Six family teams kick off the Great Food Truck Race with a funnel cake eating contest at a theme park in Los Angeles. After leaving the park, host Tyler Florence gives the families their first signature menu cooking challenge. On day two, the teams take part in a bidding war for a prime selling spot on the theme park's grounds. These first time food truckers quickly realize operating a food truck is much more than fun in the California sun as they continue on the road to the grand prize of $50,000!