Feeding Tampa Bay's Epic Chef 2025

Each summer, during the local industry’s “slow season,” Feeding Tampa Bay and its sponsors host a multi-week cooking competition between local chefs from both sides of the bridge. The chef that wins all three rounds takes home the grand prize, which is a whopping $10,000 this year—a sum that represents Epic Chef’s ten-year anniversary.

At the kick off party on Monday, June 23, these six chefs will create their signature dishes while attendees sample them and vote for their favorites. Four chefs with fan favorite dishes will continue to the competition series, with each round pitting two of them against each other in a “Chopped”-style competition with unknown ingredients, a time limit, and a live audience. Round one kicks off on July 14, round two happens a week later on July 21, while the finale party takes place on July 28 at South Tampa's Epicurean Theatre.—Kyla Fields