Jersey Shore Chef To Compete For Ultimate Champion Title

JERSEY SHORE — A local chef is taking another chance at becoming the ultimate cooking champion on the Food Network.

Britt Rescigno, previously employed at Delaware Avenue Oyster House in Beach Haven, is making yet another foray into a Guy Fieri show with the new season of "Tournament of Champions."

Regular Food Network watchers will recognize Rescigno, as she has competed on multiple shows. She's been a competitor on "Tournament of Champions" before, as well as "Guy's Grocery Games," "Chopped" and "Beat Bobby Flay."

Rescigno will be one of 32 competing in this season. According to Warner Bros. Discovery:

Thirty-two of the nation’s best chefs including proven warriors and fierce new challengers are ready to battle, but nothing will prepare the chefs for the competition’s biggest surprise ever. This season, top-seeded chefs in every division will be food world icons, four of the most powerful opponents to ever compete on the series, but their identities will remain a secret until the moment they enter the arena. Every battle will be head-to-head; every spin of the randomizer will keep competitors on their toes and viewers on the edge of their seats, and every dish is make-or-break. After eight weeks and 31 grueling head-to-head battles, one talented chef will win it all and be crowned champion, taking home the coveted Tournament of Champions belt and a $150,000 cash prize.

“Year after year, chefs up their gameplay and strategy, so we need to constantly raise the stakes to keep the competition next level,” said Fieri. “This year, we put four industry icons in the top seed, immediately putting targets on their backs for the win-hungry competitors. And that alone is the secret ingredient for the most epic season yet.”

This season’s competing chefs include Adam Greenberg, Adam Sobel, Britt Rescigno, Bryan Voltaggio, Carlos Anthony, Claudette Zepeda, Dale Talde, David Viana, Jet Tila, Joe Sasto, Jonathon Sawyer, Kaleena Bliss, Karen Akunowicz, Kevin Lee, Lee Anne Wong, Marcel Vigneron, Nini Nguyen, Sara Bradley, Shirley Chung, and Tobias Dorzon. Plus, four surprise culinary icons and eight additional winners from the qualifier tournament.

“Tournament of Champions has been Food Network’s top-rated series for five years running and each season we up the ante making the competition more intense than the last,” said Betsy Ayala, Head of Content, Food, Warner Bros. Discovery. “With the surprises we have in store this season and the extraordinary level of talent competing, we can’t wait to share this next-level, high-adrenaline competition with viewers.”

"Tournament of Champions VII" premieres March 1 at 8 p.m. on Food Network.