Guy's Grocery Games
| Guy's Grocery Games | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Reality, Cooking, Game show |
| Starring | Guy Fieri |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 12 |
| No. of episodes | 138 (as of December 25th, 2016) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 Minutes |
| Production company(s) | Relativity Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | Food Network |
| Original release | October 20, 2013 – present |
| External links | |
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Guy's Grocery Games (often nicknamed Triple G) is an American reality-based cooking television game show hosted by Guy Fieri on Food Network. Each episode features four chefs competing in a three-round elimination contest, cooking food with ingredients found in a supermarket grocery store ("Flavortown Market") as Fieri poses unusual challenges to them. The winning chef can collect up to $20,000 in a shopping spree bonus round.
In each round, Guy assigns a dish and issues a challenge to the chefs. Then they have 30 minutes to shop for ingredients from the market, prepare, and plate their dishes. The chefs must cook their dishes and complete four platings (three for the judges and one "beauty plate") before time runs out. At the end of each round, the judges will taste and evaluate the dishes and select one chef to be "checked out" - eliminated from the game with no winnings. The judges are introduced by Guy during the first round. There are two judging tables for the judges, one when the chefs are shopping and cooking and one during judgings and eliminations.
The winning chef advances to the bonus round, "Guy's Shopping Spree," in which he/she has two minutes to find one specific item in each of the market's 10 aisles and put it in his/her cart. The chef may pass on an item and return to that aisle later if time allows. Each item found is worth $2,000, for a potential top prize of $20,000.
Chefs must be 18 years or older to appear on the show.
A wide variety of challenges are used in the game, typically involving restrictions on ingredient number/type. Examples include:
Aisle Down: The aisle containing one or more key ingredients is blocked off by police tape, but the chefs do not discover this until they arrive at the aisle.
Budget Battle: The chefs are given a limited amount of money to spend on items and must ring up their choices at a cash register to confirm that they are within their budget. They are given coupons to help them save money on certain items.
Cart/Station Swap: Round 3 only. Once the two chefs remaining have their ingredients, Fieri orders them to swap carts or stations, so that each must use the other's ingredients.
Closing Time: As the chefs are getting their ingredients, Fieri announces over the loudspeaker that the store is closing, limiting the time that they can spend in the aisles.
Culinary Quiz: Fieri reads a series of clues to an item in the market. The first chef to bring back that item wins an advantage for the next round, such as a head start or exclusive access to certain aisles/items.
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