Eddie's Million Dollar Cook-Off

Eddie's Million Dollar Cook-Off is a 2003 American comedy television film directed by Paul Hoen, written by Dan Berendsen, and starring Taylor Ball, Orlando Brown, Reiley McClendon, Rose McIver, and Mark L.

Eddie Ogden is an eighth grader at Cedar Valley Junior High School, and plays baseball for the Groundhogs, which is coached by his father.

Though Eddie likes baseball, he discovers an attraction to cooking after watching Bobby Flay on The Food Network.

Eddie repeatedly switches between cooking and baseball as he struggles to decide between pleasing his father and pursuing his dream.

In the process, he is laughed at and humiliated by nearly everyone, loses all of his friends (except for Hannah who understands what it's like not to be able to live up to a parent's expectations) and displeases his father.

His friends watch the cook-off on a portable television in the dugout and see that Eddie is struggling as he has less time and no one to help.

After hearing this, and seeing Hannah's mom finally supporting her, his father purposely gets himself kicked out of the game to go and help Eddie.