MILBRIDGE, Maine — Sleepy little seaside Lubec will apparently be the finish line for “The Great Food Truck Race,” which blew through Down East Maine Monday afternoon, pausing for lunch at the 44 North eatery in Milbridge.
Now in its third season, the Food Network’s reality TV show pits eight teams of culinary wizards who work from mobile kitchens as they travel cross-country to see which truck’s street-food menu proves the most popular.
At stake is a $50,000 cash prize and a food truck worth another $50,000. At each location, food truck crews set up shop and sell their epicurean wares. The truck that attracts the least sales in a defined window of retail opportunity is eliminated, while the other trucks move down the road to the next competition.
Eight teams were in the running when the race began May 1 in Long Beach, Calif. As the culinary circus pulled into Washington County on Monday, only two teams were left standing. Each team — the Jersey girls who do Italian and the Korean sausage guys from L.A. — is convinced it will kick butt when the competition winds down in Lubec, or wherever the show’s producers tell them they are headed next.
“We never know, not even from hour to hour,” said Jaclyn Kolsby, whose Nonna’s Kitchenette team, like Seoul Sausage, survived competitions in Long Beach; Flagstaff, Ariz.; Amarillo, Texas; Fayetteville, N.C.; Nashville, Tenn.; Cleveland; Boston and Portland. “We assume we’ll finish up in Lubec, but they could say, at the last minute, that we’re headed somewhere else, so we don’t know if this is the last city or not.”
“We specialize in Korean barbecue-flavored sausages, and our food has sold very, very well,” said Yong Kim of the Seoul Sausage team.
The Food Channel plans to air the show’s new season beginning on Aug. 19.
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Lubec? Boy did they pick the wrong town to set up a expensive food truck.
Washington County – where salt and pepper are considered exotic spices…
What time are they going to set up shop?? I might take a ride down there.
I hope they have all the correct Maine permits in place. Wouldn’t it be a hoot to see them all shut down for not complying with Maine Law. :)
……? yeah… that would just be laugh-out-loud hilarious! can you even IMAGINE something so funny?…
I saw the truck in ellsworth this morning.
I think alot of the comments on here are ignorant! Thomas Carter, since you’re not from Washington County, nor live there, how would you know?! Maine_gun_guy, why would you say that? No one is knocking off expensive vehicles in Lubec! To Aldin1, I’m sure that was all checked out before they start traveling across the country!
Patom1, They were in Lubec all day. It’s unfortunate this article appeared at 4:00 in the afternoon. Good job BDN, right on top of stuff, since there were posts on FB since early in the morning about this! SOMEONE knew about it to post it!
never mind the food, these chicks are hot! did they say finish up in the last city?
Well the film crew was here early and set up at the west Quoddy lighthouse, but the food trucks didn’t show up till after 2:00 pm, the Sausage truck had small portions that reminded me of the junk food sold at a county fair and the Nannos Italian meatball truck was closed! What a total waste of Time, lubec went crazy for something good to happen and nothing did. I could have won the contest selling Lobster Rolls out of the back of my Pickup truck. Even Tyler Florence wasn’t impressed with the food trucks, He ate at Franks Restaurant on Water street. Frank should be Proud. The Great Food Truck Race was called For Lack of interest.
Hey, if it put Lubec on the map again, (when this segment airs), but for something good, no one should knock it. There are too many who think negatively about Lubec and if people would just come and visit, they would find out different. :)