seed money.
$184.50 is not a lot of money.
We need to double that,
so we have to win today.
Whoo‐hoo!
These airboats
are so freakin' cool!
Forget the food truck!
I want an airboat!
Whoo‐hoo!
This airboat ride is so cool.
But it's hard to enjoy
because all I'm thinking about
right now
is finally winning
the cooking competition.
- Quick!
I'm Lance.
I'm Gerald.
Great to meet you, Gerald.
He lives in the middle
of the Everglades.
There's nothing out here
but his house.
It is so cool.
Right here
is what you come for.
Alligator and frog legs.
Wow!
Look at that, would you?
Huh?
Yeah.
Oh, my God!
These frog legs
are a little creepy.
Hey, y'all.
Hey, y'all.
Have fun.
Have fun.
I know these are items
that people usually fry,
but I want to think
outside the box
and do something
a little bit different.
How do you cook it?
I prefer deep‐frying,
and that's the way
most people ask for them.
This is the most pressure
moment in this whole race ‐‐
to cook something
you never cooked before.
I have to kill it.
We need to
double our seed money.
This is
the last cooking challenge
of this entire competition.
All I want to do
is beat Middle Feast.
This is huge,
and we have to win.
Here are the rules.
There's a table
right at the top of the stairs.
It's got everything you need
from plates to ingredients.
I want the best dish.
I want it on‐brand,
I want it creative,
I want the presentation
to look beautiful,
and most importantly,
I want it to taste delicious.
You got 30 minutes.
Let's go.
Come on. Let's go.
See you in half an hour.
When I see all the fresh produce
on the table,
it brings me back
to a comfort zone,
'cause frog legs
and alligator meat,
you get thrown off,
but then when you see products
that we actually know,
gets you
right back on track again.
So, girls, there wasn't that
much seed money to begin with,
so doubling our seed money
is freakin' huge.
I've never cooked alligator
or frog legs,
so I'm just gonna treat it
as if it were...
Chicken.
...chicken.
This is all about
cooking locally,
so we're gonna merge Texas
and Florida together
and make some delicious dishes.
I'm gonna make
a southwest alligator egg roll,
as well as a frog‐leg tostada.
I really like our flavors.
I think everything's exciting.
We're thinking outside the box.
We got this.
Uh, so then the dish is gonna be
these beautiful frog legs.
We're gonna make a batter
for them.
I'm doing a traditional
deep‐fried frog legs
with our Mediterranean spices.
And on top of all that,
there's gonna be
a garlic‐lemon herb sauce.
Can't believe
I'm eating a frog.
It's pretty good.
Frogs legs taste like chicken.
I was surprised.
It was really ‐‐
Actually, it was really good.
Egg roll.
All right,
we have an alligator egg roll
and a frog tostada.
All right, Texas.
All right, Middle Feast,
quickly, tell me what we got.
It's frog legs
in a Mediterranean batter
with some grilled veggies
and a garlic‐lemon herb sauce.
This is
the garlic‐lemon herb sauce?
It's on top of it, yeah.
Hey, Tommy, have you ever cooked
frog legs before?
Never.
Tommy, that's delicious,
and that's the best thing
I've seen or tasted
coming out of your truck.
Thank you, chef.
Congratulations.
Lone Star,
tell me what we've got.
This is
our Eastern Shore duo.
We have a frog‐leg tostada,
as well as
an alligator egg roll.
So you actually used
both products.
Yes.
It's dead‐on brand
for you guys.
The flavors get better and
better every time we do this.
That is absolutely delicious.
That capsaicin,
that spice in my mouth...
it's asking me
to go in for another bite.
Okay?
So this dish works.
I didn't stipulate the fact that
you had to use both ingredients,
the alligator and the frog,
and I appreciate you doing that.
You guys,
I've tasted both dishes.
I want to applaud you,
because I think
you've really developed
as cooks, as trucks,
and as brands.
I think the dish that ekes out
just a little better
than the other one...
Middle Feast.
I thought it was great.
I thought it was fantastic.
Thank you, Chef.
Finally, we win a challenge.
We got this one.
I can't believe it.
This is amazing.
I think
the flavors are great.
And, to me, this is
what I mean by being on brand.
Well, I was
really confident in our food.
Now we don't have as much money.
We're starting in a hole.
What can you do?
Tommy, congratulations.
Here's $184.50.
Doubling your till money.
Doubling the seed money
is excellent for us.
Gonna save us a lot of time,
and time is money.
Are you ready to find out
our next and final location?
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
Guys, we are driving
to the end of the Earth.
We are driving
to Key West, Florida.
Yes!
Key West!
We're gonna finish this contest
in paradise.
Funky little town,
really eclectic.
People really enjoy good food
down there,
and they're gonna love
both of you.
Are you guys ready to do this?
Yes.
Let's get rolling!
Well, that sucks
that we lost that challenge,
but we don't have time
to worry about it.
We just got to
keep pushing forward.
It wasn't that big of a deal.
I think that while seed money
is an advantage,
it wasn't a lot of seed money.
Key West, Florida.
I always wanted to
go to Key West.
It's like down there,
in the end,
It's like down there,
in the end,
like, nothing around.
The end of the world.
Are you ready for war?
I was born ready.
Hey, guys.
Hi.
Welcome to Key West.
It has been a frantic 48 hours
with four stops through Florida.
But we have made it.
Key West is our fifth
and final stop.
This is where
we have our final battle.
Two great teams
selling head‐to‐head
for the grand prize ‐‐
your very own
state‐of‐the‐art food truck
and $50,000.
Beyond the brand‐new
business startup
and beyond the $50,000,
I want to know why you do this.
You've all given up
seven weeks of your life.
And I know the road trip
has been amazing,
but I want to know,
in your heart,
why are you on this road trip?
Tommy,
why are you doing this?
Only one reason ‐‐
my daughter.
I have
a 2‐year‐old daughter,
and I want to ensure
a good future for her.
Tell me
your daughter's name.
Her name is Noya.
It means "beautiful" in Hebrew.
And you love your daughter. So much.
And what would this mean
to her?
To her, right now,
nothing.
But when she will grow up,
it will mean a lot for her
and to me and to my wife.
So it's about the security
of providing for your daughter.
Exactly.
That is a huge reason.
And, Hilla, tell me
what the family bond is
between the two of you.
We are very close.
We grew up together, we live
one building next to each other.
Yeah, I'm doing it for her
and for him, as well.
All right, Lance, tell me
why you guys are doing this.
We've made a lot of sacrifices
and given up a lot
to run our barbecue sauce
and rub company.
We gave up our wedding,
you know?
We didn't get to do
the full wedding
because we put all of our money
and efforts
into this company.
Rachel,
do you love Lance?
So much.
He's my best friend,
and I just really want to
see this happen for him.
He works every day
all day on this company
that hasn't really
repaid him yet.
I just want to see it happen
for him.
So, teams, you'll be
selling here in Key West
for the next two days.
This is where we will revisit
time management
and food quality.
First, let's talk about
time management.
These are your final two
selling days.
There's nothing after this.
You'll need to prep, shop, and
sell with Swiss‐like precision.
Manage your time wisely,
because you do not have
a lot of it left.
And I want nothing
but good quality food
coming out of your window.
All right, guys, good luck.
I want you guys to have
a good time this weekend.
At sunset tomorrow,
we'll meet right here,
where we will determine
a winner.
Best of the best ‐‐ here we go.
Final battle in Key West.
Let's get rolling!
- Yeah!
- Come on, girls!
Let's go!
We know we deserve it,
and we will prove that
by coming out
on the other side
with our own food truck
and $50,000.
We deserve this, and we deserve
to have our lives change.
- Hey, y'all, I'm Lance.
- I'm Andrea.
- Hey, it's our commercial.
- And we're the...
Lone Star Chuck Wagon!
Yay!
We nailed our radio spot,
and this is what's
gonna bring people in.
Let's do it!
Let's do it!
We're gonna park
on Duval Street.
Everyone says
it's the busiest part of town.
Whoo!
We're gonna go shopping,
okay?
We need to go shop as fast
as possible.
We're losing valuable time, and
we're losing money every second.
You're gonna take a left.
$184.50
is the least amount of money
that we have ever started with.
This is gonna be rough.
Do you have
any more of this?
Let's see if we can find
where Lone Star was at.
And there's one
for the car.
Get out, get out, get out.
Save the parking spot.
Right here.
We decided to park
right next to Lone Star.
We have to keep a close eye
on them.
They also went shopping.
They went shopping?
Oh, yeah?
Yeah.
Their truck is closed.
Doubling the seed money
is excellent for us.
All right, guys.
When they're gonna go shopping
for their second round,
we're gonna be selling.
Tortillas, tortillas.
Tortillas, yes.
Back here.
Back here. Come on.
Sorry for the rush.
I'm super‐confident
about this menu.
It represents our brand.
It's all things
that have sold really well,
so I know it's gonna go well
this weekend.
The Lone Star Chuck Wagon
is officially open for business!
We're so happy to be here!
Come eat!
We've prepped and opened
in 20 minutes.
This is the best opening time
we have ever had.
It is time to start selling
and win this food truck.
All right,
that's $15 all together.
It's a burger and a taco.
I need one taco,
one quesadilla...
Uh‐huh.
...and one burger.
You got it.
We're super‐busy to start.
We're selling a lot of food.
This feels fantastic.
Got a burger and a taco.
Thank you so much.
Thank you.
All right, guys.
Remember, we're the champions.
Let's do it.
Chicken shawarma.
Do you want to try
the fish tacos?
Yep, fish tacos.
It's really good.
Fernando!
Got the chicken shawarma.
It's excellent.
Love the taste.
Jeff!
And your quesadilla
is coming right out.
All right, you got the bowl,
I got three tacos.
Two burgers.
This spot is awesome.
There's so many people around.
It's a party town.
I love this place.
I want
the Texified onion burger.
Yes.
Three tacos, Devon.
We're just gonna do
the barbecue chicken wrap.
Sure.
Here's your taco.
Thank you.
And your...
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
The barbecue chicken wrap
is delicious.
It has nice roastiness
from the corn
and smokiness
from the chicken.
John, your burger and your bowl.
Thank you so much.
Chicken shawarma.
Would you like a side of nachos
with that?
Cory? Schnitzel?
We have a line
outside our truck.
The sales are just coming in
nonstop.
Fish tacos.
Yeah, man.
Here's your nachos.
And a shawarma.
Chicken shawarma.
Shawarma.
One nacho, one shawarma,
one fish, one schnitzel.
Order!
Order up!
Fish tacos.
Thank you so much.
All right, so this is
the last burger bun we have
'cause we didn't have
very much money.
We changed our mind
about the onion burger.
Okay.
We're gonna sell it
as a tortilla burger.
It's gonna be delicious
that way.
I think losing an item
is better.
So, we're sold out
of burger buns.
Rachel wants to eighty‐six
the item.
Andrea wants to put it
in a tortilla instead.
Don't you feel like
we're giving away
a lot of burger meat
for $10?
I just think
we should eight‐six an item.
Is that not allowed?
We don't have burger buns
to make a burger.
There's a lot of tension
between the two girls right now.
This is not the time
for this to be happening.
It's gonna force people
to order the quesadilla.
I agree.
That's what I'm saying.
I'm annoyed because
we have an item out there
that's really popular,
and I have to tell every
single person that comes up
that we're out of it.
I put a "sold out"
sign on it.
I'm just really frustrated
that Rachel isn't seeing
my point of view right now.
I'm the one in the window.
I know this burger's popular.
I don't want to
turn people away.
What do you want to do?
You're the chef.
I'll make them small.
We'll do a burger wrap,
and we'll make them smaller.
Whatever.
I don't care.
We need a wrap.
Let's not get frustrated.
Well, obviously, she is.
You guys hungry?
It's the evening of day three
of our "Great Food Truck Race"
finale.
Two nachos for Drew.
And both of our teams have
just moved to Mallory Square
And both of our teams have
just moved to Mallory Square
to catch the sunset crowd.
Thank you so much, Kelly.
Enjoy.
After falling behind
early in the day,
Middle Feast has bounced back
and are increasing their sales.
And the rest is coming up
right now.
Lone Star has set aside
their differences
and is hoping to regain
the momentum they had earlier.
The quesadilla
and the cowboy bowl.
Both teams have a long night
ahead of them.
This is our last push.
Let's push it hard.
Arkadi, sales.
Hilla, sales.
Don't worry about the food.
I got the food.
We did so well
in Mobile, Alabama,
we didn't need to work hard
for sales.
We just needed to cook food,
and now we need to hustle
for the sales.
What can I get for you?
Shawarma, please.
Got your food!
Everybody, come on.
Just one item.
One item! One item!
How are you doing?
Are you hungry?
No.
No?
Come over here!
Help us
win our food truck!
Only $5, $10!
Let's do it!
Yeah!
Yeah!
I love you!
I am doing everything
in my power
to get people
to come to our truck.
I'm talking to every single
person that walks by.
I guarantee you
they're not better.
And I'm making sure
that if they're not
gonna come to our truck
that they're definitely
not going to the blue truck
down the street.
Let's do two tacos.
You're our hero tonight.
This place is dead.
Let's wrap it up.
Let's go to sleep
a little bit.
Clean the truck, sleep well,
and tomorrow, we'll kill.
We'll push
as much as possible.
I don't think
we've done enough today,
but thankfully,
we're selling
for a few more hours tomorrow.
Maybe that can help us.
So, I think it's time, y'all.
Gonna close up.
Yeah, close it.
I'm a little worried
about our first sell day.
That was
a rough last fight.
Well, we got one more fight
in us, I hope.
We opened really quickly,
and we had a really good start,
but I don't know
if it was good enough.
We have to do so much better
tomorrow.
One last hurrah.
We'll find out tomorrow.
Whew! All right.
Final day.
This whole competition
is coming down to one day.
We have to rock it.
It has been
a wild, wild ride, you guys.
Let's finish strong
and make Texas proud.
We're gonna go back to our
original spot from yesterday.
It was really a great start
to our day,
so we're hoping it's gonna be
a great start again.
Can you fit her here?
I don't know. You're gonna need
to go out and check.
Our plan right now
is to find Lone Star.
That way, we can look at
what they're doing,
keep an eye on them.
Great. Middle Feast is again
pulling in right behind us.
Dumb. Let's just
sell something before them now.
I would love to.
Do you like more shawarma,
like chicken,
or are you more ‐‐
you like fish more?
I'd like the chicken ‐‐
the chicken shawarma.
The chicken shawarma?
We're making sales,
but it's really tough.
We're working hard
for every penny.
All right, so I'm gonna go
and start giving out samples
in front of the truck.
Maybe that's gonna help us.
Sounds good.
Key West is a very, very hard
place to sell,
and we have to work
10 times harder.
Thank you so much.
Enjoy your food.
Got nachos.
Yeah.
We heard about you on the radio.
Really?
So we thought
we'd come try it out.
Nice. Thank you so much.
Try something
a little different.
Hey, y'all, need a snack?!
Truck's right there
if you get hungry.
Heard about you guys
on the radio.
You did?
That was hilarious.
Did you hear
our commercial?
Yeah, yeah.
The guests are trickling in.
It's slow but it's steady.
That tastes
like real Texas beef.
And we can see Middle Feast,
and they seem to be doing
about the same as us.
Hi. How are you?
Do you think
you can make a chicken wrap
with nothing on it
but the chicken and the...?
We actually
have run out of chicken.
We just did.
I'm so sorry.
Hey, are we losing sales
'cause we ran out of chicken?
Two people have walked by
and said
they went to their truck
'cause we're out of chicken.
Possible.
That makes me wonder
if we can take 10 minutes,
run to the store.
It's so risky
this late in the competition
to go shopping and waste money,
but Middle Feast is still open,
so we don't have a choice.
Well, sell these two tickets and
then count what money we have
and see what we can afford
to spend.
Okay.
And then maybe we'll go
to the store real quick.
Okay.
So, the teams are over
on Duval Street,
giving it their all,
and at this point in the race,
I would be proud to give
either team their food truck.
But only one team can win.
Uh‐oh.
Hello?
Hello?
Hey, guys, it's Tyler.
I'm glad to hear your voice,
I think.
This is it.
That's it?
This is the phone call
you've been waiting for
for the last seven weeks.
Oh, my God.
The Great Food Truck Race
is officially over.
This race is over.
We are 100% done.
It's over?!
No more sales, guys.
Oh, my God.
We're shutting down.
Pack up and meet me
at the White Street Pier.
Oh, my God.
I want you to bring
your cashboxes
and also that briefcase
that I put in your truck
back in Santa Barbara,
the one that says "Do not open."
I forgot about
that stupid briefcase.
What do you guys think's
in the box?
"Do not open."
I want to open it!
I like opening things
that say "Do not open."
But it's definitely
something hard.
The truck with the highest total
wins their food truck
and $50,000.
The Food Truck Race is now over.
I'll see you
in a couple minutes.
Should I just walk around
like this for hours?
If it wasn't real
before...
It's real now.
...it's real now.
This week,
we're definitely going home.
I swear to ‐‐ Yeah!
No matter who wins,
this week, we're going home.
Goodbye, Big Tex.
Hopefully we get to
see you again, Big Tex.
I hope
we're gonna open you again.
Thank you, thank you, thank you,
thank you, thank you.
Yeah.
All right.
It's over.
It's out of our hands now.
It's sad, it's happy,
it's everything.
It's relief, most of all.
This might be the last
time we're driving the truck.
If it is, and I hope it's not,
it will be very bad for me.
My friendships
with Lance and Rachel,
it means the world to me.
This journey has been
so exhausting, and, um...
a lot is riding on today.
So, guys, take a deep breath.
The hard work is now over.
It's time to see
all that effort pay off.
For one of you,
it's a state‐of‐the‐art
food truck and $50,000.
For the other,
it's disappointment
in the short‐term.
I see in front of me two teams
that have traveled over
4,000 miles to be here today.
You've crossed 11 states,
you've racked up
over $50,000 in sales.
You've vanquished
six other teams,
and you are this close
to the American dream ‐‐
owning a business
of your very own.
But now we're at the end
of that journey.
This is our seventh and final
Great Food Truck Race
elimination.
Guys, we started
on a compass rose just like this
in Santa Barbara, California.
And that's where you saw your
trucks for the very first time.
Lance, tell me how you felt
about that.
It meant so much.
You know, it's my own company.
It's getting
out on the road
and sharing our food
with the rest of the world.
Rachel?
It just felt like maybe
this could be our chance
to blow up our business
and become something
and not have to work
for anyone else
and make all our dreams
come true.
Tommy, what was it like
seeing the Middle Feast truck
for the first time?
It was like seeing my dream
in front of my eyes
in a big blue shape.
It was beautiful.
And what about you,
Arkadi?
Was amazing. I really hope
we're gonna keep it.
Okay, Lone Star, you had
two first‐place finishes,
and in St. Louis,
you won a cooking challenge.
And then you froze your way
to free shrimp in Mobile.
Congratulations on the journey.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Middle Feast, you also had
two first‐place finishes.
But here's the funny thing ‐‐
you won $100
selling Sonoran hot dogs,
another $100 selling bacon,
$250 selling
fried‐onion burgers,
and you doubled your seed money
cooking frog legs.
Maybe you guys should think
about changing your brand.
I'm just saying.
All right, guys,
the joy of this is,
I have no idea
what's in those boxes,
so I'm gonna have to count this
right here, right now.
Win or lose,
you both are winning teams.
It's gonna come down to this.
Bring me your cashboxes
and your briefcases.
All right, guys, one of you has
won the Great Food Truck Race.
First of all,
I just want to say,
I think both of you
are gonna have
an incredible amount of success
in the food‐truck world
beyond this.
I want you
to hold your heads high.
Tommy, I'm looking
at Middle Feast
with nothing but admiration.
You're doing this for your team,
your family, your friends,
your sister, and most
importantly, your daughter.
Thank you, Chef.
Hilla, the support that you
and Arkadi have shown Tommy
is what life is all about.
It's about family,
it's about friends,
it's about making it happen.
I agree.
And, Lone Star,
in so many ways, you already
epitomize the American dream.
You're all servers,
but you're all aspiring
for something bigger.
You guys have sacrificed so much
to start your own business.
Lance, you and Rachel
couldn't even have the wedding
that you wanted.
That is true sacrifice.
And, Andrea, you came out
to support your friends.
They're lucky to have you
as a friend.
Yes, they are.
All right, guys.
This is it.
Let's find out
who made the most
and who made the least
here in Key West in our seventh
and final elimination
for the Great Food Truck Race.
By a margin of $700,
one of you are about to win
a state‐of‐the‐art food truck
and $50,000.
And the winner of
the Great Food Truck Race is...
...Middle Feast.
Yes!
Whoo!
Whoa!
Oh, my God.
Yes!
Oh, my God.
Yes! Finally.
We traveled all the way
from Santa Barbara to Key West,
and I'm the luckiest man
on Earth right now.
I'm seeing my brother's dream
is actually coming true
in front of my eyes.
This is the most amazing feeling
I ever had.
Congratulations, guys.
Yes!
I love you guys.
I'm speechless.
I am grateful.
I'm happy, happy, happy.
It's amazing, right?
Yes.
Wow.
Lone Star,
I think your food is electric,
and I think the world is
about to fall in love with you.
Lance,
I will look you in the eye,
and I will tell you this ‐‐
you are a great cook.
Lone Star Chuck Wagon,
all of you,
this is a fantastic team.
I would get your barbecue sauce
together,
I would get your rub together,
and get ready to tell the world
about Lone Star Chuck Wagon,
because they are gonna come
knocking.
You guys are fantastic.
Thank you.
What can I say?
You guys battled
with good sportsmanship,
and you battled with integrity.
This is really rough,
but, Lance, Rachel, and Andrea,
please hand me your keys.
Thank you.
Good luck, guys.
Good luck.
Thanks.
It hurts to come all the way
to the end
and leave with nothing.
We worked our butts off.
I'm proud of everything we did.
But we fell just short.
We're gonna dust ourselves off,
regroup, and get back out there,
and show the world what we got.
Middle Feast, come on up
and embrace your money, guys.
Just put it in your pocket.
Put it in your pocket.
You did it.
Congratulations, huh?
Congratulations.
Amazing.
The only thing
I'm thinking about right now
is just my daughter.
I really want to show her
what I accomplished.
She's not gonna understand it
so much right now,
but when she's gonna grow up,
she will know.
The first time
I won something.
Yeah, me too.
Doing this with the two people
that I really, really love ‐‐
my brother and Arkadi.
Apparently, dreams do come true.
I feel, for the first time
in my life,
that I worked hard...
And it paid off?
...and it paid off,
and I deserve it.
We deserve it.
Three crazy Israelis just won
the Great Food Truck Race.
This is amazing.
It's unbelievable.
This is amazing.
It's unbelievable.
Peace out.
"The Great Food Truck Race"...
Eight teams
of aspiring food‐truck owners
departed Southern California
for an epic 4,000‐mile
coast‐to‐coast cook‐off.
For an epic 4,000‐mile
coast‐to‐coast cook‐off.
Let's go!
The prize?
A state‐of‐the‐art food truck
and $50,000
to get their company started.
Lone Star!
Texas!
At each stop, I put them through
my food‐truck boot camp.
So what do you got?
My goal ‐‐ to teach them
the fundamentals
of running a mobile restaurant.
Order in.
From the diaphragm.
I'd like to see some pita bread.
A fresh scoop of salsa.
Six teams have had their dreams
shattered along the way.
Chatty Chicken checked out
in Venice.
The Gourmet Grads said goodbye
in Tucson.
The Military Moms were dismissed
in Austin.
Madres Mexican Meals
said "adios" in Oklahoma City.
Beach Cruisers said "see ya"
in St. Louis.
And the Bacon Army surrendered
in Mobile.
Keep that head up, buddy.
Head's up.
Heart hurts.
Now it's time for the finale.
Only Lone Star Chuck Wagon
and Middle Feast remain.
From Houston, Texas
is Lone Star Chuck Wagon.
Lance, his wife, Rachel,
and their friend Andrea
are all servers
at the same restaurant.
But Lance has been working hard
to launch his own line
of barbecue sauces and rubs,
but has found it difficult
on a waiter's salary.
Winning this truck
would be a dream come true.
On a server's salary,
I can't open my own restaurant,
but winning this
will get me on my way.
And Middle Feast
from Los Angeles, California.
Tommy, his sister Hilla,
and their friend Arkadi.
All three came from Israel
to get their piece
of the American dream.
Tommy's first attempt at opening
a restaurant fell flat,
and winning this food truck
will put these three
in business for themselves.
I'm here today
just because of my daughter.
I'm going to ensure
a great future for my daughter
and for my family.
I'm Tyler Florence,
and this is
"The Great Food Truck Race"
finale.
Food truck road trip!
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Closed Captions provided by
Scripps Networks, LLC.
Wow. The finals.
I don't think
anybody believed
that we were actually
gonna get to the finals. Yeah.
I knew we would get far.
I didn't know
we would get this far.
We've made a lot of mistakes
on the way,
but we managed to pull it off.
I felt that we did
everything right last week.
Everything
just fell into place.
We showed Lone Star
that, hey, we beat you,
and we beat you
by a lot.
Whew.
Made it to the finale.
This represents everything
we've been fighting for.
And it comes down to what
happens in the next three days.
We're in Florida.
It's beautiful.
It's a great backdrop
for kicking some ass.
In the past six weeks,
we've been at the top
and we've been at the bottom.
I don't want to go home
empty‐handed.
I don't want to go back
to the restaurant.
I don't want to serve tables
anymore.
Andrea,
who do you miss the most?
Nobody.
Touché.
This is our last chance.
I do not want to go back
to a restaurant.
Hi. Welcome to Florida.
How you doing, brother?
It's us or Middle Feast.
Everything rides on Tampa.
Teams,
welcome to Tampa, Florida.
Whoo!
You are standing at the
starting line of an epic finale.
It will cover five cities
and over 450 miles.
We're down to two.
Lone Star Chuck Wagon,
Middle Feast.
One of you will win
a state‐of‐the‐art food truck
and $50,000 in cash.
The other team will hand me
your keys and head home
and come this close to success.
Lance, what changes in your life
if you win this food truck?
Well, we could finally
be our own boss
and not have to answer
to anybody else
and start our business.
And, Tommy, what about you?
How does it change you?
Just the stuff
that I've learned here,
it's just a way up.
It's a way to ensure a future
for my daughter.
I really, really miss her.
But at the same time, all
the time away will be worth it
if I can secure a better future
for my daughter.
All right, guys,
let's get down to business.
We are revisiting
everything we learned
during our food truck boot camp.
First, branding.
I want you to look back
and pick five dishes
that really define your brand.
Your best five dishes.
You will write down
your five dishes
on the menu boards
I provided you.
Those are the only five items
that you'll sell
at your final destination.
And for the first time,
I'm setting your price point ‐‐
one $5 dish, three $10 dishes,
and one $15 dish.
I don't like Tyler
setting the prices for us.
I like to go to the town,
feel the town,
see how much I can charge.
The only thing
that makes me glad
is that he's setting the prices
for Texas, too.
Once you're happy
with your menus,
you will drive 150 miles south
to Bonita Springs, Florida,
where we'll focus on marketing.
There, you will record
a 30‐second commercial
for your food truck.
I will make sure
that it hits the air
at our final destination.
Are you guys ready
for the finale?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Good luck to both of you.
Let's get rolling!
Whoo!
In the past,
we were very flexible.
Whoo‐hoo!
We would put something
on our menu, take something off,
but now we have to stick to
five items only.
That's scary.
We had a duo.
Remember, we were doing
Duel in the Desert Bowl?
The Cowboy Bowl.
Tyler provided us
with menu boards
to write down
our best five items.
We're gonna choose items
that have been popular
throughout the whole trip.
We're also gonna add in
the onion burger
from Oklahoma City because
it was really, really tasty.
Enjoy.
Thank you.
Our fried‐onion burgers
are gonna be Texified
for the finale.
We're gonna have cheddar cheese,
corn, bell peppers, onions,
and, of course,
our secret Tex‐Mex sauce.
I have pride in this menu.
It looks fantastic.
There's a great variety.
People are gonna line up
for miles.
We have
the obvious things
that we know
that's gonna be on the menu.
It's gonna be the nachos
on the $5.
Isra‐Nachos.
We'll put the shawarma...
Shawarma's down there,
$15.
Since we put
the chicken shawarma on our menu
in Austin, Texas,
it has been our best seller.
May I please have
a chicken shawarma?
Sure.
I feel really good
about our menu
'cause it's exactly the things
that we've been putting to the
crowd for the past seven weeks.
This is the menu
that's gonna bring us victory.
Yeah.
Lone Star is
a hell of a competition.
They're fast, they're smart,
they know exactly what to do.
We are continuing
with the strategy
of just beating one team,
but this is the final team.
This is the most important team
to beat.
So, we need to start thinking
about our commercial
for the radio.
We should do a little bit
of our jingle.
I can't wait to do our
commercial in Bonita Springs.
We loved doing the jingle
back in Tucson,
so we have got this.
What do you want to do
for the commercial?
Do we have any ideas?
I am so not good at this.
I love the kitchen, I love food.
I do not know
how to write jingles.
It's gonna be a tough one
for the Middle Feast.
He's right.
We should start with
a dialogue between two people,
and then talk a little bit
about the truck.
Oh, my God.
Let's go.
This radio spot
is super‐important,
because if it gets played
in our final city,
it could bring a ton of people
to our truck.
Hey, y'all, I'm Lance.
I'm Andrea.
And I'm Rachel.
- And we're the...
- Lone Star Chuck Wagon!
We've come to your town
all the way from Texas...
To serve you our mouth‐watering
Tex‐Mex and barbecue.
Hey, Bobby,
what you got there?
Just a cheese quesadilla.
So, why the long face?
I don't know.
I'm just tired of eating
the same thing every day.
We put the quesadilla in there
because our competition
is Lone Star,
and we wanted to say,
"Yeah, I'm sick and tired
of all this barbecue
and Tex‐Mex,
and you can get it anywhere."
- Okay, guys.
- Perfect.
Thank you. Thank you.
Thank you so much.
I appreciate it.
It was so nice
meeting you.
We are the Middle Feast.
Check us out on social media
@MidFeastTruck.
- You guys like it?
- Yes.
All right.
Well, there's your commercial.
All right, thank you.
I'm actually very happy
with the result
of the commercial that we did.
I don't know if it's gonna help
bringing people to the truck,
but it's definitely
gonna make them smile.
Come on!
Come on!
What's up, guys?
Oh!
Tyler's here.
Oh, no.
Because it's always
super‐fun and easy news
when Tyler shows up.
Come on!
What's up, guys?
Oh!
I see Tyler,
and I'm thinking to myself,
"What the hell
you doing over here?
What's the deal?"
How you doing?
How's your commercial?
We think great.
I'm actually really excited
about hearing this.
Okay, teams, now we're gonna
revisit partnerships.
We teamed up the trucks
for an entire weekend
back in Austin, Texas.
But right now,
the two of you
only have to figure out
how to work together
for the next
couple of hours.
While you were inside,
I loaded your trucks with food.
When I say go,
you're gonna get in your truck,
and you're gonna drive
to Naples, Florida,
and you're gonna start
selling.
I hope you can figure out
a way to work together,
because what you make,
you will split.
This will be your seed money
for our final destination.
Oh.
We have to work
with Middle Feast.
Yay.
Let's get in our trucks.
Let's get rolling!
All right!
Partnering with Lone Star
in the finale
is going to be very difficult.
All I keep thinking about
is beating them,
but now I have to support them.
So, now we have to
figure out where to go.
Maybe the downtown area?
Naples Bay,
it looks like.
There's a beautiful park
in downtown Naples,
and I think
it's gonna be the perfect place
to open up
and make our seed money.
Hi, Hilla.
How are you?
Good. How you doing?
Good.
Hey, I found this park.
Maybe it might be
the happening place to be.
What do you guys think
about going there?
Yeah, sounds good.
So, let's take an inventory,
then talk with Middle Feast
about what we want to do.
Okay. He did give us
some sour cream.
Tyler gave us
all the ingredients
for a classic American cookout.
Oh, we have tilapia.
Okay. Hot dogs.
We have hamburgers, hot dogs,
a little bit of fish
and chicken.
We have four basic things,
so if we split it up
two and two...
Theoretically, right?
Let's do the chicken.
You do chicken and fish?
We'll do hot dogs and beef.
All right.
Sounds good.
I'll meet you
back out here.
All right.
Our strategy is
to sell separate items
and hopefully get
a lot of people to both trucks.
Just want to let you know
that the Lone Star Chuck Wagon
is open!
Don't be shy!
Step right up!
All right, Naples!
The Middle Feast food truck
is open and ready for business!
One burger
and one hot dog?
Yes.
Thank you.
Burger and a hot dog.
What can I get for you?
Can we do
a grilled‐onion cheeseburger?
Yes, sir.
Fish tacos.
Do you want to add fries to it?
Yeah.
All right,
that will be $17, please.
Okay.
So here's your fries.
Both trucks are gonna do
the same price point ‐‐
10 bucks for any item,
add fries for another $5.
Hey, y'all!
We can't compete
against each other yet.
We're working together.
I have your two tacos here
for you.
$12, please.
Addison, darling, there's
some condiments there for you.
Just gonna throw
a bunch of fries.
Two fish tacos.
- And a traditional taco.
- Yes, sir.
Here you go, man. Enjoy.
Thank you so much.
Thank you.
We've sold a few things,
but there's really
nobody around,
and this is not good
for seed money.
So, I just checked out
the street.
It's pretty dead.
We don't have
anybody to sell to,
and we need to make seed money
to buy groceries,
and that's at least $400.
Hey, guys, how you doing?
How'd you do?
Doesn't look like a lot of cash.
I'm gonna count it.
Whatever you made plus whatever
Lone Star made you'll split.
That's your seed money.
It's not a great start.
It's not a great start.
Nope.
I have Middle Feast cashbox.
I have your cashbox.
I'm gonna count the cash.
I'm gonna split it
right down the middle,
and I'm gonna
give it right back to you,
and that's your seed money
for the finale.
You ready?
Okay.
I would love to start
with at least $400 or $500.
I don't think
that's gonna happen.
Come on out, guys.
Lone Star, you made $200.
Middle Feast, you made $169.
That's $369, divided by two,
and that's $184.50 each.
$184.50?
That's not very much
for the groceries that we need.
So this is it.
I want you to wrap up
and get some sleep,
because tomorrow morning,
you are gonna drive
50 miles east
into the heart
of the Florida Everglades.
The road is appropriately called
Alligator Alley.
Wow.
All right, guys, thank you
so much for a very strong day.
Thank you.
See you tomorrow morning.
- Get some sleep, all right.
- Thank you.
This is not much money,
but we don't have
another option,
so we have to make this work,
and we'll figure out a way.
One more obstacle.
Let's kick some ass.
Yee‐haw.
Far from Texas, but that's okay.
They're further
from the Middle East.
It's day two of our five‐city
"Great Food Truck Race"
grand finale.
Well, yesterday sucked.
We'll have to do with $184.
After a miserable night
in Naples,
our two teams are headed deep
into the Florida Everglades,
right through Alligator Alley.
And what I have in store
for them
could be a serious game‐changer.
How are you? Good morning.
How you doing?
Good to see you.
HI, everybody.
Good morning, good morning.
Hi.
How you doing?
Great. How are you?
Well, teams, you're standing
right in the middle
of the Florida Everglades.
It's one of the most unique
ecosystems on the planet.
Guys, if you're keeping count,
this is the fourth stop
in our epic finale.
Last night in Naples,
it was a bit of a bust.
Am I right?
Well, guys, I can help.
It's time to revisit
cooking locally.
We are gonna have a cooking
challenge right here, right now.
Here's how this is gonna work.
I have provided you both
with an airboat and a driver.
When I say go,
you're gonna hop in the boats,
and you're gonna ride
to Captain Gerald's house.
It's a manmade island
only accessible by airboat.
When you get there,
find the Captain.
He will give you a package.
You will use
what's in that package
to create an epic dish worthy
of this amazing ecosystem.
For the dish I like the best,
I'm gonna double
your seed money.
$184.50 is not a lot of money.
We need to double that,
so we have to win today.
Whoo‐hoo!
These airboats
are so freakin' cool!
Forget the food truck!
I want an airboat!
Whoo‐hoo!
This airboat ride is so cool.
But it's hard to enjoy
because all I'm thinking about
right now
is finally winning
the cooking competition.
- Quick!
I'm Lance.
I'm Gerald.
Great to meet you, Gerald.
He lives in the middle
of the Everglades.
There's nothing out here
but his house.
It is so cool.
Right here
is what you come for.
Alligator and frog legs.
Wow!
Look at that, would you?
Huh?
Yeah.
Oh, my God!
These frog legs
are a little creepy.
Hey, y'all.
Hey, y'all.
Have fun.
Have fun.
I know these are items
that people usually fry,
but I want to think
outside the box
and do something
a little bit different.
How do you cook it?
I prefer deep‐frying,
and that's the way
most people ask for them.
This is the most pressure
moment in this whole race ‐‐
to cook something
you never cooked before.
I have to kill it.
We need to
double our seed money.
This is
the last cooking challenge
of this entire competition.
All I want to do
is beat Middle Feast.
This is huge,
and we have to win.
Here are the rules.
There's a table
right at the top of the stairs.
It's got everything you need
from plates to ingredients.
I want the best dish.
I want it on‐brand,
I want it creative,
I want the presentation
to look beautiful,
and most importantly,
I want it to taste delicious.
You got 30 minutes.
Let's go.
Come on. Let's go.
See you in half an hour.
When I see all the fresh produce
on the table,
it brings me back
to a comfort zone,
'cause frog legs
and alligator meat,
you get thrown off,
but then when you see products
that we actually know,
gets you
right back on track again.
So, girls, there wasn't that
much seed money to begin with,
so doubling our seed money
is freakin' huge.
I've never cooked alligator
or frog legs,
so I'm just gonna treat it
as if it were...
Chicken.
...chicken.
This is all about
cooking locally,
so we're gonna merge Texas
and Florida together
and make some delicious dishes.
I'm gonna make
a southwest alligator egg roll,
as well as a frog‐leg tostada.
I really like our flavors.
I think everything's exciting.
We're thinking outside the box.
We got this.
Uh, so then the dish is gonna be
these beautiful frog legs.
We're gonna make a batter
for them.
I'm doing a traditional
deep‐fried frog legs
with our Mediterranean spices.
And on top of all that,
there's gonna be
a garlic‐lemon herb sauce.
Can't believe
I'm eating a frog.
It's pretty good.
Frogs legs taste like chicken.
I was surprised.
It was really ‐‐
Actually, it was really good.
Egg roll.
All right,
we have an alligator egg roll
and a frog tostada.
All right, Texas.
All right, Middle Feast,
quickly, tell me what we got.
It's frog legs
in a Mediterranean batter
with some grilled veggies
and a garlic‐lemon herb sauce.
This is
the garlic‐lemon herb sauce?
It's on top of it, yeah.
Hey, Tommy, have you ever cooked
frog legs before?
Never.
Tommy, that's delicious,
and that's the best thing
I've seen or tasted
coming out of your truck.
Thank you, chef.
Congratulations.
Lone Star,
tell me what we've got.
This is
our Eastern Shore duo.
We have a frog‐leg tostada,
as well as
an alligator egg roll.
So you actually used
both products.
Yes.
It's dead‐on brand
for you guys.
The flavors get better and
better every time we do this.
That is absolutely delicious.
That capsaicin,
that spice in my mouth...
it's asking me
to go in for another bite.
Okay?
So this dish works.
I didn't stipulate the fact that
you had to use both ingredients,
the alligator and the frog,
and I appreciate you doing that.
You guys,
I've tasted both dishes.
I want to applaud you,
because I think
you've really developed
as cooks, as trucks,
and as brands.
I think the dish that ekes out
just a little better
than the other one...
Middle Feast.
I thought it was great.
I thought it was fantastic.
Thank you, Chef.
Finally, we win a challenge.
We got this one.
I can't believe it.
This is amazing.
I think
the flavors are great.
And, to me, this is
what I mean by being on brand.
Well, I was
really confident in our food.
Now we don't have as much money.
We're starting in a hole.
What can you do?
Tommy, congratulations.
Here's $184.50.
Doubling your till money.
Doubling the seed money
is excellent for us.
Gonna save us a lot of time,
and time is money.
Are you ready to find out
our next and final location?
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
Guys, we are driving
to the end of the Earth.
We are driving
to Key West, Florida.
Yes!
Key West!
We're gonna finish this contest
in paradise.
Funky little town,
really eclectic.
People really enjoy good food
down there,
and they're gonna love
both of you.
Are you guys ready to do this?
Yes.
Let's get rolling!
Well, that sucks
that we lost that challenge,
but we don't have time
to worry about it.
We just got to
keep pushing forward.
It wasn't that big of a deal.
I think that while seed money
is an advantage,
it wasn't a lot of seed money.
Key West, Florida.
I always wanted to
go to Key West.
It's like down there,
in the end,
It's like down there,
in the end,
like, nothing around.
The end of the world.
Are you ready for war?
I was born ready.
Hey, guys.
Hi.
Welcome to Key West.
It has been a frantic 48 hours
with four stops through Florida.
But we have made it.
Key West is our fifth
and final stop.
This is where
we have our final battle.
Two great teams
selling head‐to‐head
for the grand prize ‐‐
your very own
state‐of‐the‐art food truck
and $50,000.
Beyond the brand‐new
business startup
and beyond the $50,000,
I want to know why you do this.
You've all given up
seven weeks of your life.
And I know the road trip
has been amazing,
but I want to know,
in your heart,
why are you on this road trip?
Tommy,
why are you doing this?
Only one reason ‐‐
my daughter.
I have
a 2‐year‐old daughter,
and I want to ensure
a good future for her.
Tell me
your daughter's name.
Her name is Noya.
It means "beautiful" in Hebrew.
And you love your daughter. So much.
And what would this mean
to her?
To her, right now,
nothing.
But when she will grow up,
it will mean a lot for her
and to me and to my wife.
So it's about the security
of providing for your daughter.
Exactly.
That is a huge reason.
And, Hilla, tell me
what the family bond is
between the two of you.
We are very close.
We grew up together, we live
one building next to each other.
Yeah, I'm doing it for her
and for him, as well.
All right, Lance, tell me
why you guys are doing this.
We've made a lot of sacrifices
and given up a lot
to run our barbecue sauce
and rub company.
We gave up our wedding,
you know?
We didn't get to do
the full wedding
because we put all of our money
and efforts
into this company.
Rachel,
do you love Lance?
So much.
He's my best friend,
and I just really want to
see this happen for him.
He works every day
all day on this company
that hasn't really
repaid him yet.
I just want to see it happen
for him.
So, teams, you'll be
selling here in Key West
for the next two days.
This is where we will revisit
time management
and food quality.
First, let's talk about
time management.
These are your final two
selling days.
There's nothing after this.
You'll need to prep, shop, and
sell with Swiss‐like precision.
Manage your time wisely,
because you do not have
a lot of it left.
And I want nothing
but good quality food
coming out of your window.
All right, guys, good luck.
I want you guys to have
a good time this weekend.
At sunset tomorrow,
we'll meet right here,
where we will determine
a winner.
Best of the best ‐‐ here we go.
Final battle in Key West.
Let's get rolling!
- Yeah!
- Come on, girls!
Let's go!
We know we deserve it,
and we will prove that
by coming out
on the other side
with our own food truck
and $50,000.
We deserve this, and we deserve
to have our lives change.
- Hey, y'all, I'm Lance.
- I'm Andrea.
- Hey, it's our commercial.
- And we're the...
Lone Star Chuck Wagon!
Yay!
We nailed our radio spot,
and this is what's
gonna bring people in.
Let's do it!
Let's do it!
We're gonna park
on Duval Street.
Everyone says
it's the busiest part of town.
Whoo!
We're gonna go shopping,
okay?
We need to go shop as fast
as possible.
We're losing valuable time, and
we're losing money every second.
You're gonna take a left.
$184.50
is the least amount of money
that we have ever started with.
This is gonna be rough.
Do you have
any more of this?
Let's see if we can find
where Lone Star was at.
And there's one
for the car.
Get out, get out, get out.
Save the parking spot.
Right here.
We decided to park
right next to Lone Star.
We have to keep a close eye
on them.
They also went shopping.
They went shopping?
Oh, yeah?
Yeah.
Their truck is closed.
Doubling the seed money
is excellent for us.
All right, guys.
When they're gonna go shopping
for their second round,
we're gonna be selling.
Tortillas, tortillas.
Tortillas, yes.
Back here.
Back here. Come on.
Sorry for the rush.
I'm super‐confident
about this menu.
It represents our brand.
It's all things
that have sold really well,
so I know it's gonna go well
this weekend.
The Lone Star Chuck Wagon
is officially open for business!
We're so happy to be here!
Come eat!
We've prepped and opened
in 20 minutes.
This is the best opening time
we have ever had.
It is time to start selling
and win this food truck.
All right,
that's $15 all together.
It's a burger and a taco.
I need one taco,
one quesadilla...
Uh‐huh.
...and one burger.
You got it.
We're super‐busy to start.
We're selling a lot of food.
This feels fantastic.
Got a burger and a taco.
Thank you so much.
Thank you.
All right, guys.
Remember, we're the champions.
Let's do it.
Chicken shawarma.
Do you want to try
the fish tacos?
Yep, fish tacos.
It's really good.
Fernando!
Got the chicken shawarma.
It's excellent.
Love the taste.
Jeff!
And your quesadilla
is coming right out.
All right, you got the bowl,
I got three tacos.
Two burgers.
This spot is awesome.
There's so many people around.
It's a party town.
I love this place.
I want
the Texified onion burger.
Yes.
Three tacos, Devon.
We're just gonna do
the barbecue chicken wrap.
Sure.
Here's your taco.
Thank you.
And your...
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
The barbecue chicken wrap
is delicious.
It has nice roastiness
from the corn
and smokiness
from the chicken.
John, your burger and your bowl.
Thank you so much.
Chicken shawarma.
Would you like a side of nachos
with that?
Cory? Schnitzel?
We have a line
outside our truck.
The sales are just coming in
nonstop.
Fish tacos.
Yeah, man.
Here's your nachos.
And a shawarma.
Chicken shawarma.
Shawarma.
One nacho, one shawarma,
one fish, one schnitzel.
Order!
Order up!
Fish tacos.
Thank you so much.
All right, so this is
the last burger bun we have
'cause we didn't have
very much money.
We changed our mind
about the onion burger.
Okay.
We're gonna sell it
as a tortilla burger.
It's gonna be delicious
that way.
I think losing an item
is better.
So, we're sold out
of burger buns.
Rachel wants to eighty‐six
the item.
Andrea wants to put it
in a tortilla instead.
Don't you feel like
we're giving away
a lot of burger meat
for $10?
I just think
we should eight‐six an item.
Is that not allowed?
We don't have burger buns
to make a burger.
There's a lot of tension
between the two girls right now.
This is not the time
for this to be happening.
It's gonna force people
to order the quesadilla.
I agree.
That's what I'm saying.
I'm annoyed because
we have an item out there
that's really popular,
and I have to tell every
single person that comes up
that we're out of it.
I put a "sold out"
sign on it.
I'm just really frustrated
that Rachel isn't seeing
my point of view right now.
I'm the one in the window.
I know this burger's popular.
I don't want to
turn people away.
What do you want to do?
You're the chef.
I'll make them small.
We'll do a burger wrap,
and we'll make them smaller.
Whatever.
I don't care.
We need a wrap.
Let's not get frustrated.
Well, obviously, she is.
You guys hungry?
It's the evening of day three
of our "Great Food Truck Race"
finale.
Two nachos for Drew.
And both of our teams have
just moved to Mallory Square
And both of our teams have
just moved to Mallory Square
to catch the sunset crowd.
Thank you so much, Kelly.
Enjoy.
After falling behind
early in the day,
Middle Feast has bounced back
and are increasing their sales.
And the rest is coming up
right now.
Lone Star has set aside
their differences
and is hoping to regain
the momentum they had earlier.
The quesadilla
and the cowboy bowl.
Both teams have a long night
ahead of them.
This is our last push.
Let's push it hard.
Arkadi, sales.
Hilla, sales.
Don't worry about the food.
I got the food.
We did so well
in Mobile, Alabama,
we didn't need to work hard
for sales.
We just needed to cook food,
and now we need to hustle
for the sales.
What can I get for you?
Shawarma, please.
Got your food!
Everybody, come on.
Just one item.
One item! One item!
How are you doing?
Are you hungry?
No.
No?
Come over here!
Help us
win our food truck!
Only $5, $10!
Let's do it!
Yeah!
Yeah!
I love you!
I am doing everything
in my power
to get people
to come to our truck.
I'm talking to every single
person that walks by.
I guarantee you
they're not better.
And I'm making sure
that if they're not
gonna come to our truck
that they're definitely
not going to the blue truck
down the street.
Let's do two tacos.
You're our hero tonight.
This place is dead.
Let's wrap it up.
Let's go to sleep
a little bit.
Clean the truck, sleep well,
and tomorrow, we'll kill.
We'll push
as much as possible.
I don't think
we've done enough today,
but thankfully,
we're selling
for a few more hours tomorrow.
Maybe that can help us.
So, I think it's time, y'all.
Gonna close up.
Yeah, close it.
I'm a little worried
about our first sell day.
That was
a rough last fight.
Well, we got one more fight
in us, I hope.
We opened really quickly,
and we had a really good start,
but I don't know
if it was good enough.
We have to do so much better
tomorrow.
One last hurrah.
We'll find out tomorrow.
Whew! All right.
Final day.
This whole competition
is coming down to one day.
We have to rock it.
It has been
a wild, wild ride, you guys.
Let's finish strong
and make Texas proud.
We're gonna go back to our
original spot from yesterday.
It was really a great start
to our day,
so we're hoping it's gonna be
a great start again.
Can you fit her here?
I don't know. You're gonna need
to go out and check.
Our plan right now
is to find Lone Star.
That way, we can look at
what they're doing,
keep an eye on them.
Great. Middle Feast is again
pulling in right behind us.
Dumb. Let's just
sell something before them now.
I would love to.
Do you like more shawarma,
like chicken,
or are you more ‐‐
you like fish more?
I'd like the chicken ‐‐
the chicken shawarma.
The chicken shawarma?
We're making sales,
but it's really tough.
We're working hard
for every penny.
All right, so I'm gonna go
and start giving out samples
in front of the truck.
Maybe that's gonna help us.
Sounds good.
Key West is a very, very hard
place to sell,
and we have to work
10 times harder.
Thank you so much.
Enjoy your food.
Got nachos.
Yeah.
We heard about you on the radio.
Really?
So we thought
we'd come try it out.
Nice. Thank you so much.
Try something
a little different.
Hey, y'all, need a snack?!
Truck's right there
if you get hungry.
Heard about you guys
on the radio.
You did?
That was hilarious.
Did you hear
our commercial?
Yeah, yeah.
The guests are trickling in.
It's slow but it's steady.
That tastes
like real Texas beef.
And we can see Middle Feast,
and they seem to be doing
about the same as us.
Hi. How are you?
Do you think
you can make a chicken wrap
with nothing on it
but the chicken and the...?
We actually
have run out of chicken.
We just did.
I'm so sorry.
Hey, are we losing sales
'cause we ran out of chicken?
Two people have walked by
and said
they went to their truck
'cause we're out of chicken.
Possible.
That makes me wonder
if we can take 10 minutes,
run to the store.
It's so risky
this late in the competition
to go shopping and waste money,
but Middle Feast is still open,
so we don't have a choice.
Well, sell these two tickets and
then count what money we have
and see what we can afford
to spend.
Okay.
And then maybe we'll go
to the store real quick.
Okay.
So, the teams are over
on Duval Street,
giving it their all,
and at this point in the race,
I would be proud to give
either team their food truck.
But only one team can win.
Uh‐oh.
Hello?
Hello?
Hey, guys, it's Tyler.
I'm glad to hear your voice,
I think.
This is it.
That's it?
This is the phone call
you've been waiting for
for the last seven weeks.
Oh, my God.
The Great Food Truck Race
is officially over.
This race is over.
We are 100% done.
It's over?!
No more sales, guys.
Oh, my God.
We're shutting down.
Pack up and meet me
at the White Street Pier.
Oh, my God.
I want you to bring
your cashboxes
and also that briefcase
that I put in your truck
back in Santa Barbara,
the one that says "Do not open."
I forgot about
that stupid briefcase.
What do you guys think's
in the box?
"Do not open."
I want to open it!
I like opening things
that say "Do not open."
But it's definitely
something hard.
The truck with the highest total
wins their food truck
and $50,000.
The Food Truck Race is now over.
I'll see you
in a couple minutes.
Should I just walk around
like this for hours?
If it wasn't real
before...
It's real now.
...it's real now.
This week,
we're definitely going home.
I swear to ‐‐ Yeah!
No matter who wins,
this week, we're going home.
Goodbye, Big Tex.
Hopefully we get to
see you again, Big Tex.
I hope
we're gonna open you again.
Thank you, thank you, thank you,
thank you, thank you.
Yeah.
All right.
It's over.
It's out of our hands now.
It's sad, it's happy,
it's everything.
It's relief, most of all.
This might be the last
time we're driving the truck.
If it is, and I hope it's not,
it will be very bad for me.
My friendships
with Lance and Rachel,
it means the world to me.
This journey has been
so exhausting, and, um...
a lot is riding on today.
So, guys, take a deep breath.
The hard work is now over.
It's time to see
all that effort pay off.
For one of you,
it's a state‐of‐the‐art
food truck and $50,000.
For the other,
it's disappointment
in the short‐term.
I see in front of me two teams
that have traveled over
4,000 miles to be here today.
You've crossed 11 states,
you've racked up
over $50,000 in sales.
You've vanquished
six other teams,
and you are this close
to the American dream ‐‐
owning a business
of your very own.
But now we're at the end
of that journey.
This is our seventh and final
Great Food Truck Race
elimination.
Guys, we started
on a compass rose just like this
in Santa Barbara, California.
And that's where you saw your
trucks for the very first time.
Lance, tell me how you felt
about that.
It meant so much.
You know, it's my own company.
It's getting
out on the road
and sharing our food
with the rest of the world.
Rachel?
It just felt like maybe
this could be our chance
to blow up our business
and become something
and not have to work
for anyone else
and make all our dreams
come true.
Tommy, what was it like
seeing the Middle Feast truck
for the first time?
It was like seeing my dream
in front of my eyes
in a big blue shape.
It was beautiful.
And what about you,
Arkadi?
Was amazing. I really hope
we're gonna keep it.
Okay, Lone Star, you had
two first‐place finishes,
and in St. Louis,
you won a cooking challenge.
And then you froze your way
to free shrimp in Mobile.
Congratulations on the journey.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Middle Feast, you also had
two first‐place finishes.
But here's the funny thing ‐‐
you won $100
selling Sonoran hot dogs,
another $100 selling bacon,
$250 selling
fried‐onion burgers,
and you doubled your seed money
cooking frog legs.
Maybe you guys should think
about changing your brand.
I'm just saying.
All right, guys,
the joy of this is,
I have no idea
what's in those boxes,
so I'm gonna have to count this
right here, right now.
Win or lose,
you both are winning teams.
It's gonna come down to this.
Bring me your cashboxes
and your briefcases.
All right, guys, one of you has
won the Great Food Truck Race.
First of all,
I just want to say,
I think both of you
are gonna have
an incredible amount of success
in the food‐truck world
beyond this.
I want you
to hold your heads high.
Tommy, I'm looking
at Middle Feast
with nothing but admiration.
You're doing this for your team,
your family, your friends,
your sister, and most
importantly, your daughter.
Thank you, Chef.
Hilla, the support that you
and Arkadi have shown Tommy
is what life is all about.
It's about family,
it's about friends,
it's about making it happen.
I agree.
And, Lone Star,
in so many ways, you already
epitomize the American dream.
You're all servers,
but you're all aspiring
for something bigger.
You guys have sacrificed so much
to start your own business.
Lance, you and Rachel
couldn't even have the wedding
that you wanted.
That is true sacrifice.
And, Andrea, you came out
to support your friends.
They're lucky to have you
as a friend.
Yes, they are.
All right, guys.
This is it.
Let's find out
who made the most
and who made the least
here in Key West in our seventh
and final elimination
for the Great Food Truck Race.
By a margin of $700,
one of you are about to win
a state‐of‐the‐art food truck
and $50,000.
And the winner of
the Great Food Truck Race is...
...Middle Feast.
Yes!
Whoo!
Whoa!
Oh, my God.
Yes!
Oh, my God.
Yes! Finally.
We traveled all the way
from Santa Barbara to Key West,
and I'm the luckiest man
on Earth right now.
I'm seeing my brother's dream
is actually coming true
in front of my eyes.
This is the most amazing feeling
I ever had.
Congratulations, guys.
Yes!
I love you guys.
I'm speechless.
I am grateful.
I'm happy, happy, happy.
It's amazing, right?
Yes.
Wow.
Lone Star,
I think your food is electric,
and I think the world is
about to fall in love with you.
Lance,
I will look you in the eye,
and I will tell you this ‐‐
you are a great cook.
Lone Star Chuck Wagon,
all of you,
this is a fantastic team.
I would get your barbecue sauce
together,
I would get your rub together,
and get ready to tell the world
about Lone Star Chuck Wagon,
because they are gonna come
knocking.
You guys are fantastic.
Thank you.
What can I say?
You guys battled
with good sportsmanship,
and you battled with integrity.
This is really rough,
but, Lance, Rachel, and Andrea,
please hand me your keys.
Thank you.
Good luck, guys.
Good luck.
Thanks.
It hurts to come all the way
to the end
and leave with nothing.
We worked our butts off.
I'm proud of everything we did.
But we fell just short.
We're gonna dust ourselves off,
regroup, and get back out there,
and show the world what we got.
Middle Feast, come on up
and embrace your money, guys.
Just put it in your pocket.
Put it in your pocket.
You did it.
Congratulations, huh?
Congratulations.
Amazing.
The only thing
I'm thinking about right now
is just my daughter.
I really want to show her
what I accomplished.
She's not gonna understand it
so much right now,
but when she's gonna grow up,
she will know.
The first time
I won something.
Yeah, me too.
Doing this with the two people
that I really, really love ‐‐
my brother and Arkadi.
Apparently, dreams do come true.
I feel, for the first time
in my life,
that I worked hard...
And it paid off?
...and it paid off,
and I deserve it.
We deserve it.
Three crazy Israelis just won
the Great Food Truck Race.
This is amazing.
It's unbelievable.
This is amazing.
It's unbelievable.
Peace out.