Food Wars (or Travel Channel's Food Wars) was a short-lived weekly series where it featured restaurant rivalries in cities all throughout the U.S.
Broadcast[]
Travel Channel - March 9, 2010-November 17, 2010
Host[]
Camille Ford
Gameplay[]
In each episode, the show traveled to particular U.S. city and finds two restaurants who are top-rated rivals serving the same dish, one symbolic of the featured city (i.e. Buffalo Wings in Buffalo, New York). Host Camille Ford visits both restaurants, tires 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 was conducted with the judging panel. Each judge tasted a sample of each dish and voted for his/her favorite. The restaurant that received more votes was declared the winner of that Food War. In the beginning of the series, the panel consisted of two "super fans" - one of each restaurant's most royal customers and fans - and three impartial judges consisting of local personalities and/or critics. Also in this format, the judging was done via a blind taste test, where the identity of each sample was not revealed until after the judging. Begging with the 14th episode the taste test format changed, The superfans were dropped and host Camille Ford joined the taste test panel with two other locals. they know who's dish they are tasting and can ask the owner questions.
See Also[]
Food Feuds - a similar show to that of Food Wars airing on Food Network since 2010.