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The Great Food Truck Race: David vs. Goliath

8 episodes Premiered Jun 18, 2023 Updated Sep 30, 2026
Previously on The Great Food Truck Race

Season 16 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of The Great Food Truck Race Season 15.
  • ⚡ Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
  • ⚡ Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
  • ⚡ Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
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Season 16 Episodes

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Season 16: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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S16·E1 Mytharc

This Is Food Truck Heaven?

Jun 18, 2023 · 89 min

For the first time in The Great Food Truck Race's history, Tyler Florence pits four food truck pros against five food truck rookies in an epic David vs. Goliath battle to win $50,0

S16·E2 Core

Meet Mookie

Jun 25, 2023 · 88 min

Eight food truck teams can't believe their eyes when Tyler Florence welcomes pro-baseball legend and two-time All-Star Mookie Betts to a Los Angeles little league field, where he w

S16·E3 Core

Team-plosion

Jul 2, 2023 · 45 min

Tensions rise as seven teams face their third set of tough challenges in the city of Los Angeles. One truck attracts the attention of movie star Kumail Nanjiani, but inner turmoil

S16·E4 Core

Can They Do That?

Jul 2, 2023 · 44 min

A truck shocks the competition by replacing a member of their team with a previously eliminated competitor. One rookie truck strategizes and sets their sights on taking out one of

S16·E5 Core

Ready, Jet, Go

Jul 9, 2023 · 44 min

World-renowned Chef Jet Tila helps Tyler Florence challenge the five teams to make dishes that reflect their culinary origin stories -- and his favorite gets a reward! The pro vers

S16·E6 Core

Family Food

Jul 16, 2023 · 44 min

Last season's grand prize winner Evanice Holz from Señoreata Food Truck challenges the four remaining teams to turn their family recipes into plant-based creations to sell at Smorg

S16·E7 Mytharc

Need for Speed

Jul 23, 2023 · 44 min

With a key team member out sick, one food truck is forced to operate as a two-person unit, placing them at a severe disadvantage. Culinary powerhouse Chef Joe Sasto joins Tyler Flo

S16·E8 Mytharc

Final Showdown

Jul 30, 2023 · 44 min

With two trucks left to fight in the finale, each team steals one dish from the other's menu and crafts their own versions to sell at the Regarding Her Food Festival. Tyler Florenc

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