“Guy’s Grocery Games” is serving up a second helping of its City Food Fight, with “Ultimate City Food Fight” airing Wednesday, February 19th. This high-stakes episode brings back champions from the first two City Food Fights to settle the score and determine, once and for all, which city reigns supreme in the culinary arena.
Host Guy Fieri introduces a series of city-themed challenges designed to push the chefs’ skills and creativity to their limits. This time, the competition takes on a distinctly sporty flavor, drawing inspiration from the cities’ iconic basketball teams. The chefs find themselves dribbling basketballs while crafting their city’s signature sandwiches, proving that culinary prowess and athletic coordination aren’t always mutually exclusive.
The high point of the competition involves creating a winner’s dinner and dessert incorporating “whammy” ingredients chosen via basketball hoops. The combination of high-pressure cooking and random ingredient selections guarantees some entertainingly chaotic moments. The ultimate prize? Bragging rights, an extra $15,000, and, of course, the coveted GGG City Food Fight champion trophy.
While the basketball theme might seem a bit forced, it adds a welcome dose of levity to the competition. The real draw, however, remains the chefs’ ingenuity as they grapple with limited ingredients, time constraints, and Fieri’s ever-present playful taunts. For fans of culinary competition and city pride, “Ultimate City Food Fight” delivers a satisfying main course.
“Guy’s Grocery Games” airs Wednesdays at 9/8c on Food Network.
