Back in August, Steve and I attended the taping of a Food Network competition show hosted by Guy Fieri: Tournament of Champions All-Star Christmas. We had been in the studio audience for a taping of Tournament of Champions VI in September 2024, so it was really fun to return a year later for an all-new Christmas-themed version of TOC.
In this version, the contestants competed in pairs. In the first battle we watched, Graham Elliot and Giuseppe Tentori defeated Marcus Samuelsson and Rachel Sherriffe in a competition requiring turkey thigh (protein), d'anjou pears (sweet), mortar and pestle (equipment), nutty (style), and applesauce (whammy). In the second battle, the Voltaggio brothers beat Damaris Phillips and Sara Bradley with the required elements of pork tenderloin (protein), pomegranate (sweet), spiralizer (equipment), creamy (style), and citron (whammy). The judges were Scott Conant, Gail Gand, and Curtis Stone, and the commentators were the same as last time: Justin Warner and Tiffani Faison.
When filming was done, Guy brought out Hunter and announced it was his 29th birthday. He brought Lori and Ryder down from the audience. We saw a slideshow of Hunter's life and sang to him, then they gave us the best cupcakes I've ever had. It was neat to be a small part of a Fieri family celebration.
Obviously, we couldn't talk about the filming until after the show aired in December. It was really fun to watch our episode and equally fun to watch the ones that followed. Brian and Michael Voltaggio ended up winning the entire tournament, which was awesome.
Tournament of Champions: All-Star Christmas (affiliate link)
I've been wanting to scrap Guy's selfie and to tell the story of being in the studio audience, so this was the first page I chose to make for the latest Bash Your Scrapbook Stash competition. This time, they're having a Winter Olympics theme instead of a football theme. I'm playing for Twisted Scissors. Here are the required elements for Game 1:
My layout earned four points: one for using green and red; one for using a banner; one for using the gold washi; and one for the picture of spectators in bleachers (just like at Olympic skating events). Go Scissors!
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