Tournament of Champions: All-Star Christmas Bracket and Winners

Food Network's hit show Tournament of Champions will have a special season that starts on Wednesday, November 5th at 8pm on Food Network. This season is a holiday-themed season called Tournament of Champions: All-Star Christmas and 32 chefs will be paired up in teams of two to compete as teams against each other in a bracket format.   The winning team will take home a $100,000 prize and they also get an additional $50,000 prize to give to a cause that they are passionate about.

There are 32 chefs competing and they will be paired up in teams of two.  The pairings of chefs are as follows - Antonia Lofaso and Alex Guarnaschelli; Maneet Chauhan and Stephanie Izard; Mei Lin and Nini Nguyen; Jet Tila and Ashley Holt; Lee Anne Wong and Zac Young; Sara Bradley and Damaris Phillips; Britt Rescigno and Jonathon Sawyer; Michael Voltaggio and Bryan Voltaggio; Marcus Samuelsson and Rachel Sherriffe; Shirley Chung and Sherry Yard; Kevin Lee and Dale Talde; Aarón Sánchez and Amanda Freitag; Tobias Dorzon and Marcel Vigneron; Adam Sobel and Christian Petroni; Aarti Sequeira and Crista Luedtke; Graham Elliot and Giuseppe Tentori.

Justin Warner and Tiffani Faison will be providing the play-by-play analysis of the competition, and Hunter Fieri will also be on the floor to provide insight.  The judges this year include Michelle Bernstein, Scott Conant, Cat Cora, Susan Feniger, Gale Gand, Lorena Garcia, Judy Joo, Nancy Silverton, Curtis Stone, Jacques Torres, Christina Tosi, Ming Tsai, and Geoffrey Zakarian.

This post will be used to track the winners for each episode, so come back each week to see who won the matchups on Tournament of Champions: All-Star Christmas and to discuss the episodes.  Also, the Tournament of Champions: All-Star Christmas bracket is below with all of the matchups. The finale will air on Wednesday, December 10th where the winning team will be crowned and awarded $100,000.

Tournament of Champions: All-Star Christmas Bracket:

Continue reading to see who won the matchups in each episode of Tournament of Champions: All-Star Christmas......

Episode 1: Jet Tila and Ashley Holt defeated Aarón Sánchez and Amanda Freitag by a score of 82-79; Tobias Dorzon and Marcel Vigneron defeated Shirley Chung and Sherry Yard by a score of 85-79; Antonia Lofaso and Alex Guarnaschelli tied Aarti Sequeira and Crista Luedtke 79-79 and the tie was broken by higher taste score for savory which Antonia Lofaso and Alex Guarnaschelli had. 

Episode 2: Mei Lin and Nini Nguyen defeated Adam Sobel and Christian Petroni by a score of 81-79; Graham Elliot and Giuseppe Tentori defeated Marcus Samuelsson and Rachel Sherriffe by a score of 87-84; Michael Voltaggio and Bryan Voltaggio defeated Sara Bradley and Damaris Phillips by a score of 82-80.

Episode 3: Britt Rescigno and Jonathon Sawyer defeated Lee Anne Wong and Zac Young 82-79; Kevin Lee and Dale Talde defeated Maneet Chauhan and Stephanie Izard 77-74.

Episode 4: Kevin Lee and Dale Talde defeated Graham Elliot and Giuseppe Tentori by a score of 78-74; Tobias Dorzon and Marcel Vigneron defeated Antonia Lofaso and Alex Guarnaschelli by a score of 80-79.

Episode 5: Jet Tila and Ashley Holt defeated Britt Rescigno and Jonathon Sawyer by a score of 93-88 (both were the highest of the tournament so far);  Michael Voltaggio and Bryan Voltaggio defeated Mei Lin and Nini Nguyen by a score of 92-91.

Below is the updated Tournament of Champions: All-Star Christmas bracket that has the winners of the matchups to date: 

UPDATE - To see who won Tournament of Champions: All-Star Christmas, visit this post.