'The Great Food Truck Race' launches with Louisiana flavor on wheels

In case anyone is interested in watching. I think I know who already won, but will have to watch to find out!



Food Trucks “Race” to Conquer The Hottest New Trend
Posted in general on July 13th, 2010 by Cajun


FOOD TRUCKS ‘RACE’ TO CONQUER THE HOTTEST NEW TREND

Tyler Florence Hosts Cross-Country Culinary Journey in ‘The Great Food Truck Race’ Premieres: Sunday, August 15th at 10PM; Post-Premiere Timeslot: Sundays at 9PM NEW YORK – JULY 12, 2010 – Amazing chefs across the country are leaving traditional restaurants behind and hitting the streets in mobile kitchens serving some of the most unique and delicious dishes ever tasted. Food Network’s new primetime series, The Great Food Truck Race, features seven such gourmet food trucks as they embark on an epic coast-to-coast culinary road trip to convince Americans to step outside their culinary comfort zones and try something new – from a truck. Tyler Florence hosts this six-episode competition premiering Sunday, August 15th at 10pm ET/PT; the series resumes in its regular timeslot of Sundays at 9pm ET/PT on August 22nd. From out-of-the-box sandwiches, burgers, and crepes to unique takes on Vietnamese, French, and Cajun cuisines, the trucks compete in weekly challenges to see who can sell the most food and race to the next episode while the losing team drives home. The last truck standing wins a $50,000 grand prize.

“Not only does the series focus on a hot new culinary trend, but the drama of the competition pushes these teams’ cooking skills, business savvy and relationships to their limit,” said General Manager/Senior Vice President Programming, Bob Tuschman.

The seven trucks include: Austin Daily Press (Austin, Texas), Crepes Bonaparte (Fullerton, Calif.), Grill ‘Em All (Los Angeles, Calif.), Nana Queens (Culver City, Calif.), Nom Nom Truck (Los Angeles, Calif.), Ragin’ Cajun (Hermosa Beach, Calif.), and Spencer on the Go (San Francisco, Calif.). In the premiere, the teams meet Tyler in Los Angeles, the center of the food truck revolution, and the race begins with the teams’ first game-changing twist known in each episode as the Truck Stop challenge: Instead of starting in Los Angeles, the race commences in San Diego. To even the playing field, the teams begin with empty trucks and an equal amount of seed money. They have three days to prepare, promote and sell their food by any means necessary. After a weekend of triumphs, teamwork, and tests of character, the totals are tallied and the trucks find out who continues the great race and who goes home. New twists and turns arise as the race continues through Santa Fe, N.M.; Ft. Worth, Texas; New Orleans; Jonesborough, Tenn., and concludes as the final two trucks race to the finish line with through the hungry streets of New York City’s five boroughs. Guest chefs throughout the season include: Tim Love, Jacques Leonardi, Eric DiStefano and Nate Appleman. The Great Food Truck Race is produced by RelativityREAL,

Well, you have to give us some sort of coded clue so we know that you really knew :-)

Like I said , I think I know. I was out in California in mid-July and went by Stephen's place. By his enthusiasm and body language, it's just a guess. He couldn't actually say who won, don't believe I would either with $50k at stake. BTW, tasted some of the food he had on the truck, and it would definitely be tough to beat. Would be great for tailgating! Besides, everyone loves authentic Cajun Food! I'll just say, Geaux Cajuns!

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_ Like I said , I think I know. I was out in California in mid-July and went by Stephen's place. By his enthusiasm and body language, it's just a guess. He couldn't actually say who won, don't believe I would either with $50k at stake. BTW, tasted some of the food he had on the truck, and it would definitely be tough to beat. Would be great for tailgating! Besides, everyone loves authentic Cajun Food! I'll just say, Geaux Cajuns! _

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has he found a new place to set up shop???

According to Stephen he has been offered numerous places to relocate. He is looking at a space in a new shopping center on Sepulvada Blvd in El Segundo, directly across from Chevron Refinery. There is a Starbucks coffee shop next door to space he is looking at. He is already talking about serving Beignets on Saturday and Sunday mornings to take advantage of the Starbucks coffee crowd. Also may have enough space in new location to include a dance floor for Cajun dancing!
Sounds like he might come out of this situation in good shape.

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_ According to Stephen he has been offered numerous places to relocate. He is looking at a space in a new shopping center on Sepulvada Blvd in El Segundo, directly across from Chevron Refinery. There is a Starbucks coffee shop next door to space he is looking at. He is already talking about serving Beignets on Saturday and Sunday mornings to take advantage of the Starbucks coffee crowd. Also may have enough space in new location to include a dance floor for Cajun dancing!
Sounds like he might come out of this situation in good shape. _

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Great news! Thanks.

See picture of Stephen's Food Truck in attachment. Love the Geaux Cajuns Signs!
https://forumeus.com/at...1&d=1281081920

Keep us updated. I'll be in San Diego in April. We're definitely gonna check out the new restaurant location.

I definitely love the Geaux Cajuns signs in the windows.

I'm a fairly regular Adam Carolla podcast listener and of course couldn't miss the show where he's interviewing Peter North (you all know him don't lie). Just so happens there's also an interview of a Stephen Domingue from Lafayette who is running a restaurant named Ragin Cajun in Hermosa Beach California. He's pimpin the food network's food truck reality show. It's on Sunday. Could be interesting. I don't know the guy btw.

-BigCas

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_ I'm a fairly regular Adam Carolla podcast listener and of course couldn't miss the show where he's interviewing Peter North (you all know him don't lie). Just so happens there's also an interview of a Stephen Domingue from Lafayette who is running a restaurant named Ragin Cajun in Hermosa Beach California. He's pimpin the food network's food truck reality show. It's on Sunday. Could be interesting. I don't know the guy btw.

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Uuuhhh, never heard of this North fella.... :rolleyes: but the Stephen Domingue you speak of is a proud LHS graduate!! His brother Paul owned the Par 3 Links of Lafayette out on E Broussard Rd a few years back...and..I believe he has/ had a niece that played soccer at UL....

The Domingues are goooood people.. :)

I remember reading an article concerning Mr. Domingue's lease being terminated by the owner so the owner's overprivileged son could open a sports bar in that prime location. I seem to recall the locals not being too pleased with the decision. Hopefully the restaurant has found a new home that can continue to please the masses. Almost like Peter used to.

My uncle Joey Quebedeaux is the guy who is with Stephen "Cuz" Domingue on The Great Food Truck Race. I got a chance to talk to him about it last night. He said it was an experience he will never forget. The show comes on at 9 PM sunday night on the Food Network. My uncle is actually on a plane right now to join stephen for the premiere tomorrow night. Can't wait to watch this show. If I know my Uncle Joey and Cuz, they maybe picked up for a Food Network show just based on this first episode.

The boss of the Ragin’ Cajun truck, Stephen Domingue, migrated from Lafayette to southern California nearly two decades ago.

“I came here with nothing, and I opened April Fool’s Day 1992,” Domingue said during a recent telephone interview. “Four tables. Big.”

His place, The Ragin’ Cajun Café, made its mark with recipes from Domingue’s “mama’s mama’s mama,” he said, and eventually expanded to 16 tables and then to 32.


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I liked the show. It was a fun idea. The grill em all truck needs to show up at UL tailgating, I want that grilled cheese burger. My uncle didn't get a lot of face time which I think was chalked up to him being nervous, but he did most of the work if not all the work in the kitchen.

Very entertaining show. Look forward to the next episode.

I missed the premier last night and will miss next week due to being at work in West Africa. No Food Network on Television here. I'm sure if your Unlce Joey didn't get much face time, I assume Stephen probably hammed it up for the cameras! : ))

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It was ugly for the Ragin' Cajun crew Sunday night.

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_ I missed the premier last night and will miss next week due to being at work in West Africa. No Food Network on Television here. I'm sure if your Unlce Joey didn't get much face time, I assume Stephen probably hammed it up for the cameras! : )) _

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Yeah Stephen was supposed to be the focal point. And Jazmin is a TV dream, cute blonde. My Uncle did the majority of the cooking so he never really got any face time. May have seen him about ten times, heard his voice a handful. The reality of why they lost was they wasted 5 hours moving from where they were to the Plaza area of Santa Fe. I think the chef that selected the best dish was way off. He had bad things to say about the French chefs concoction but nothing bad to say about the Tortilla soup my uncle made. Which is by far the best thing I have ever had that he makes. And he makes some great great stuff. I'm done with the show, after seeing what the Vietnamese sandwich truck got away it's pointless to watch anymore.

Oh well, sounds like it might be good I missed the show! Surprised Stephen, Joey and Jazmin got booted so quickly. Like you said, it's pointless to watch anymore.